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Follow this series to challenge yourself or your players at home to learn these individual ball control skills. Got a different skill or have you mastered one of these? Let us know on the community and post it on this question feed!

Reverse Flick Up & Turn

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Start with the ball between the heels of both feet. Using your stronger foot, flick the ball up using your opposite leg for purchase. At the same time, rotate your body, the opposite way to your flicking foot. Your next touch should come with the same foot that you used to flick

Reverse Flick Up & Turn

DESCRIPTION

Start with the ball between the heels of both feet. Using your stronger foot, flick the ball up using your opposite leg for purchase. At the same time, rotate your body, the opposite way to your flicking foot. Your next touch should come with the same foot that you used to flick

Matt MorrisonPlayer, England

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Matt MorrisonPlayer, England

Around The World - Single Foot

Around The World - Single Foot

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Start by getting the ball in the air and keeping it up. When you feel comfortable, take a small touch and quickly loop your same leg over the ball. Carry on with keeping the ball in the air when the movement has been completed.

Around The World - Single Foot

DESCRIPTION

Start by getting the ball in the air and keeping it up. When you feel comfortable, take a small touch and quickly loop your same leg over the ball. Carry on with keeping the ball in the air when the movement has been completed.

Matt MorrisonPlayer, England

The Maradnna 7!

The Maradonna 7

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The goal is to take 7 touches in the following order: Right foot Left Foot Right Knee Left Knee Right Shoulder Left Shoulder Head

The Maradonna 7

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The goal is to take 7 touches in the following order: Right foot Left Foot Right Knee Left Knee Right Shoulder Left Shoulder Head

Matt MorrisonPlayer, England

Around the World again but this time using the opposite foot!

Around The World - Both Feet

DESCRIPTION

Start by getting the ball in the air and keeping it up. When you feel comfortable, take a small touch and quickly loop the opposite leg up and over the ball and back down to control it. Carry on with keeping the ball in the air when the movement has been completed.

Around The World - Both Feet

DESCRIPTION

Start by getting the ball in the air and keeping it up. When you feel comfortable, take a small touch and quickly loop the opposite leg up and over the ball and back down to control it. Carry on with keeping the ball in the air when the movement has been completed.

Matt MorrisonPlayer, England

Can you use your neck to kill the ball dead?

Neck Stall

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Start by scooping the ball up and balancing the ball on the top of your foot. When ready, flick the ball straight up in the air. Bring your head down with the falling ball and catch it on your neck. Either let the ball roll of your neck or use your neck muscles to flick the ball back in the air to carry on with the kick ups.

Neck Stall

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Start by scooping the ball up and balancing the ball on the top of your foot. When ready, flick the ball straight up in the air. Bring your head down with the falling ball and catch it on your neck. Either let the ball roll of your neck or use your neck muscles to flick the ball back in the air to carry on with the kick ups.

Matt MorrisonPlayer, England

Get creative and use this knee flick to keep the ball up!

Knee Extension Keep Up

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Start by getting the ball in the air and keeping it up. Get some height on the keepy ups to about waist height. The skill is best executed when the ball is just over wasit height and about a knees lenght infront of the body. Bring the thigh towards the ball and begin extending the leg at the knee. You are looking to control the ball just above the knee cap and in 1 movement, complete the extension of the knee with the ball flicking up off the knee. Carry on keep the ball in the air.

Knee Extension Keep Up

DESCRIPTION

Start by getting the ball in the air and keeping it up. Get some height on the keepy ups to about waist height. The skill is best executed when the ball is just over wasit height and about a knees lenght infront of the body. Bring the thigh towards the ball and begin extending the leg at the knee. You are looking to control the ball just above the knee cap and in 1 movement, complete the extension of the knee with the ball flicking up off the knee. Carry on keep the ball in the air.

Matt MorrisonPlayer, England

Try this fun first touch!

First Touch Into Kick Ups

DESCRIPTION

Can either be done with a partner or off the wall. You are aiming for the ball to land at your feet so you need to quickly position yourself where the ball is going to land. Place the foot you want to control the ball with fimly on the floor directly where the ball is going to land. This will cause the ball to bounce up perfectly for you to start keeping the ball in the air.

First Touch Into Kick Ups

DESCRIPTION

Can either be done with a partner or off the wall. You are aiming for the ball to land at your feet so you need to quickly position yourself where the ball is going to land. Place the foot you want to control the ball with fimly on the floor directly where the ball is going to land. This will cause the ball to bounce up perfectly for you to start keeping the ball in the air.

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