 you want to improve your touch in this video I'm going to show you how to improve your ball control for soccer you want to improve your ball control you want some soccer drills that are going to give you a nice touch in this video I'm going to go from beginner to more advanced but in reality these drills are not complex I don't really believe in complex fancy drills I believe in drills that actually create results so let's improve your ball control number one what do we all do juggling so this is where everyone should start like I said in one of my most popular videos how to juggle a soccer ball five to five hundred I said if you cannot get to five hundred or at least to a hundred get somewhere where you feel like I don't really have to drop the ball and I'm just tired of counting but everyone in my opinion young player your first goal once you really figure out how to juggle soccer ball get to 500 after that you don't have to count anymore you can do fancier skills focus on different touches but let's come back to juggling so nice relaxed upper body I'm a light on my toes if I have to react the ball is about under under knee height look at the backspin on the ball backspin on the ball it's not going away from me it's not going left right staying right in front of me left right left right nice rhythm that's the goal that's the objective but if you're not there yet what you need to start with is just getting good backspin on the ball okay so maybe this is where you start if you're at this level right now that's totally fine but you need to improve kick catch kick catch especially on your weaker foot and as I always say I don't like the word I don't like the term the phrase weak foot you have two strong feet one just needs a little more practice okay so especially on your weaker foot let's fix it right now it's probably too weak as the phrase goes but you're not flexing it strong enough you're not making your foot hard enough if you're practicing on your weak foot and it keeps dying into the ground or the contact just doesn't feel the same on here it's nice and sharp it's nice and firm here it feels like it's dying into the ground every time tighten that up tighten that technique up flex your foot a little stronger if anything it's better for you to have a touch that's way too heavy than a touch that isn't heavy enough so start there but start with the kick and catch backspin on the ball if you can do about 10 of those with one touch just go two touch two touch okay then you go right left because I want you to get you into that rhythm of right left right left right left but very basic that is where I would start okay next if you're a little more advanced go into the single leg stuff or the more advanced techniques so I just call these mini touches but on both feet good for your balance as well which is a nice delicate touch that I want to help single foot but a little higher putting the foot down every time getting a nice backspin on both feet yes you can do the thighs head okay tracks and that have a better touch than that but one thing I really like to promote is this directional juggling so maybe you just start with walking because in the match you're never juggling on the spot you don't get the ball in the corner of the field and do this but you might take some touches where you have to move the ball you have to manipulate it in different ways so I would start walking and then you can add a bit of pace to it running with the ball directional ball control the next ball control exercise that I would encourage you to do is a foot stall I think this is a beautiful exercise for training your weak foot because the problem with your weak foot or your foot that's not good enough yet is usually you don't have the strength you don't know how to flex it properly so practicing stalls especially on your weak foot get it in there really flex it turn the toes up squeeze it in there so that ball doesn't leave that's going to train your foot really well but that's a good technique and it's another good ball control drill that I like to do then I would move into air control so maybe it's just popping the ball in the air bringing it down with the toe and again if you're a beginner it's okay to start with your hands but I would challenge you to always use your feet whenever possible even if you're struggling in the beginning okay so you can do with the toe inside of the foot getting your body over the ball so it's the timing right as that ball hits the ground boom then you're on top of it it's not bounce and then try to get down on it read the ball anticipate the balance get over it touch and my body control is on top of it outside the foot we always practice with both feet don't we but outside the foot you could do croit the next ball control exercise would be an air control up out of the air keep it alive with different techniques so you can do with laces inside let me tighten up let me tighten up that left inside go with that right outside the foot lovely and obviously you don't just have to use feet you need to be able to control the ball with all parts of the body one of the best tools you can use to improve your ball control is a wall so start with open touch whenever you're comfortable play a pass against the wall receive angle again when that gets easy play two touch so one to control one to pass control pass be on your toes so if you have a bad touch or a soft touch you can get there quickly finally you can play one touch which is going to help you with your ball control but also your passing also your ball striking so focus on being light on your toes but making good contact practicing just as inside the foot is a great place to start and then you can go different techniques