 My name's Ian Mulliner, I'm the technical director for Massachusetts Youth Soccer. I'm going to do a session on ball manipulation, and what we're going to do is we're going to have the boys work on four individual moves. Then we're going to combine all four into one, and we'll see if we can get them up to speed with some fast footwork. So we'll see how we go. So the first thing I want you to do with your favourite foot, doesn't matter if you're left or right with your favourite foot, inside, outside, inside, outside, inside, outside, inside, outside. Off you go. Okay, and time, hold it there. Okay, now, watch how far I move, and think about how far you're moving. So inside, outside, inside, outside, inside, outside, inside, outside. How far am I moving? Ten millimeters. So don't be going all around, keep the ball close. Shouldn't be going forward, and you can move around away from each other just to find a space. Yeah, some of you got it. Yeah, a little bit quicker with the feet. We're trying to make the world's fastest players. Good, now try it with your opposite foot. Opposite foot. You're a bit close to each other. You shouldn't be crashing. You should be better than that. You're moving forward again. Come on, get the feet moving. All right, both feet together. Try that, both feet together. Try not to move forward with it. All right, hold there. Let me give you a demo. I'm just going to steal your ball. Okay, so now we're getting both feet, outside, inside, outside, inside, outside, inside, outside, inside, outside, outside, outside, inside, outside, inside. How much did I move that time? Off you go. Inside, outside, both feet. Better. Faster if you can. Faster if you can. In, out, in, out. Talk to your feet. All right, hold there. That's pretty good. Austin, can I have your ball? Thank you. All right, so we're going to add to it. So that was move one. This is move two. You tell me what you want to call this. What do you want to call that? A double touch. You want to call it that? That's fine with me. Just roll it with your toe. Inside, inside, roll with the toe. Inside, inside, roll with the toe. So we're calling that a double touch, Austin, yeah? I like that, Oscar. I like that. That's it. Two taps. Inside, outside, inside, outside. Go to inside, outside. The first thing we did, double tap. All right, very good. Have a rest. I'll steal your ball this time. All right, so what would you call if we call the first one outside, inside, and the second one, a double tap? What do you want to call this one? Laces, laces, circle, laces, laces, circle, laces, laces, circle, laces, laces, circle. You want to call that the scissors? That's good with me. I never understood why it's called the scissors, but it doesn't really matter. Right foot, scissor, left foot, scissor. Off you go. Now you can move around the square. Get your heads up. Don't crash. Especially you, Oscar. I like it. I like it. Can you get your eyes off the ball as you do it? Get your eyes off the ball. Inside, outside. Double tap. Scissor, right, scissor, left. Good. And have a rest. Last one of the four, so this is move number four. What was the first one? Inside, outside. Inside, outside. What was the second one? Third one? Scissor. Scissor. So what do you want to call this one? I'm going to drag it back. I'm going to push it behind and I'm going to go forward. Dragon push, drag, push, take right, drag, push, take left. Did I turn my body? Okay. Give it a try. Just practice that. Dragon push right, dragon push left. Dragon push right, dragon push left. You guys are good. You've done this before. Well done. I like it. Inside, outside. Double touch. Scissor, right, scissor, left. Dragon push. Inside, outside. Double tap. Scissor, right, scissor, left. Dragon push right, dragon push left. And time. Have a rest. All right. Who can show me all four without stopping? One after the other, after the other. Oscar, you think you can? Go on then. I've got a question for you after this. Where's he going? Is he leaving? Okay. How many touches in those four moves combined? Twenty. Twenty. Here's the challenge. 11-year-old player in Massachusetts in the USA, 11-year-old player managed to do seven of those in one minute. That's 140 touches in one minute. That's what we do. That's what we do. Oh, do you? We do a hundred. Find your space. We do a hundred. Find your space. We do 245. Yeah, but in that sequence? Oh, no. Yeah, no. Oh. Are you ready? On your marks, get set, go. Four, three, two, one, time. How many? Four. Six. Six. Seven. Six. Six. Five. Five. Six. Six. Okay, so what was the purpose of all that? Make your feet quicker. Make your feet quicker. You can get out of tight spaces or you can do better in tight spaces. Really? Make the defender look silly. Make the defender look silly and you'd enjoy that, wouldn't you? Yes, I'm sure you would. So great, so get out of tight spaces to get faster feet. Which part of the ball were you using? Pass. Which? Ball of it. Top of the ball, bottom of the ball, side of the ball, front of the ball, back of the ball. Yeah, so different parts of the ball. Which part of the foot? Oh, sole. Everywhere. Did you really get all of them? Yeah, because we did laces. Laces, laces, laces. Outside, outside. Did you do the toe? It's too count. Did you do the toe? Yeah, because when you do your laces, you can't get over your toe. Oh, you cheated me. All right, what about this? If I can just have your ball for a second. So on the double tap, how did you roll it across? The sole. With the top? Yes. That counts. So it's the sole, but it's closer to the toe. So it's a toe roll. What about the heel? Did you use the heel? No. Use your toes. When you went like this, you did that. So it's the back of your foot. Was it the heel? Yeah. All right, so watch this. This is the last thing I'm going to show you I'm going to leave you with. If you want to put it all together, as you've just put all four moves together, outside, inside, laces, bottom, toe, heel, turn, outside, inside, laces, bottom, toe, heel. So in somewhat fast mode for an old guy, out, in, laces, bottom, toe. That's your homework for the next time we meet. So you've got 20 years to figure that out. Okay. Did you enjoy it? Yeah. And I enjoyed you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Peace out, keep it real.