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Get better on your own time. All you need is a ball, a wall and a few cones, or a couple of jumpers.
Pick your position
Six weeks of training for each one: a skill on your own, a drill with friends, a match moment to play through, every week.
- DecideMatch moments36 moments from real matches. Pause, make your choice, see what happens.
- PlanA week of practiceShort sessions for your age, the days you have and the kit you have.
- LearnSkills, close up15 skills drawn foot by foot.
- MeasureSkill checkFive tests to do once a month. Results stay on your device.
Drill of the week
Receive on the half-turn
Your friend passes to you from behind. Open your body, take the ball with your back foot and play forward through a gate.
On your own
Ten minutes of any of these, most days, will change how you play.
first touch · 10 min · Just you
Wall passes across the body
Pass against a wall, take the rebound across your body to the other cone, and pass again. The best way to practise passing and first touch on your own.
ball mastery · 10 min · Just you
The cone weave
Dribble in and out of a line of cones using every part of both feet. Small touches, ball close, eyes up.
turning · 12 min · Just you
Turn and go
Dribble to a line, turn sharply, and accelerate away. Learn four turns: the inside hook, the outside hook, the drag back and the Cruyff.
ball mastery · 8 min · Just you
Weaker-foot figure of eight
A figure of eight round two cones, using only your weaker foot. Ten minutes a day makes a real difference.
shooting · 15 min · Just you, or with a friend in goal
Strike the corners
Push the ball out of your feet and strike it low into a corner. Accuracy first, then power.
dribbling · 10 min · Just you
Run with the ball, then stop it dead
Run with the ball at speed over 20 m, then slow down and stop it on the line with the sole of your foot.
defending · 10 min · Just you
Close down and jockey
Sprint out to a ball, brake with short steps, arrive side-on an arm's length away, then back off slowly showing it to one side. The footwork for pressing and for defending one against one.
defending · 10 min · Just you
Turn and recover
Stand as a defender, turn on a call, and sprint back on a curved line to get between the runner and your goal. The run for balls over the top, overlaps and cut-backs.
ball mastery · 10 min · Just you
Keepy-uppy ladder
Climb a ladder of five stages, from one touch and a bounce to keeping it up with both feet and thighs. It builds the soft touch every other skill needs.
ball mastery · 10 min · Just you
Ten-minute ball mastery
Five short moves, 45 seconds each with a 15 second rest, done twice. Thousands of touches in ten minutes, with both feet.
With a friend
Better still with two. Swap roles so you both get the work.
passing · 10 min · You and a friend
Two-touch through the gate
Pass to each other through a small gate. Control with one touch to the side, pass with the second.
dribbling · 12 min · You and a friend
1v1 to the line
One attacks, one defends. Score by stopping the ball on the end line. Swap after every go.
first touch · 12 min · You and a friend
Receive on the half-turn
Your friend passes to you from behind. Open your body, take the ball with your back foot and play forward through a gate.
passing · 12 min · You and a friend
Give and go
Pass to your friend, run past a cone that stands in for a defender, and get the ball back in front of you. The quickest way past someone is a pass.
shooting · 12 min · You and a friend, plus a goalkeeper if you have one
First-time finishing
Your friend rolls the ball across in front of you and you finish without stopping it. Most goals in real games are scored with one or two touches.
goalkeeping · 12 min · You and a friend
Shoot and save
One shoots from a line, one saves. Swap after five. Both players learn: one to place a shot, the other to set and catch.
goalkeeping · 10 min · You and a friend
Goalkeeper handling
Four catches every keeper needs: the W catch, the scoop, the basket and the low collapse. Your friend throws, you catch, then swap.
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Five habits of players who improve
- Touch it every day. Ten minutes a day beats an hour once a week.
- Use your weaker foot. It feels awful at first. It gets better faster than you think.
- Look before it arrives. Glance over your shoulder before every pass you receive.
- Practise at match speed once you have the move right, not before.
- Rest. Have at least one or two days a week off, sleep well, and stop if something hurts.