5 Individual Technical Training Exercises | Improve Your First Touch and Passing in Tight Spaces

Hi guys and welcome back to another video. So today I've got five technical training drills you can use to improve your first touch and passing in those tight space situations. All you'll need for today's exercises is a rebounder or a wall. I'm going to be also using this pole but if you don't have a pole you can use a cone or anything you have lying around the house such as a shoe and of course you're going to need a football. Just before we get into them I want to say a huge thank you to Squarespace for sponsoring today's video. Squarespace is where I built my very own and from websites to analytics to marketing tools they're the all-in-one place to grow your online presence and manage your business. But let's get right into the drills. For the first exercise you're going to pass the ball with the inside of your foot, check towards the wall or rebounder, play a one-touch pass back and then you're going to back pedal slightly, check away and then you're going to take your first touch across your body around the pole and then you're going to play the next pass with your opposite foot. For each of these exercises I recommend going for 10 on each foot or try and go for as long as possible without making a mistake. For the second exercise you're playing one pass to the wall and then you're going to play a first time pass again but this time you're playing it at an angle. So one pass straight and then the next is at an angle so you can receive it on the opposite side of the pole and you're going to repeat this on the opposite side For exercise three you're going to play a pass with the foot furthest away from the pole and you're going to play another pass first time with the inside foot and then you're going to take a back foot touch behind the pole and repeat this entire sequence on the opposite side. For exercise four you're playing a pass with your foot furthest away from the pole then you're taking a back foot touch behind the pole and you're going to play an angled pass with that same foot almost like a reverse pass using the laces to cut it back on yourself so you can receive the ball on the opposite side of the pole once again and you're going to repeat this sequence all over again getting in a rhythm. For this exercise you're going to do a few repetitions or 30 seconds on one side and then you're going to repeat on the opposite side so that you get an equal amount of repetitions with both feet. For exercise five you're playing a pass with your inside foot closest to the pole and you're letting it come across your body and with the opposite foot you're hooking it back on yourself playing a pass into the boards or the wall with that same foot and then you're going to take a touch with the outside of the foot with the ball going in front of the pole then you're going to repeat this entire sequence on the opposite side. Start slowly with this one then increase the speed once you gain confidence with it. So there we have it five technical training drills to help you improve your first touch and passing in those tight space situations and just before I go I want to say another huge thank you to Squarespace for sponsoring today's video. Squarespace is where I built my website 7mlctraining.com and it allows me to put everything 7mlctraining related in one place from links to my platforms, my blog posts, my podcast as well as links to my training programs which includes Controllo which is my very own seven day first touch training program so if you enjoyed today's exercises you might be interested in that program as well so I'll leave a link to it in the description box below but if you haven't considered building a website check out Squarespace and if you use the link in my description www.squarespace.com slash 7mlc you can get 10% off your first website. If you enjoyed today's video make sure you smash the like button, hit the subscribe button for weekly training videos and I will see you guys in my next video!