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Ball Mastery

Ball control, Footwork. About 6 minutes.

Keepers tonight
KKeeper working SServer or team-mate AAttacker KWaiting
Toe taps and sole rolls
  1. Toe taps: light touches on top of the ball.
  2. On your toes, knees soft, head up.
  3. Sole roll: drag it across your body.
  4. Other foot rolls it back.
How it is set up

Setup. Every keeper has a ball and two metres of space. No gloves for this one.

How it runs. Thirty seconds on, fifteen off. Round one: toe taps on top of the ball. Round two: sole rolls, right foot across then left foot back. Round three: inside to inside between the feet. Round four: pick your worst one and do it again.

Coaching points

  1. Head up. Feel the ball, do not stare at it. Look at the coach and call the number of fingers held up.
  2. Stay on the balls of your feet with soft knees, the same as your set position.
  3. Small touches. The ball never gets more than a step away.
  4. Both feet do the same amount of work. The weaker foot goes first.

Make it harder. Coach calls "switch" to change move without stopping. Then add a turn on the whistle: sole drag back and go the other way.

With 4 keepers. Four keepers in a square, coach in front.