TRAINING CHALLENGES
Consistency. Measurement. Progression.
Every challenge has an exact setup so you can repeat it today and again in three months — and genuinely measure your improvement.
Challenge scoring and video submissions are available to active Coach Barks Football small-group members.
- ✓ Save personal challenge scores
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- ✓ Get scores verified
- ✓ Appear on leaderboards
- ✓ Compete for Coach Barks records
- ✓ Have your video featured
- ✓ Earn challenge badges
You can still practise any challenge — scores just won't be saved.
Changes distances, cone spacing, gate widths and targets. Every level has its own personal bests.
Pick one so weaker-foot challenges know which foot to use.
Pick your challenge
Dribbling
SLALOM SPEED RUN
Dribble through a straight line of 6 cones and back.
STOP & START
Dribble, stop the ball dead, explode back the other way.
SKILL → EXPLODE
Beat the cone with a skill, then accelerate 5m.
Skills
SINGLE SCISSORS
Step around the ball with one foot, then push away with the other.
DOUBLE SCISSORS
Two scissors in quick succession, then exit.
INIESTA BALL ROLL
Roll the ball across your body from one foot to the other.
BERNARDO SILVA
Drag back and fake before accelerating away.
CRAB JAB
Jab step to unbalance, then go the other way.
MESSI DIP
Dip the shoulder, small touch, accelerate past.
V-DRAG
Drag back with the sole and push out at an angle.
L-TURN
Drag back behind the standing leg and exit sideways.
STEP-OVER HOOK
Step over, then hook the ball away with the outside.
BALL ROLL
Roll the ball across your body with the sole and push away.
RONALDO CHOP
Chop the ball behind your standing leg with the inside of the foot.
JAY JAY OKOCHA
Roll the ball up the back of your leg and flick it past with the other foot.
FLIP FLAP
Push out with the outside of the foot, then snap back with the inside.
STEP OVER TO SCISSORS
Step over the ball, then straight into a scissors before exiting.
V-DRAG TO L-TURN
V-drag, then straight into an L-turn and exit.
BALL ROLL TO SINGLE SCISSORS
Ball roll across the body, then a single scissors.
BALL ROLL TO DOUBLE SCISSORS
Ball roll across the body, then double scissors.
FAKE RABONA
Swing as if to strike behind the standing leg, then take the ball away.
EXPLODER
Sharp fake and explosive change of direction away from the cone.
HOCUS POCUS
Flick the ball behind the standing leg with the outside of the other foot.
CHOP TO CHOP
Two chops in quick succession, changing direction each time.
BALL ROLL TO V-DRAG TO L-TURN
Ball roll, V-drag, then L-turn in one flowing combination.
OKOCHA TO FAKE RABONA
Jay Jay Okocha straight into a fake rabona.
First Touch
RECEIVE ACROSS YOUR BODY
Wall pass, then a first touch across your body through a 3m gate.
Passing
TARGET PASSING
Hit one of 3 target zones on the wall.
PASSING THROUGH GATES
Pass cleanly through a cone gate.
LONG PASSING
Land longer passes into a 3m x 3m target box.
1v1
STANDARD 1V1 CHANNEL
Beat the defender and exit through the end gate.
Receiving & Turning
RECEIVE & TURN
Receive, turn into space and accelerate away.
Speed & Agility
5M SPRINT
Sprint 5m through the finish cones. Fastest time wins.
10M SPRINT — REACTION START
React to GO and sprint 10m.
10M SPRINT — STANDING START
Standing start, sprint 10m.
10M SPRINT — BALL START
Dribble 10m at full speed.
CHANGE OF DIRECTION
Sprint to 5m, back, to 10m, back.
Scanning
SCAN BEFORE RECEIVE
Check your shoulder, receive, and react to the cue.
THE COACH BARKS STANDARD
Same setup. Same rules. Real progress.