Skills & drills for women’s football

Contents

  1. Kicking

    Kicking

    The chip, Kicking technique, Volleying, Side-volleying, Lofted kick, and Bending the ball

  2. Dribbling

    Dribbling

    Dribbling technique, Dummying, and Dribbling tricks & flicks

  3. Footie_tricks

    Footie tricks

    Keepy Uppies, Around the World, Stepover, Maradona 360 Spin, Rai flick, Adriano, Ronaldo chop, Robinho stepover, and Leonardo

  4. Control

    Control

    Close control, Foot control, Thigh control, and Chest control

  5. Turning

    Turning

    Stop turn, Body swerve, Cruyff turn, Back heel, Outside hook turn, and Inside hook turn

  6. Tackling

    Tackling

    Jockeying, Block tackles, and Sliding tackles

  7. Heading

    Heading

    Basic heading, Defensive header, Attacking header, Diving header, Glancing header, and Flick-on

  8. Passing

    Passing

    Passing technique, Short passing, One-two, Crossing the ball, and Drive passing

  9. Shooting

    Shooting

    Shooting technique, Overhead kick, and Penalty kick

  10. Goalkeeping

    Goalkeeping

    Body shots, Catching crosses, Diving saves, Rolling the ball, Overarm throwing, and Kicking from hand

  11. Set_plays

    Set plays

    Throw-in, Corner, Free kick, and How NOT to play

  12. Prep_and_routine

    Preparation & routine

    Warm up for the match, How to warm down, Mental training, Peak performance, Football food, Fitness, agility and stamina, Avoiding injury, and Respecting the ref!

  13. Training

    Training equipment

    Soccer Wall and Global Goal

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What it looks like

Dribbling » Dummying

How?

“As with all forms of dummy, this means tricking the opposition into thinking you’re about to do something you’re not. For example: Stepping over the ball to pass it to a player behind While dribbling, making as if to turn or pass, then stepping over the ball and continuing in the same or opposite direction. Bringing the foot onto the ball as if to backheel, but pushing it forwards with the front of the boot. Passing the ball one way around a defender, before running the other way around to retrieve it.”

Why?

A forward might give false signals in order to wrong-foot a defender, or a player taking a free kick might unexpectedly backheel the ball to a teammate behind him. A good team will have rehearsed and orchestrated dummies to produce clever dummied set-pieces.

Tips & drills

Start slowly, without an opponent. Make sure you’ve got the exaggerated shoulder-dip. Then increase the pace. Then finally have a go with an opponent approaching.