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Ball Control – Coaching Football Skills

On this page you can watch a football skills video on ball control: Access an animated 3D football skills drill: Print out a chalkboard session and a download a PDF, all designed to help coach the football skill of ball control:

Please take the time to access this football skills coaching information on ball control and to watch the Tour Videos to fully appreciate what a membership to Grassrootscoaching.com offers.

Football Skills - Ball control

One of the most important football skills a player should practice is to improve their ability to instantly control the ball using any surface. This football skill will enable the player to then make a decision on the next pass or shot. Football coaches should look to provide training practices that encourage the players to work on and improve their football skills of ball control.

Football skill sessions that focus on and encourage the players to work on and improve their ball control using a variety of surfaces such as the foot, the thigh, the chest and the head are all related to the skills the players will require in matches. These football coaching sessions should also provide lots of different paced and height passes, which again, will test the player’s ball control football skills.

Football skill sessions that focus on and encourage the players to work on and improve their ball control using a variety of surfaces such as the foot, the thigh, the chest and the head are all related to the skills the players will require in matches. These football coaching sessions should also provide lots of different paced and height passes, which again, will test the player’s ball control football skills.

Football Skills - Ball control key coaching information

  • Football Skills coaching Tip 1 - The player should be alert, on their toes and ready to move in any direction 
  • Football Skills coaching Tip 2 - The first movement the player should make is to move into the line of the ball 
  • Football Skills coaching Tip 3 –The player should also recognise the pace, height and speed of the ball and adjust their position accordingly 
  • Football Skills coaching Tip 4 – The player should quickly decide and select the most appropriate control surface 
  • Football Skills coaching Tip 5 – Relax the control surface on contact with the ball and cushion the ball in the chosen direction, within playing distance and away from any defenders 
  • Football Skills coaching Tip 6 - Head up to select next option, pass, shoot etc
 

Watch videos

Watch the video to understand; structure and coach a simple Ball Control – Football Skills session.

Coaching Football Skills | Ball Control

See animated drill

This is a 3D animated football skills session taken from the members’ area of ball control. The title is “Improve protecting the ball away from the defender”

Coaching Football Skills | Ball Control

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