Drive straight towards the middle of the defender dribbling with your laces. Circle one foot around the front of the ball and touch way and explode at pace. Work on both feet and don't perform the skill too close or too far from the defender.

Coming at an angle towards the defender, roll the ball across the front of the body, step over with the same foot and take take the ball with the outside of the opposite foot. Explode away.

Take small touches across the body approaching the defender.Step over with the same foot faking to defender down the line and explode away. Ensure you are close enough to the defender to give your fake the best chance to succeed.

A simple but very effective dribbling skill used extensively by Wayne Rooney. As you approach the defender tapping the ball with the inside of the foot in a hopping motion, make a big fake to take the defender down the line. Then immediately explode inside one movement and race away.

Pass against the wall. Fake before you receive and touch the ball square towards the gate. Outside cut sharply and cut back again immediately. Ensure your body rotates 180 degrees on each turn. Be explosive!

Set up 2 cones 10 yards apart 2 yards away from a wall. At the top of the first cone, perform an inside then outside with the same foot bouncing against the wall at an angle to receive on the other side of the cone. Receive 1 touch behind the standing foot into space exploding towards the other cone. Drive at pace between the cones.

This ball mastery exercise involves working in a straight line between 2 cones. Take two touches with the outside of the foot, then a double touch with a big final touch. Can you fake to kick before the double touch?