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I am looking for a session or drills that improve players first touch. Our biggest issues are First Touch so we need to work on this, another issue is the 'second ball' we always win the first header but never get to the second ball quick enough so any help with these issuse would be great!

Player, England

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Annabel DunnillCoach, England

Hi,

Here's a great drill to improve your players first touch and close control. The most important thing is repetition when looking to improve this skill as it allows players to get a proper feel for the ball and learn what techniques work best for them.

Winning the second ball is often driven by mentality and a desire to beat the opposition to the ball and win it back. This is something that is difficult to teach. However, you can add levels of competition into training which teaches players a want to win and drive to battle for every ball.

Hope this helps.

Archie

Triangle Conditioning - Chest & Pass

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Set up a triangle as shown. 3 players on the outside have a ball each and the player in the middle without a ball. Player in the middle receives a serve from one player on the outside and controls with the chest before volleying it back to them using the interior or the laces of their feet. He then leaves the vicinity of the triangle before coming back and and receiving from another player.

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