CONTROL
SHOOTING
PASSING
DRIBBLING
TURNING
HEADING
CREATE SPACE
INDIVIDUAL DEFENDING
SUPPORT PLAY
GOALKEEPING
CROSSING
TACKLING
THE THROW IN
ATTACKING SET PLAYS
DEFENDING SET PLAYS
THE FREE KICK
CONTROL
Please select a subsection from the topics below :

 A basic introduction    Inside of the foot    Extending Control  
  Swivelling with the ball     in tight situations    
Running with the ball Running with the ball (close control)
Running with the ball (changing pace)
Running with the ball (control) Running with the ball (to score)
Running with the ball (to score cont.)
Running with the ball (central)
Running with the ball (circuit training)
Movement off the ball Movement off the ball cont.
Movement off the ball (passing & moving)
Movement off the ball (switching play in defence)
Switch play in defence (progression)
Switching play in centre field
Switching play in the attacking third of the field
Switching play (in attack) continued - around the penalty area
Switching play in attack around the penalty area (continued)
Adding Defenders: Switching play continued
Developing the reverse Pass Playing back to goal (turning)
Turning and Finishing I II III Playing with back to goal I
II III IV V Making decisions II III IV
Progression Shadow play I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX The Short Corner The Short Corner 2 The Short Corner 3 The Short Corner 4 The Short Corner 5 Defending against a short corner (1) Defending against a short corner (2) Defending against a short corner (3) Defending against a short corner (4) The throw in (1) The throw in (2) The throw in (3) Defending at a throw in

Playing with back to goal (continued) (chest and head control)

The 'target man' S must also be able to handle any type of service.
The pass to him, (when he has his back to goal) can arise at any height,
and he has to learn to deal with it.
The practices to deal with inproving these skills are not disimilar to those in the previous practices.

Practice 1

A good starting point is S marked by D as in diagram 1, facing server B

Diagram (1)


Exercise 1

B lobs the ball (by hand) to aim at S around chest height, and with D trying to pressurise him, S has to control the ball on his chest and as it drops lay the ball back to B.

Exercise 2

B lobs the ball again only this time S advances, leaps and heads the ball back to the server.

Diagram 2

D once again tries to pressurise S, while S must try and be accurate with his header , eg down to the feet of B as in diagram 2.