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Traffic Light Dribbling

A fun dribbling game where players react to color commands — green means go, yellow means slow, red means stop!

🎂 Ages 3-6⏱ 10 minutes👥 3-25 players

🖼️ Visual Guide

Traffic Light Dribbling drill diagram showing a movement circuit with arrows for movement and balance

Top-down guide: movement circuit with clear movement paths for movement and balance.

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🎯 Objectives

Ball control at different speeds, listening skills, reaction time, and having fun while learning to dribble.

🎒 Equipment Needed

Soccer ball (1 per player), green/yellow/red cards or cones

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📐 Setup

Everyone spreads out in a defined area (about 20x20 meters) with a ball. Coach stands in the middle with colored cards.

📋 How to Run It

  1. 1When coach shows GREEN — dribble as fast as you can!\n2. When coach shows YELLOW — dribble slowly with small touches.\n3. When coach shows RED — stop the ball with the sole of your foot.\n4. Anyone whose ball rolls away on RED does 3 toe-taps and rejoins.\n5. Mix up the signals and speed up the changes!

💡 Coaching Tips

Start slowly for the youngest players. Add sound effects to make it exciting! "Vroom vroom" for green, "shhh" for yellow, "SCREECH" for red. Make sure everyone succeeds.

🔄 Variations

Add BLUE for reverse dribbling. Players who stop fastest on RED get to be the caller. Add tricks: on GREEN, do a move before dribbling.

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