Football is a multifaceted game that requires mastering many skills at the same time. It is not enough to run fast and hit the ball hard to become a good football player. It is important to handle the ball correctly, to be able to receive and handle it, to pass accurately, that is, to have decent technique.
Instructions
Step 1
There are a number of exercises that can greatly improve your ball handling technique. These are "chasing", ball running and obstacle course, "square" and "canopy".
Step 2
Coining is an exercise during which you need to hit the ball as many times as possible, while not allowing it to fall to the ground. This exercise should be given fifteen minutes a day, and preferably all thirty. When chasing the ball, do not stand still, try to alternate your left and right legs, use your knees.
Step 3
Running with the ball also helps to improve your technique: you learn how to control the ball in motion, and not let it go far away from you while running. Try to run at least a kilometer a day in this way. It will also be useful to change the pace of running, alternating between acceleration and jogging. Once you are good at controlling the ball at high speed, incorporate feints and dribbles into the exercise.
Step 4
Every professional footballer is familiar with the obstacle course: objects are placed on the field, symbolizing the footballers of the opposing team, which must be circled on the run.
Train your stroke at a low speed at first, and as your skill grows, accelerate more and more, thereby making the exercise harder.
Step 5
A square is an exercise in which four people are involved, standing at the same distance from each other. The essence of the square is that the players, with one touch, pass the ball to each other in turn, trying to give passes exactly to the feet of a friend. This exercise will help you practice short-passing accuracy and ball-catching technique.
Step 6
Another exercise that footballers use is called the canopy. Its essence is that two players stand at a considerable distance from each other (for example, on different sides of a football field) and pass the ball to each other on horseback. The canopy develops field vision and improves long pass accuracy.
