Core Performance: Movement: Videos: Hurdle: Drill: 3 Hurdle Drill to Dropstep Acceleration

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3 Hurdle Drill to Dropstep Acceleration - Soccer

This drill will help develop great first step quickness

TAGS: speed, dropstep, acceleration, soccer, 3 hurdle drill

STARTING POSITION

Standing next to 3 hurdles

PROCEDURE

Shuffle through hurdles keeping the feet apart.
Stick and hold on the outside and then reverse directions
Continue for predetermined number of roundtrips and then dropstep backward into acceleration as 1st foot hits outside of last hurdle

COACHING KEYS

Keep feet apart
Step over hurdles by picking knees and toes up
Use arms throughout movement
Open inside leg hip, as same elbow punches behind body, then drive foot down and back behind hips during drop step
Accelerate with perfect posture and lean, driving feet down and back

YOU SHOULD FEEL IT

Throughout the entire body


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