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Practice games

Soft First Touch

A good first touch sets up everything you do next.

At home 25 min 1 to 2 players Wall On your own With a grown-up 2016 to 2019

Pass, Receive, Heads Up Work hard

Set up

  • Warm up for 5 minutes: jog, toe taps, sole rolls.
  • Find a wall.

Wall.

How to play

  • Pass to the wall and kill the ball dead with one touch (inside of the foot). Stop it right beside you.
  • Touch into space: control it slightly forward or sideways, like moving away from a defender. 2 minutes.
  • Three surfaces: control the wall pass with inside, then outside, then sole. 8 each.
  • Control and turn: control the rebound with a turn, then dribble away. 2 minutes.
  • Practice foot: control 10 in a row with your practice foot.

Make it easier

Make it harder

  • Always out of your feet: never stop it fully dead. Your first touch sets up the next move.
  • Smaller target: control the ball into a box of 2 giant steps every time.
  • Quicker feed: pass harder at the wall so the ball comes back faster.

Three things to say

  • Cushion the ball dead, relaxing the foot at the last second, like catching an egg.

Colts habit

Work hard: little and often beats one long go.

Both feet

Do a round with the practice foot only.

Heads up

Look up between touches.

For your birth year

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

2016 to 2017
Kill it dead 20 times.
2018 to 2019
Kill it dead 12 times.

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 drills you did today.