Age Group Winners

Basic Dribbling

In Basic Dribbling, 6 cones are set up in a straight line exactly two men’s size 9 footsteps apart. The player starts horizontally in line with the first cone in the sequence. On the player’s first touch, time starts. The player is to proceed around each cone as fast as possible with a complete U-turn around the furthest cone. After the U-turn, the player will continue to go around each cone sequentially until he or she finishes. The time is stopped exactly when the player crosses the horizontal line on the opposite side of which the player started; the player does not have to have complete control of the ball upon finishing, but does have to correctly dribble around every cone in order without missing. There are two ways for a player’s time to be disqualified. The first is if a player misses a cone or dribbles over a cone, the player’s time will be disqualified. Second, if a player takes an incorrect touch he or she will also be disqualified. An example of an incorrect touch includes taking a touch with the outside of the foot when the drill is “Both Feet Inside Foot”.

Cut Dribbling

In Cut Dribbling, the setup consists of five pairs of cones each 3 size 9 footsteps apart. The length to the next cone is 3 footsteps and the width of its neighbouring cone is 3 footsteps; this totals 10 cones total. The player starts behind a line of 5 cones. The player’s first touch will take him or her horizontally in which the player will have to cut back on the next touch. When the ball crosses the line of the first set of two cones (horizontal), the time will start. The player is to proceed as fast as possible through the cones with a U-turn around the far pair of cones. The time is stopped exactly when the player crosses the horizontal of the first pair of cones in which the time started; the player does not have to have complete control of the ball upon finishing. There are two ways for a player’s time to be disqualified. The first is if a player misses a cone or dribbles over a cone, the player’s time will be disqualified. Second, if a player takes an incorrect touch he or she will also be disqualified. An example of an incorrect touch includes taking a touch with the outside of the foot when the drill is “Both Feet Inside Foot”.

Speed Dribbling

In Speed Dribbling, two gates are placed 8 large steps apart. The player will start on one side of a gate. The player’s first touch will take them through the gate accounting for their first point. The player will go on along the straight stretch and complete a figure 8 through the far gate. Then the player will make his/her way back to the start and complete another figure 8. The player will get as many points as possible in 45 seconds getting a point when going through each gate (2 points for each figure 8). Every gate a player fails to get through will not account for a point. The player can decide to carry on to the next gate or go back and complete the one they missed.

Technical Dribbling

In technical dribbling, two parallel 10 cone lines are set up  with an additional cone 5 yards out from the last cone. The player starts behind the first cone in the sequence. On the player’s first touch, time starts. The player is to proceed around each cone as fast as possible. The time is stopped when the player touches the ball past the far cone 5 yards out from the dribbling grid; the player does not have to have complete control of the ball upon finishing, but does have to correctly dribble around every cone. An additional 1 second is added to the players time for every cone missed and can’t miss two consecutive cones or their time will be disqualified. Technical dribbling was created to master more complex dribbling techniques.

Lateral Touch With Middle Pass

In lateral movement touch passing, the player will be given a minute and thirty seconds to receive as many balls as possible. Each time the player successfully completes a pass according to the demanded instruction, the player will receive one point. The sum total points will be the player’s score at the end of the given time. A player who does not complete a certain pass will not receive a point, but will still be able to continue in the drill. For example, if the player is to play two touch, but accidently takes one touch, the player will not receive that point, but time will keep going and the player can continue to accumulate as many points as possible. The correct spacing is precisely seven size 9 footsteps apart.

Lateral Touch Without Middle Pass

In lateral movement touch without middle pass, the player will be given forty five seconds to receive as many balls as possible. Each time the player successfully completes a pass according to the demanded instruction, the player will receive one point. The sum total points will be the player’s score at the end forty five seconds. A player who does not complete a certain pass will not receive a point, but will still be able to continue in the drill. For example, if the player is to play two touch, but accidently takes one touch, the player will not receive that point, but time will keep going and the player can continue to accumulate as many points as possible. The correct spacing is precisely seven size 9 footsteps apart.

Cut Gate Passing

In cut-gate touch passing, two sets of cones will be set up three size 9 footsteps apart separated by 8 medium paces in distance. The coach will play the ball to the player who will be required to take a touch through the gate and play back to the coach. Every time the coach receives a ball from the player it is worth one point. If a player fails to take the touch through the gate and passes to the coach, play will resume, but no point shall be given. Instead, the player has the option to pull the ball back and go through the required gate to make the point count despite the bad touch. If the player or coach accidently passes the ball diagonal instead of a straight line, the player or coach receiving can either take the ball around the cones to go through the proper direction of the gate, or, take an immediate touch through the gate and play a diagonal ball back to the player or coach to balance out the proper direction the ball is to travel. For the triple cut variant of this drill, the same rules apply. In order for the point to count, the player will have to take the ball across the line of the cones for each touch for the point to count.

Age Group	Initials	Drill	Score	Club
Age 17+	?A.G.	TCLF	10	Princeton University
Age 16	?E.S.	TCLF	12	Carolina Rapids
Age 15	?R.G./W.G.	TCLF	8	Charlotte United
Age 14	?A.G.	TCLF	11	Charlotte United
Age 13	?M.H.	TCLF	11	Rutherford Rumble
Age 12	?S.B.	TCLF	9	Weddington Athletic Association
Age 11	?K.T.	TCLF	8	Belmont Premier
Age 10	?C.R.	TCLF	8	Liverpool F.C.
Age 9	N/A	TCLF	N/A	N/A
Age 8	?V.L.	TCLF	6	Carolina Rapids
Age 7	N/A	TCLF	N/A	N/A
Age 6	N/A	TCLF	N/A	N/A
Age 5	N/A	TCLF	N/A	N/A