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Soccer: Balancing the ball on your head

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This isn't the most practical skill for players to know in a match but it's a great one for showboating.

To balance the ball on your head ensure you're balanced to begin with and then place the ball on your head and only release it once it feels stable.

The rest of this skill comes from practice - you'll need to move slightly in the opposite direction to the ball to keep it up - and this should become fairly intuitive after a few goes.

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1 vs 1 - Under Pressure

The red player attacks the blue player in the area between the blue cones.

The blue player cannot tackle but can only put red player under pressure.

Dribbling

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One ball per player.

Players hold the ball at shoulder height and then gently throw it just above their foreheads two mini headers in a row.

Players then catch the ball above their heads and repeat.

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Keepy Ups - 2

Players have a ball each and must try to perform one keep and then let the ball bounce before repeating this skill.

To start players drop the ball from waist height and then kick the ball back towards themselves with the lower laces part of their boot. They then allow the ball to bounce and then gently kick the ball up again.

Continue this for as long as possible (players can keep count to see if they beat their personal best!)

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