TURNING & CONTROL
The importance of good control with the first
touch on the ball has been stressed in previous practices,
and this applies particularly when a player has to change
direction when the ball is passed to him.
Consider the following situation in diagram 1.
Diagram 1
Attacker (B) with his back to goal is receiving the ball from
his team mate (A) - with defender (D) closing in to tackle.
(B) needs to collect the ball with the inside of his left
foot, and cushion it just enough to take off the weight on
the pass.
At the same time he should control the ball and turn to his
left, swinging the body round ready to take route 1 towards
the goal i.e. away from (D) who cannot make a challenge if
the control and turn is made skilfully enough.
This pass, control, and turn should be made slowly at first
(with no defender involved at all) so that (B) knows exactly
what he is trying to achieve.
IF POSSIBLE THE COACH SHOULD ILLUSTRATE
THE TECHNIQUE, DEMONSTRATING THE "CUSHION" TOUCH
REQUIRED BY THE LEFT FOOT IN THIS CASE AND THE SWIVEL MOVEMENT
OF THE BODY SO AS TO KEEP THE BALL CLOSE, AND AT THE SAME
TIME ROTATE SHARPLY ENOUGH TO PREPARE TO SHOOT AT GOAL.
It should be stressed defender (D) comes into the practice
once B has perfected the control and turn movement.
Once D is involved (B) should be allowed to go on and shoot
at goal.
Turning and Passing in Threes
To develop the technique three players in a line can be used
in a practice as in diagram 2 - one ball.
Diagram 2
(C) passes to (A) who is facing him, (A) now has to control
the pass, turn quickly before passing on to (B).
The type of pass from (C) can vary, but accuracy from both
(C) and (A) should be a priority. Another point to be stressed
is A's cushion control, and turn.
To vary, players can exchange roles, until (C) and (B) can
alter their positions and their distances from (A).
Turning on the Run
Diagram 3
In the next practice (C) 10 metres away from (A) passes to
him along the ground but firmly.
(A) has to control the ball turn and take the ball round
the marker (M) before
delivering an accurate pass to (B).
Alternatively (B) can make the pass which means (A) will have
to turn to his left to get round the marker (M) and so he
will then have the opportunity to practice control and turn
with both feet.
Once again roles can be reversed.
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