Pass with the inside of the foot
Ready when: Close control and juggling (b1) started.
What you are learning
The inside-foot pass, the most used pass in football: standing foot beside the ball, the ball struck with the inside of the foot so it rolls straight. And receiving it with the inside of the foot, letting the foot give a little so the ball stops close.
Words on this card Inside, Standing foot, First touch, Cushion
- Inside
- The inner edge of the foot (by the big toe) and the outer edge (by the little toe).
- Standing foot
- The foot you are not kicking with, planted beside the ball.
- First touch
- The first contact with a ball that comes to you.
- Cushion
- Letting the foot give a little as the ball arrives, so it stops close.
Set up
A ball, 3 m apart, then 5 m and 7 m; a wall can replace the partner.
Weather: dry ground
Show it first for the one teaching
- Put the standing foot beside the ball, toes pointing at your partner.
- Turn the kicking foot out, toe up, and swing it so the inside of the foot strikes the middle of the ball.
- To receive, put the inside of the foot in the ball's path and let it move back a little as the ball arrives.
Your part while they practise
Pass back gently; count the clean passes.
Step by step
- Standing foot beside the ball.
- Pass with the inside of the foot.
- Receive with the inside of the foot, moving it back on contact to cushion the ball.
- Widen the gap step by step.
How much: 20 passes, 3 rounds 8 min a session 4 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Knock the cone
Pass at a cone 5 m away; a touch scores even if it stays up; step back after 3 hits.
Who plays: the child against you, taking turns.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Stand a cone 5 m away
- Take turns to pass at it with the inside of the foot
- After 3 hits, that player steps back 1 m
- 10 passes each
- Fair play
- A grown-up passes with the weaker foot.
- Points
- 1 point for each hit; 1 more point if it knocks the cone over.
- Fouls
- No point for that pass
- A toe poke instead of the inside of the foot
- The ball lifted off the ground
- Stepping over the passing line
- Winning
- More points after 10 passes each.
- 3 points for 1 star
- 6 points for 2 stars
- 9 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
Closer, a bigger ball.
Moving ball, weaker foot.
What you will see, and what to say
- the pass rolls wide
Plant the foot, toe up
The standing foot points at the target. - the ball bounces off the foot
Soft foot, cushion it
Let the foot give.
Self-check
8 of 10 passes reach the partner and are controlled with the first touch.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains passing, first touch.
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