Drill Library

Every touch a winger takes hands the defence a second to reorganise. Crossing first time is how that second gets denied to them.

Four combinations chained into one sequence: in to the pivot, set back, third man, switch. Patterns groove what rondos only expose.

Cutting inside onto the strong foot is the most predictable move in modern football, and it still works. Predictable is not the same as stoppable.

Aerial control is decided while the ball is still travelling. Players who wait to see where it lands are already choosing a surface too late.

Six against three is comfortable, which is the problem. Without a line-breaking condition the group circulates happily and learns nothing.

Two against one is only an overload if the defender has to choose. If he can cover both, you have a 1v1 and a spectator.

Short passing does not raise a heart rate. Adding a long diagonal is what turns a passing circle into an actual warm-up.

Where a team presses is a decision about risk, not about bravery. The mid-block trades territory for a shorter distance to defend.

Reversing direction is faster than going around. Drag it back under the sole as he commits, push it off to the side and go.

Long balls are decided twice. The first contest is in the air and the second, on the floor, is the one that decides possession.

A 3v2 in futsal expires in about three seconds. Recovery distances are tiny, so hesitation does not cost a yard, it costs the advantage.

The only move on this list that protects the ball for its whole duration. Built for pressure arriving from behind, where you cannot see it.

Cone drills end at the last cone and the game does not. Adding a finish forces the head up at the exact moment it usually stays down.

A test you do not record is just a drill. The T-drill exists to produce a number, and most sessions never write that number down.

Count the touches. A ball-mastery block is measured in contacts, and the gap between a good one and a poor one is roughly threefold.

Vacating space is worthless if nobody runs into it. The drill fails when the nine drops beautifully and every teammate watches him do it.

Five on the pentagon, two in the middle, one touch only. The ball flies until both defenders jump it, and then the diagonal split is on.

In a wide area you have an extra defender who never gets beaten. Angle the approach so the winger has to use the side you want.

Positions in futsal are places rather than people. The shape stays a 3-1 all game while the players occupying it change constantly.

The only move where the ball stays still during the fake. Drop the shoulder, lean hard, then push it the other way and go.

Offside is a timing skill wearing a rules problem's clothes. Break on the pass, not before it, and bend the run to come from behind.

With their keeper pushed up as an outfield player the net behind them is empty. Defending 4v5 is unpleasant, but one clean win ends it.

Young players are not allowed to head the ball, so the swung-in corner is pointless. This short routine keeps it on the ground and creates a clear…

Volume without collisions. Head tennis gets more contacts into a session than any drill and nobody has to be brave to take part.