Ball Mastery and Vision - Quickster 2
This complex individual exercise focuses on the reaction ability, the passing and receiving technique, familiarizing the ball and making gentle contact.
Video
Organisation
The equipment is arranged as shown.
- Exercise 1-2: The coach stands behind the Quickster and he holds two different colored cones in his hands (yellow and red). The player stands with a ball at his starting point.
- Exercise 3-4: The set up is nearly the same as the previous ones, but there's a cone behind the player.
Description and Graphics
The exercise 1-2 starts by the player, who is making various tasks and movements with the ball, then he passes it to the Quickster after some completed tasks (he can choose free the moment). At the time of the pass, the coach lifts up one cone to sign the direction for the player, who reacts fast, receives the ball with different techniques, dribbles the ball toward the signed pole to bypass it and to arrive at the starting position.
The difference between exercise 1-2:
- In the first exercise the player gets a direct visual sign from the coach.
- In the second one he gets a reverse visual sign.
The exercise 3-4 starts by the player, who is making various tasks and movements with the ball. During the movements he is looking at the coach continuously. When the coach decides, he lifts up one cone to sign the direction for the player, who reacts fast and bypasses the signed pole by dribbling. After that he passes to the Quickster, receives the ball off the bounce with different surfaces of the foot in the specified direction, then bypasses the cone by dribbling with speed to arrive at the starting position fast.
The difference between exercise 3-4:
- In the third exercise the player gets a direct visual sign from the coach.
- In the forth one he gets a reverse visual sign.