Game version
Fool-the-cone: the cone is the defender. Your partner calls “bought it” when your move fools it. Your pair collects ten.
1v1 Moves at Speed
Attack a cone at speed with a step-over or scissors, then cut past it. The cone is the defender: no live 1v1 at home.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth soccer coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
Put a cone 8 steps away as the defender.
Core: Jog. Beat your own best out of 10 clean moves.
- Ages
- 11 and up
- Time
- 10 min
- Space
- Yard or field
- Bring
- Soccer ball, 4 cones
- Level · skill
- Developing · Dribbling
The steps
How it works
- Put a cone 8 steps away as the defender.
- Run at it with the ball.
- Sell a step-over or scissors, then cut inside or outside past it.
- Accelerate away for 3 steps. Do 5 sets of 6, both ways.
Coaching point
Sell the move, then explode out of it.
Safety: No contact and no tackling: the parent or partner only moves, calls or rolls the ball.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Levels: Less (walk the move), Core (jog), More (at match speed). Beat your own best out of 10 clean moves.
Story
You are a trickster dancing past a sleepy giant.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own best out of 10 clean moves. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
Practice makes progress
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