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Basic Foundation Building to be done on non-practice days.  This should take 20 minutes to complete.  More advanced moves under Expert Football.

  1. Rolls (4 each foot)
    1. Inside Roll
    2. Outside roll
  2. Foundation (4 each foot, alternating feet 3 touches between moves)
    1. Side to Side Push-Pull
    2. Side to Side Step-On
    3. Side to Side Front Roll
    4. Around the tree: player stands on one foot and tries to guide the ball in a small circle around the standing leg.
  3. Pull back and go. Do sequence with one foot then switch (4 times each foot
    1. Pull, Instep Push
    2. Pull a Vee
    3. Pull & Take with Outside of foot
    4. Pull & Roll Behind
  4. Turns: Travel 10 feet turn 180 degrees use 3 touches between turns (4 times each foot)
    1. Pull Turn
    2. Inside of foot turn
    3. Outside of foot turn
    4. Cruyff
    5. Step over Turn
  5. Change of direction with fakes,  (4 times each foot)*** Click bold name for video.
    1. Lunge The lunge is a very versatile move that works standing still or at a dead run. Start dribbling the ball forwards then abruptly lunge (take a long deep step) with your left foot, to the left of the ball. Plant your left foot hard and take the ball back to the right with the outside of the right foot, on the diagonal.
    2. Scissors -- Move your faking foot around the ball and plant it on the outside of it. Immediately cut the ball with the outside of your other foot and accelerate. KEY POINTS: Do not pause right after executing the fake. Instead, cut the ball as quickly as possible.
    3. Matthews -- The Matthews is a two-step move that involves pushing the ball to the inside and then immediately cutting in the opposite direction. To make it even more effective you can gently scoop the ball as you cut to the outside.
    4. Scotch Move -- (three variations) - "straight"/"stepover"/"step-on" (Kenzie). These are all moves that redirect the ball underneath the leg, (but in a different fashion than the Cruyff or "pullback L"). The basic maneuver ("straight Scotch", if you will) starts with stepping over the ball with the left foot. After placing that foot down use the inside of your right foot to tap it underneath your left leg and off to the left side at an angle. Turn to the left and take it with your left foot.
    5. Rivelino In the Rivelino you feint by moving one foot around the ball from the outside in. Then you cut the ball using the outside of the same foot. . Accelerate!
      KEY POINTS: Once again to "sell" this move the step-over must be convincing. The defender has to buy into the thought that you are going to shoot or accelerate in the direction of the step-over before you actually explode in the other direction. This move can be done facing the defender or with your back to them. For example, you can shield the ball deep in their corner, your back to the defender, then do the "Rivelino step-over" to find space for a cross.

 

**Confidence Builder:  Spend ten minutes juggling the ball trying to get 50-100 consecutive juggles.  If this is too difficult let it bounce in between juggles.

***Fitness:  Do 10 push ups,  50 sit ups, 10 push ups, 25 sit ups and 10 push ups

 

Fast Footwork Descriptions

  1. Inside Roll -- Roll the ball across your body from outside to inside with the inside and sole of the foot and stop the ball with the inside of the other foot.
  2. Outside Roll -- Roll the ball across your body from inside to outside with the outside and sole of the foot and stop the ball with the inside of the same foot.
  3. Side to Side Push-Pull -- Tap ball back and forth with inside of feet, push ball forward with one foot and pull it back the sole of the opposite foot.
  4. Side to Side Step-On -- Roll ball to outside with the sole by stepping lightly on the ball, then tap ball back to the inside with the inside of the foot.
  5. Side to Side Front Roll --Tap ball back and forth with inside of feet, push ball slightly forward then pull the ball across your body with the front part of the sole.
  6. Pull Instep Push -- Push ball forward and pull it back with the sole, then tap ball forward with the instep of the same foot.
  7. Pull a Vee -- Push the ball forward and pull it back the sole of the foot while turning and then take the ball with the inside of the same foot.
  8. Pull & Take with Outside of Foot -- Push the ball forward and pull the ball back with the sole then push the ball diagonally forward with the outside of the foot.
  9. Pull & Roll Behind -- Push the ball forward and pull the ball back with the sole of the foot then pass the ball behind the standing leg with the inside of the foot. Control the ball with the sole of the other foot. feet.
  10. Pull turn -- Push ball forward with one foot and pull it back with the other while turning toward ball and take the ball in the opposite direction with the inside of the first foot.
  11. Inside of foot turn -- Push ball forward, move past ball and turn toward ball and take it with the inside of the foot in the opposite direction.
  12. Outside of foot turn -- Push ball forward, move past ball and turn toward ball while taking it with the outside of the foot in the opposite direction.
  13. Cruyff -- Push the ball forward, fake kick with inside of foot, but instead pull ball behind the standing leg and change directions.
  14. Scotch Moves -- Push ball forward, step over ball with one foot, turn toward ball and take it in the opposite direction.
  15. Full Sole Roll -- Roll the sole of one foot forward over the ball and to the outside so the ball stops against your heel. Turn and take the ball with the sole of the other foot with a Step-On.
  16. Scissors -- Starting with the ball to one side, step over or in front of ball so that the ball ends up on the other side of you. Take theball in the opposite direction with the outside of the other foot and then stop ball with the sole of the first foot.
  17. 360 -- Push ball forward, stop it with the sole of one foot while stepping past it, turn and drag ball back with sole of other foot, continue turning all the way around and take the ball with the inside of the first foot.
  18. Kick Over ball -- Kick over ball with inside of foot then pull it back with the sole of the same foot.