 I recently did a video on soccer passing drills and in that video there are a bunch of drills but they were all drills that you did with partners and some of them were in two some of them were in threes but I had a lot of people asking me how do I do soccer passing drills or how do I improve my passing skills if I don't have anyone to practice with. So today I'm going to show you exactly how you can improve your passing but also your first touch also your speed of play so very important pieces of your game that I think are overlooked way too often okay today you're gonna learn how to improve all those areas so stay all the way to the end of this video because although I'm showing you drills there are other things I want you to focus on so you can actually apply the practice that you're putting in onto the field to make you a better player. Let's get into it. Alright so before we get into the actual drills that I want you to practice to improve your passing skills I want to talk about a couple very important things. So first of all is quality of your passes and what I mean by that is it's it's easier to see when you're passing with a teammate but by yourself even if I want to pick a spot so maybe I pick a line on the wall and I try to hit that line or like a little dent in the wall or a little spot on the wall and I try to hit it every time okay a lot of us were too comfortable with making passes that are okay but they're not good enough the higher level you get at the more important and more precise your passes need to be okay so you need to put pace on your passes okay it has to have pace to it it can't be soft it's bobbing like that and weak it's gonna get cut out it's gonna get intercepted okay so you need pace on your passes but you also need accuracy on your passes very important so for example if I was like passing with my teammate instead of just passing it to him I want to pass it either to his right foot to his left foot I want to pass it into this space right in front of him to encourage him to go that way or I want to pass it to this space behind him because the defenders on that side okay so think about having a little more quality and precision with your passing don't just pass it over there don't just hit it at the wall okay think about the exact spot on the wall that you want to hit it and put it there okay the other thing that I want to talk about when you're passing with yourself practicing by yourself is your first touch okay yes we're focusing on practice on passing but it's a great opportunity to focus on improving your first touch so when I receive the ball I'm not just again I'm not just taking these touches and not really thinking about it you want to think about getting the ball out of your feet quickly so you can play again quickly okay so I might really overemphasize my touch out of my feet good out of my feet and I can play a nice pass out of my feet play nice pass if I'm going into space out of my feet okay but look at my body positioning I'm not just like up here and letting the ball hit my foot I get over the ball I'm pushing it there with my touch but also my body is over the ball okay I'm really making sure it goes exactly where I want it to go okay so I want you to think about those two things then finally I want you to think about your speed of play okay there's no one around here there's no defenders but you need to imagine that there are okay so when we're playing if we're just doing a simple two-touch drill it's receive pass receive pass okay my passes are sharp my touches are sharp but it's not like okay too casual play like you're in the heat of the game yes everything you do is sharp it's quick receive pass receive pass receive pass okay so quick on your feet speed of play okay so we're gonna go into a couple drills here and as you can see I'm passing against a wall by myself no one else is here okay a ball on a wall it's one of the best ways to improve your skills that thing is gonna pass back to you every time okay this is your best friend it's gonna give you millions of passes in your lifetime if you use it properly all right let's get into these drills are a handful of passing drills that you can use by yourself to improve your skills now before I leave you I want to say a very important thing and that is there's so many of you out there and maybe I'm not talking specifically to you but if I am you need to be very honest with yourself you guys are watching these videos but you're not actually applying what we're talking about you're not actually putting in the practice and you're sending me messages or you're complaining to your friends and your family you're saying I'm putting in all this work or I'm following all this advice but I'm not getting any better well the truth is there are millions of other kids or other players out there in the world who are following this advice who are putting in the practice and are getting better so if you're not getting better well maybe you're not actually doing what you should be doing okay make sure that you're actually if you want to improve your passing you want to improve your first touch you want to improve your speed of play make sure that you're actually practicing these things okay get your ball leave your house go for a jog jog with your ball please don't get hit by a car look both ways when you cross the street but that's what I used to do I used to just get my ball go for a run okay jog dribble the whole way to the field or to the wall wherever you're going then you get here you spend even if you spent 10 minutes go a massive way in improving your passing skills your first touch your speed of play your confidence on the ball if you want to stay out longer you can practice other things too as well you're dribbling you're shooting all this other stuff on my channel all these other drills that I'm giving you guys okay but if you're really focused on becoming a better passer better playmaker someone who doesn't lose possession of the ball has a better first touch has a better speed of play rhythm of play more confidence on the ball then get out there do these drills 10 minutes a day spend one minute on each drill but get those thousands of passes in every day it will go a long way in making you a better player alright guys thank you so much again for watching this video please like comment share this video with your friends shared on social media Facebook Twitter whatever it is if you have teammates or friends and you know they want to get better share these videos with them please like give me a quick thumbs up comment below if you have any questions if you have any comments if you have any other tips you want to share with players who are also trying to improve please comment below and thank you once again for watching this video on soccer passing drills I will talk to you tomorrow