Drive towards the defender and when close take a big step across the ball and explode with the outside of the other foot in the other direction. Most effective when coming in at an angle making the disguise as big as possible.
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Work on your first touch by moving the ball and exploding performing various turns, big touches before shooting on goal. Repeat on weaker foot.
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Play a 1-2 with the wall, pivot and let the ball run across your body. Receive on the back foot and explode with 1 big touch through the gates before shooting with laces into the goal.
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Drive through the middle of the ball with the laces. Get your body over the ball but do not follow through planting the non kicking foot next to the ball. Extension is to try and loft the ball.
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This requires a larger space as the touches are bigger and require running with pace. It involves rolling the ball across your body exploding through a gate and shooting with laces into the goal. Multiple outcomes to mimic a game situation.
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One of the more advanced ball mastery practices. Roll the ball and turn. Catch the ball with the other foot and roll out exploding towards it and accelerating away.
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A practice which does not involve touching the ball but a combination of a fake and body movements to lose the opposing player. Roll the ball ahead of yourself. Perform a big fake and step over the ball. Step the same foot back over the ball immediately and explode out in the same direction.
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Roll the ball ahead of you. Make a big fake to kick but step over the ball. Turn your body 180 degrees and step over with the other foot. Tap the ball and explode away.
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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.
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This passing practice involves just 3 cones set 5 yards away from a wall. A series of exercises involving passing and receiving off the wall around and between the cones. A quality first touch is needed to get across the cones and make sure you use both feet. Increase or decrease the distance of the cones from the wall to make it more or less difficult.
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