Drop Step Turn
- Prescription
- 6 × 15 yd / direction · 60 s restabout 6 min
- Players
- Solo
- Equipment
- Cones
Run forward for ten yards, then open your hips in a single step and go the other way for five yards. It’s the turn of a comeback or any route that comes back: you cancel your speed and head back facing the ball without ever really stopping.
Key points
- Your hips should turn before your shoulders. If your shoulders move first, you’ll lose a full step.
- The opening happens on a single step, planted outside your body.
- Your gaze moves first in the new direction; it leads everything else.
- One minute between runs, three openings to each side.
Common mistakes
- Coming to a full stop before turning, which throws away the whole benefit of the move.
- Always opening to the same side: in a game, the defender decides the side.
Demonstrations
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LEVELS : Intermediate
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