key information
Technical Areas
The notes below highlight the main ‘technical’ areas all players, who are keen to improve, need to be working on.
FOOTWORK Programs
Master the Ball
As soon as a player starts to play football, the ability to move the ball around their feet, and between spaces, needs to be mastered. It is impossible to be a good player without the ability to change the ‘picture’ using footwork. Work through all exercises in this section to become a ‘master of the ball’ when it needs to be moved around the feet and between spaces.
AIR CONTROL PROGRAM
Master an Elevated Ball
As players develop, the ability to deal with an elevated ball becomes increasingly important. Elevated ball work is very hard and frustrating at first. Many players give up. Due to this, being able to juggle when young is a good indicator that a player is committed to development and hard work.
Players, who are committed to their development, need to master the ball in the air.
As players develop, the ability to play with the head up (eyes off the ball) becomes increasingly important.
Getting the head up whilst on the ball is very hard and frustrating at first. Many players never master it
As players play at higher and higher levels, increasingly the ‘game’ is not where the ball is, the ‘game’ is everywhere else. The ball is just a decoy.
Players, who are committed to their development, need to master the ability to get the Head Up (to see the ‘game’).
Work hard today
Be a better player tomorrow.
The site is built on the back of 20+ years of full time private, small group and team based technical coaching. The experience and acquired knowledge gained from coaching and helping young players become professional and international level players is at the heart of this resource. A lot of time and effort has gone into putting the site together. Hopefully you enjoy using it.
