Ball Mastery:

o  1v0

o  1v1 cooperative

Focus:

Comfort, control and gaining confidence with the ball. Players gain comfort handling the ball with the basic surfaces of the foot (inside, outside, sole and laces). The more advanced ball mastery skills can be taught after the basic dribbling and passing skills are taught.

Many of these drills can be seen DVD’s such as:

o    Coerver

o    “First Touch”

Teaching Progression (9):

1.    Push: push ball forward with quick, short taps: inside of foot, outside, laces, sole of foot.

2.     Sole Roll: Roll ball in small circles (both directions) with sole of the foot.

3.     Push-Pull: Push ball forward with laces – pull back   slightly with sole of foot and continue forward.

4.     Toe taps: Jogging in place while tapping ball with the toes of the foot that’s in the air.

5.     Tap-tap: Side to side with ball using the inside of 

         your foot.

6.     Roll: Roll ball forward with rear trailing foot 

       repeatedly rolling over ball.

7.     Moon Walk: Dragging the ball backwards with the 

       sole of your foot.

8.     Toss-N-Trap: Toss ball up or have a partner pass it

       to you and bring it down softly (cushion it):

o     Top of foot (R/L)

o     Trap it with bottom of foot (R/L)

o     Trap and cut with outside of foot (R/L)

o     Trap and cut with inside of foot (R/L)

9.      Juggling: Thigh, inside of foot, laces, headers. More advanced comfort with the ball.