Tag Game | Reaction & Feint Drill

Overview

• Built for 4 players. Use a 5m x 10m grid
• Trains feinting and quick reactions at the same time
• A great way to build the feel of beating a defender in a match

Objectives

• Sharpen reaction speed (read your opponent’s movement early)
• Build better feints (use your body to sell the fake)
• Fire off an explosive first step (get moving fast from a standing start)
• Speed up in-game decisions (make players work under pressure)

Setup

Players pair up face to face and rep out feints and reactions between the top cones.

1) Mark out a 5m x 10m area with two cones on the top line and two on the bottom

2) The first pair sets up on top, working between the cones; their partner waits on the bottom

3) The top player moves quickly between the two cones, throwing feints to sell the fake and fool the defender

4) The bottom player reads the movement and taps a cone

5) Once a cone is tapped, the top player sprints to the bottom line

6) The bottom player tags that sprint to stop them