 time for a tutorial I'm gonna be honest. I was struggling with a few of these especially on my weaker foot, but I'm gonna try to go naturally top through this Give you guys real raw footage and just give you some ideas on how to improve these skills faster So I'm trying to remember all of these first one was a scoop. So I'm just going under the ball And I'm scooping it up. I'm putting like a little bit of a flick on it So to start your scoop might just be here Might just be that height If that's getting easy for you, I would challenge you To put a little more pace on it a little more height on it. So I'm just going under the ball and I'm scooping it up. I am curling my toes I'm scooping under the ball. I'm curling my toes up to the sky or towards my shin and And I'm just releasing it On your weaker foot it's gonna feel awkward. You're really gonna have to flex Really overemphasize that flex. You probably don't even have the ability to flex your foot with that much strength But doing the skill to help you improve the strength in your weaker foot. So first one is a scoop Next I'm just doing like a little roll back pop, which is how most people serve with their flick ups Okay, but just roll back Pop, I don't want to pop into myself that much Rolling back Look here, and then I'm driving my toes under the ball And just like the scoop in the beginning you might just be here But over time if you want to have some more fun with it Try to put a little harder chop on it Pop that up higher. Okay, but I'm just soul on the ball rolling back and then I'm dry. I'm driving my foot under the ball but I'm really Flicking the ball with this part of the toe Really turning my toes up. I'm not just because if I'm just driving My feet into the ground straight just driving straight under the ball Just going to go forward like that if I want to come upwards a bit. I got to curl the toes a bit more It's kind of like that scoop motion But wow, I'm just stopping my foot there So I'm driving my foot here, but it's not it's not flat the toes are curling up a little bit Let me remember next I did a outside I had no idea what you would call this, but I'm just rolling the ball up. So like here you're rolling And popping up with the middle of your foot Here I'm going to do with the side of my foot and I'm kind of turning my hip on it And I'm doing a scoop and I can get some really nice height on that So I'm rolling back and from here It's kind of like this touch. This is juggling touch that you would do. I'm doing that same motion So just like you would do this I'm doing the same thing except the ball Is coming with me and I don't want it. I don't want it to come here. I want a little more So I don't want to hear I want a little more aiming on this side That's not what I want That's not what I want. That's what I mean, especially my weaker foot. That's not what I want I want this one Somewhere in between that Let's play foot That's the one I want right there Okay, so I'm just rolling back curling with the outside of the foot Here I'm doing a roll into the other foot into the toe of the other foot And I'm doing kind of a hop That feels a little awkward on my left side Okay, but I'm rolling into my toe with some pace And I'm jumping and I'm driving my foot under the ball and popping it up. Okay. If I don't roll this back quick enough I'm not going to be able to get Under the ball. So you got to roll with some pace if I'm just like this It's going to feel awkward and I'm almost rolling the ball on top of my foot Until it's there almost there And then jumping if I'm just rolling here And then jumping my timing's off. It's not the skill. It's not going to work. You're not going to get height So I'm rolling it right onto that foot Onto that toe and then I'm jumping popping it up Here we're going to go Starting to get into some more advanced ones and I'm doing all these with weak foot Strong foot weak foot I haven't done some of these in a while and it showed on my weaker side. I don't even like I don't even like Saying weak side or weak foot. Yeah, two strong feet One might just have to catch up to the other but it's actually good for me to practice on the weaker side the weaker side Because yes, these are flicks and tricks and I always criticize freestyle tricks But it is good for ball mastery. It's good for you to learn how to Manipulate the ball and especially use your weaker side to do something skill. So please challenge yourself Don't just do it all on your right or all on your left Play with it a bit when you get into these tougher skills. It is it is hard on the weaker side But hard is good. You don't want easy easy doesn't make you better hard makes you better Do what is hard and the game becomes easy do what is easy and the game is going to be hard Come back to me We'll save that motivational stuff for another video. So This one i'm just rolling back into my foot kind of like you did this one Except i'm not jumping. I'm just i'm just turning my foot and i'm Rolling it into my foot my foot is staying planted here. It's not going anywhere I'm just using it as a rebounder And I have to pull it again with enough pace if I don't pull that hard enough I'm not going to get the height the harder I pull that And I hit it on the right surface the harder I pull that The more it's going to bounce up So planting I'm kind of turning and I might even put a slight angle on it because if I'm down like this It's going to go forward if I I still want it flat on the ground But if I lean back a little bit not even my body just my foot angle Put that angle up a bit I'm going to get more of a pop on the ball Come back so right foot left foot this one Next was similar so Here I'm rolling into myself This one. I'm actually rolling across my body. So I'm rolling across And pulling it into my foot and making it pop up Here similar except this one's moving This one is important to get a little bit of that Especially as I'm coming out of it Let me see So as you can see I'm I'm rolling And I'm leaning here. So when I'm making contact, I'm not straight like this. I'm actually here And the ball's not it's not hitting my studs. It's still hitting the inside of my foot But I'm kind of catching it. So I'm getting under the ball and making it pop up tricky And you need enough pace. I was struggling I was struggling on my left side here I'm not pulling it with enough pace And my foot is too straight. I'm not here Play with that one. Let me see if I can remember Let's keep it going So here I'm rolling up the ankle. I'm just trapping it against the foot And I'm rolling it up the ankle creating that spin on the ball catching it Before it lands and I was having trouble on this side You can see I'm not getting the same height. I'm not used to that motion I'm not pulling it hard enough. Practice that a few more times and it'll come Next progression of that is Same movement except now I'm not doing that. I'm going to hit it. I'm going to roll it up But I'm going to hit it with the sole of my foot. So I'm rolling up when it gets to that top point I'm actually hitting down With my sole for some reason It is always tough on this side Let me show you that I fail all the time I just keep going until I get it Next Scorpion, I believe. Oh, sorry chalks So here I'm just From stance to both feet coming together Making that ball pop up. So I'm just clapping under the ball With my toes and bringing my toes together And I'm making it pop up In order to get some real height I'm kind of jump. I'm jumping into it almost putting more force on the movement and I'm kind of Skipping back but to get it to go straight up In that perfect timing Then we went into What I call scorpion. So instead of a rainbow, we'll do the rainbow after Scorpion, I'm just trapping it between both And jumping up at the same time. So just trap the ball and I have to make sure because if I just go like this It's not going to come past me. I'm trapping the ball. I'm throwing my legs, but I'm actually coming slightly if I'm going Right side. I'm coming slightly To the right to the yep to the right If I want to come this way my legs have to end To the left So I don't hit myself in the back Then I did a Just call this a jump similar skill except We're in the front rather than the back And I don't want to hit myself Just like that the higher you jump the more you throw it The more height you're going to get you might just start right here Over time grab it a bit harder jump A bit higher release. It's like a tough jump with the knees Let's keep going Where are we at? Rainbow So scorpion I'm just walking like that rainbow. I'm rolling it up My leg And then I'm hitting it with the heel. So just like you did this one But now the left foot if I'm rolling with my right leg my left foot is coming and I'm hitting it with my left heel Moving over and if I just wanted to go Straight up I'm probably gonna my body position is going to be a little more up If I wanted to go forward I want to lean forward with that movement When I execute I want my body position here. So if you're like you're trying to go over someone You want to go into that space really lean forward, but then you have to put More force on that movement lean forward more hit it harder Here we got into some difficult ones while the first progression of this I'm calling this a pop. So I'm not uh We just did that basic one which was like this One of the first ones rolled back just popping up with the toe. This is similar But I'm going this way back behind me when it gets here I'm executing that skill, but I don't want the ball to go there. I wanted to pop up here kind of behind me and Something like that, but I don't want just what I did there. I don't want to hit my knee So you might be struggling with that putting that into yourself too much Into yourself too much so Focus on hitting a more If that's happening, you're probably hitting too much on this side of the ball You want to hit a little more on this side of the ball Let me find it and then it'll get out of the way of your body. That's the one I want right there Okay, so I'm rolling back. Look at my body positioning. I'm not up here Body position there card plant I'm rolling behind me. This is where I really this really took me a long time On the left side, let's go again And learn from your mistakes Kind of that one Okay, but I'm set before I even did the skill there. I was already set up to fail because I was lazy with my body positioning. This stuff is just as important as what you do with your feet I need a better client here a better lean forward And I've got to focus on that ball the execution of the ball again If I keep on in myself, I'm hitting too much on this side hit a little more on this side And if anything I want to go over there Something like that Next skill was the progression of that. So I'm calling this a pop smash I'm popping up and I'm hitting the ball into the ground with forward lean And making it come forward got the skill but It's going backwards. I want that to come forward So I need to lean over a bit more I'm popping here And I'm actually I'm popping the ball up and I'm hitting with the Inside of my foot. I'm not hitting laces down You could do that if you got that technique for me. I'm hitting more with the inside of the foot Into the ground But I want it to come Forward so I have to have my body movement going that way come again come again It's good for you guys to see me screw up because If you think every freestyle or everyone doing tricks and videos nails it every single time You can yourself Okay, the demo in the video Will show you that skill honestly on my left side took me so many takes I'm not sloppy But you can see it work On the left side honestly probably took me 50 tapes to get it on my left side But no frustration. Just go again go again. Think about what you're doing Don't just make the same mistake 50 times in a row. Do different mistakes. Think about okay Where am I hitting it? What am I doing with my body? Why does it keep going here when I want to go there? Change it make different mistakes and you won't improve the skill Here we did a Toe heel so From this position. I'm not touching the ball. My first touch is with my toe I'm flicking it Onto the heel of my other foot I'm slapping it down into the ground my toes under the bowl And both sides let me get a better one on my left Something like that. Okay It's a little jump So I'm not it's not a standstill You won't be able to do that. You have to from as soon as I do this. I'm jumping hopping And getting the timing right and coming down on the wall With my heel popping it into the ground did a What am I calling this? It's like a jester. So if you watch a juggling video I recently did This is a jester Something like that So the pickup is the same So I'm starting Just like you did this one Same motion there except I'm going around the bowl with my other foot And I'm getting to that wall. I was struggling again on my weaker side I was going too much Forward with this flick rather than up Just like that Okay, so I really have to focus on curling my toes more Because on this side I'm going Up enough for me to get to the ball Curl the toes more really more emphasize the turn in the toes and the flex of the ankle And then I was able to get to it last one I was calling this Last one I don't know what you would call this skill. I just wrote it down as behind the back Let me break it down So My body positioning isn't worn. I need a little bit of balance My foot's my planning foot's not here. My planning foot is across the ball I'm coming with this back leg And I'm actually starting with that movement. I'm pushing With my sole forward And I'm trapping the ball On my toes on the front of my boot And when I come back So this is one This two. I'm rolling back I'm rolling back and I'm getting under the ball Under the ball with my Big toe and my cleats And I'm scooping I'm scooping up the ball For some reason because I always did it I always did it on my left. This actually harder for me on my right Because Let's talk about it. My body positioning isn't as good I'm not as low and centered And the technique of my foot. I'm not turning this enough. I'm too much here Rather than here. I'm too much here Rather than here Okay, so that's all the skills, but that even our last part there me just breaking it down in my head That's what you need to do. Why is it wrong? Why isn't it working? What do I need to do differently? Why is it better on my right than it is on my left? Ask yourself these questions. Don't get frustrated Practice these skills You're going to improve. You're going to learn these tricks. You'll be able to impress your friends Remember at the end of the day skills are only important if they help you in the game So use these to improve your ball mastery, but at the end of the day We've got score goals. We've got to win games make tackles defend keep possession Stay positive. Love this game. Keep improving every day