Inside outside
Quick touches with the inside and outside of your feet. Keep your toes pointed and work in a zig zag pattern up the pitch.
Roll n Step
Roll the ball diagonally across your body with the sole of the foot stepping with the other foot to let the ball go through the legs. Immediately catch the ball with the sole of the other foot and go back. Repeat in a running motion working on balance, rhythm and close control.
U turns
Improve your balance with the ball mastery exercise. With the ball in front of you, extend the leg and bring the ball back with the sole of the foot. Touch the ball with the inside of the foot pushing it behind the standing foot.Touch the ball forward in front with your laces. Repeat up the pitch.
3 outside 1 inside
This exercise is all about quick touches! Take 3 touches with the outside of the foot and then 1 with the inside of the other foot. Make sure the touches are close together and work in a zig zag pattern up the pitch.
Inside outside roll
Ball Mastery exercise focusing on quick touches. Roll the ball into the inside of the opposite foot. Perform a quick inside and outside moving the ball away and then roll across again. Repeat up the pitch on with quick touches and rhythm.
Openers
With the ball in front of you at a slight angle, bring the furthest foot from the ball across the body. Pull the ball back, rotate and push the ball out with the inside of the same foot in a V shape. Key is the rotation of the hips and the ball should work in a "V" shape up the pitch.
Jump Backs
With the ball in front of you at a slight angle, bring the furthest foot from the ball across the body. Pull the ball back, rotate and push the ball out with the inside of the other foot in a V shape. Key is the rotation of the hips and the ball should work in a "V" shape up the pitch.
Shuffle
A standing practice to get those feet moving. Tap the ball with the toes of each foot moving to the side of the ball slightly in front. Then tap the ball with the foot furthest away behind the standing leg. Then work your way back across repeating the motion. Try to keep the ball still and just move the body building up speed and rhythm.
Inside cuts
Work in a line between 2 cones. Tap the ball to the side, head up and fake to kick. Cut the ball with inside of the foot rolling the ball across your body. Repeat again with the other foot. Accentuate the fake by using your arms,
Inside cuts at an angle
Set up 2 cones and stand in the center about 1 meter behind. Tap the ball to the side at angle towards one of the cones, head up and fake to kick. Cut the ball with inside of the foot rolling the ball across your body at an angle in front to the cut shape is like a "V". Repeat again with the other foot. Accentuate the fake by using your arms,
Outside cuts
Set up 2 cones in a line. Tap the ball to the side towards one of the cones. As you reach the cone cut the ball with the outside of your foot so you are 180 degrees behind. Make your way to the other side and repeat again with the other foot. Make the cut sharp and explode away!
Cruyff turn
One of the most iconic turns in football. Drive at pace with a laces dribble. Lift your head and fake to kick using your arm. Push the ball behind you with the inside of the foot and explode away. Repeat on the other foot.
Step Over Turn
Roll the ball ahead of you. Make a big fake to kick and step over the ball. Cut with the foot you stepped over with and accelerate away in the opposite direction to which you started.
