Indoor Dribbling and Passing
In threes, each player dribbles across the floor, plays the ball off the wall at the far cone, collects the rebound, and dribbles back — passing the next teammate in.
An indoor floor comes with walls — so the warm-up uses them, keeping every player moving through dribbling, a wall pass, and a real pass to a teammate.
10 min tonight · Groups of 3
- Ages 4+
- Groups of 3
- 10 min as the drill is written
- Cones, balls
Grab Two cones and one ball for each group of three.
Build Set one cone a yard or two from one of the side walls, and another cone just past midway toward the opposite wall.
Place The whole group starts at the cone closest to the wall, ball with the first player in line.
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Organize the players
Split the team into groups of three, one ball per group, and line each group up at its cone closest to the wall.
“Threes, one ball. Line up at your cone — first player ready to go.”
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Show the jobs
Walk one lap — dribble across the field toward the opposite side; when you reach the cone, play the ball off the wall; collect the rebound and dribble back across toward the starting line. Once you're 5 yards from the front of the line, pass to the next player, who repeats the pattern.
“Dribble across, bank it off the wall at the cone, catch the rebound, and bring it home. Five yards out — pass it on.”
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Play
Keep the laps rolling through each line. It's a warm-up, so keep the focus on good dribbling and a good pass at the end of every lap.
“Good touches all the way — and make that last pass a nice one!”
Look for Warm-up quality — good dribbling across the floor and a clean pass to the next player on every lap.
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Switch and repeat
Keep each group cycling through the pattern so every player logs lap after lap while the team warms up.
“Keep it moving — everybody gets plenty of turns.”
If the rebound keeps getting away, slide the far cone in closer to the wall — a shorter bank comes back kinder — then work it back out as the touches warm up.
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Why it works
Indoors, the wall is a teammate who always passes back — so one lap strings together a dribble, a wall pass, a rebound collected on the move, and a real pass, and a line of three keeps everyone's turn coming quickly.
What they learn
Dribbling and passing as an indoor warm-up — using the walls.
What's next
Indoor Shooting — the walls keep working, and a shot on goal caps every run.
Where does this come from?
SoccerXpert — their published drill library.
A published drill library. Useful and widely used, but not a governing body — so it fills gaps rather than leading.