Ball Mastery Menu

Loads of touches make the ball feel like part of your foot. Work through the whole menu.

At home 25 min 1 to 2 players Garden Park Indoors On your own With a grown-up 2016 to 2021

Warm up for 5 minutes: jog on the spot, swing your legs, then roll the ball around your feet to wake them up.

Garden, park, indoors.

Toe taps: tap the top of the ball lightly, foot to foot, like jogging on it.
Sole rolls: sole on top, roll the ball side to side across to the other foot and back. 1 minute.
Side-to-sides: tap the ball between the insides of your feet, left-right-left, tick-tock like a clock.
Inside-outside: push the ball from the inside of one foot to the outside of the same foot and back. Swap feet.
V-pull: drag the ball back with your sole, then push it forward and out to the side with the same foot (it makes a V).
Drag-backs: sole on top, drag it back behind you, then go again with the other foot. 10 in total.

Brazilian toe taps: the same toe taps but up on your toes and as fast as you can. Count them in 20 seconds.
Make a routine: link two moves together, for example 3 side-to-sides then a drag-back. Invent your own.
On the move: do side-to-sides while slowly walking forward.

Work hard: little and often beats one long go.

Do a round with the practice foot only.

Look up between touches.

Pick a birth year to show the tweak for that group. Birth year

2016 to 2017: Toe taps 3 goes of 30 seconds. Side-to-sides 45 seconds twice. Inside-outside 30 seconds each foot. V-pull 8 times each foot.
2018 to 2019: Toe taps 3 goes of 20 seconds. Side-to-sides 30 seconds twice. Inside-outside 20 seconds each foot. V-pull 5 times each foot.
2020 to 2021: Pick 3 or 4 moves and keep each one short.

Safety: Pick a clear, flat space, look out for traffic and hazards, and stop if anything hurts. Soft ball indoors.

Keeping score: Not counted. Tick the moves you did today.