Individual Ball Skills
Dramatically improving an individual's ball skills will improve success in games for a both player and their team. This kind of impact is the end goal.
The fundamental building blocks every individual player needs to improve (even at the highest level).
Individual Ball Skills
Protect the Ball
Protect the ball when dribbling, on first touch control, when shooting, protect yourself and the ball when challenging for a 50/50 ball.
Protecting the ball is all about body positioning.
Dribbling
Dribbling under pressure
Dribbling in tight spaces
Surface of the foot
Changing speed and direction
Not showing opponent the ball
Receiving
Field awareness
Creating space before asking for the ball
Awareness of your options prior to your first touch
body position and angle
