Coaching Youth Soccer: Controlling The Ball In The Very First Touch

If you are coaching youth soccer, you probably know how important it is for the players to have the ability to get control of the ball as quickly as possible.

Using your creativity, you can come up with a wide array of youth soccer drills. Here, I am sharing with a very effective drill that will help your players have the quickest control of the ball.

For this drill, you need a square area of the field at least ten by ten yards in size. Divide your players in small teams of three and give one ball to each of these teams.

• Have two players stand on one side of this square area.
  
• The ball should be in their possession.
  
• The third player will take position on the opposite side of the square.
  
• The player with the ball in the beginning will pass the ball to the third player standing on the opposite side.
  
• The player receiving the ball will have to use just one touch to get control of the ball meanwhile the first player will sprint towards the third player.
  
• The third player will then pass on the ball to the second player.
  

The key here is to get control of the ball in the very first touch.


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