When practicing the Slide swing the leg across the front (the young player can imagine the ball is their house and they are facing it from the street, this is the front, they then swing their leg in front of their house, then go over their house backwards ending up in the backyard) of the ball and put it down on the opposite side. Continue to pivot the body and go backwards over the ball.
Once to the other side, ensure that you are balanced on both feet and able to go right or left.
Slide with Drag Back
As the dribbler goes backwards over the ball, they use the foot that they did not step with to drag the ball underneath them and farther away from the defender. Use a heavy foot on top of the ball in order to not have the ball slip out from underneath the foot. You can see the young dribblers at the end of the clips below experimenting with complimentary techniques following their slide. Get the basics then begin to add more and more to the techniques. You can see how the players at the end of the video are incorporating a 'Slide with a Drag Back and Opening up' in order to go forward and into space.
