Johan Cruyff (one of the best players ever) said, “Touching the ball is highest form of technique. But to touch it perfectly once, you need to have touched it a 100,000 times in training!”

So how good do you want to get? The best players usually practice more! So it’s up to you!

Top tips:

1. Get on YouTube and search for ‘football ball mastery’ and ‘football skills’ and you will find loads of stuff that can be done in a back garden/yard, garage or living room (with no risk to ornaments!).

If you’re not sure what to do, here’s a few ideas for starters:

A. Ronaldinho Box >

B. ‘Dice’ Practice >

C. LA CROQUETA! >

But there are loads more! Explore YouTube, improve your ball mastery and get more skills!

Examples: Mastery Blast – 2,000 touches in 15 minutes >

ELITE TRAINING with MLS PRO >

2. Schedule your practice. How often? How long? Every day is most powerful.

3. Make sure you include BOTH FEET.

4. Repetition and perseverance = improvement!