Recreation Soccer Program Player Resources
Basic Foot Skills Videos
Rec Skills Touch Dribbles
Features a series of technical drills and individual practice sessions designed to improve ball control, passing, first touch, movement, and overall confidence on the ball.
The videos focus on exercises that players can perform independently or in small spaces, making them useful for at-home training and skill development.
The drills are first demonstrated at full speed and then slowed down to show the details of each movement and technique.
Player needs to have a basic understanding of fundamental soccer skills and terminology.
Juggling for Beginners
Designed for beginners learning how to keep the ball in the air with control and consistency. The video breaks down the basic mechanics of juggling, including body positioning, balance, foot placement, and touch control, making it a strong introduction for younger or less experienced players. Instruction is smart, clear, and very basic, providing an easy starting point before progressing to more advanced ball-control skills.
The demonstrations are shown clearly and at a manageable pace, though player needs to have some familiarity with basic soccer movements and coordination.
Juggling for Beginners
Focuses on helping players improve ball control, coordination, and consistency through a variety of juggling exercises and progression drills. The video demonstrates techniques for using both feet while developing touch, balance, and confidence with the ball.
Instruction is clear and easy to follow, with demonstrations shown at a steady pace that allows players to copy the movements and practice independently.
Players need to have some familiarity with basic soccer skills and juggling mechanics.
Advanced Foot Skills
One-Yard Box Ball Mastery Workout
A compact, high-intensity routine built entirely inside a one-yard square. The emphasis is on continuous touches, balance shifts, and quick directional changes without losing control of the ball.
This type of training develops elite close control and foot speed under extreme spatial restriction.
One-Yard Space Advanced Foot Skills Workout
Key focus points:
- Keep touches soft and frequent
- Stay low and balanced
- Work both feet equally
- Minimize ball travel distance
- Maintain rhythm even when fatigued
“Escape Pressure” Turning Mechanics (5-Turn Pattern)
This drill demonstrates repeated turning patterns designed to escape pressure using body positioning and directional changes.
The setting is relaxed and visually simple, but the underlying concept is about protecting the ball and exiting tight spaces efficiently.
Key focus points:
- Use your body as a shield between ball and “defender”
- Sell direction changes with shoulders and hips
- Execute turns cleanly without extra touches
- Exit each turn with a controlled first touch
Advanced Skill Sequences (Part 1 – Visual Learning)
This clip shows advanced footwork combinations performed in sequence. It is best used as a visual reference rather than a fully explained tutorial.
Players should observe rhythm, foot placement, and transitions between moves.
How to use this video:
- Watch in short segments and pause frequently
- Copy movement shapes first, then refine speed
- Focus on transitions rather than individual tricks
- Recreate in a small space before expanding complexity
Advanced Skill Sequences (Part 2 – Continuation)
A continuation of advanced movement patterns with similar structure: minimal explanation, high demonstration value. This section is useful for building improvisational control and chaining skills together fluidly.
Key focus points:
- Link movements smoothly without stopping
- Stay relaxed under faster combinations
- Prioritize balance over speed initially
- Gradually reduce hesitation between actions
Coerver Change of Direction Technical Training
Focuses on turning and ball-control techniques that help players improve agility, first touch, and movement under pressure. The drills demonstrate different ways to receive, shield, and turn with the ball while maintaining control and awareness.
The video is useful because it shows the movements at full speed before slowing them down to highlight the footwork and body positioning needed for each turn.
Player needs to have a basic understanding of fundamental ball-control skills and soccer movement concepts.
Skills to Turn Defenders
Focuses on change of direction and dribbling fundamentals. It demonstrates a variety of moves used to beat opponents in 1v1 situations, such as turns, feints, and basic skill combinations.
The session is structured clearly, showing each technique at full speed first and then breaking it down slowly so players can understand the footwork, timing, and body positioning involved. It is especially useful for players working on improving their agility on the ball and decision-making in tight spaces.
Player needs to have a basic understanding of soccer movement and ball control, and focuses more on refining technique than teaching from absolute beginner level.
Games with a Wall
Full Soccer Training - Using a Wall
Demonstrating drills and ball-control exercises using just one wall and one soccer ball.
The video focuses on improving passing, touch, control, and solo practice techniques that players can do at home or in a small space.
Train Like a Pro - Wall Passing Drills
Focuses on improving technical skills through simple solo drills and wall-training exercises. It demonstrates passing, first touch, ball control, and movement techniques that players can practice at home or in small spaces.
The video is effective, presenting the drills at full speed and then slows them down to clearly show how each move works. Player needs to have a basic understanding of the techniques being demonstrated.
Wall Drills to Improve First Touch
Focuses on wall-work drills designed to improve first touch, passing accuracy, ball control, and overall technical ability. The exercises are intended for individual practice and can be done at home or in a small training space with minimal equipment.
The video demonstrates each movement clearly at game speed and then repeats key techniques in slow motion, making it easier to understand the mechanics of each drill.
Video provides less verbal explanation and assumes players have a basic understanding of soccer fundamentals and ball-control techniques.
Goalkeeper Activities
Chest Head Height Handling
Focuses on chest- and head-height handling techniques, helping goalkeepers improve catching form, hand positioning, footwork, and ball security. The drills emphasize proper body positioning, soft hands, and clean handling when dealing with balls directed at the upper body and head area.
The video demonstrates the techniques at full speed before slowing them down to highlight the mechanics of each movement. Goalkeepers need to have a basic understanding of goalkeeping fundamentals and handling technique.
Low Waist Knee Handling
Focuses on chest and head-height handling techniques, helping goalkeepers improve catching form, hand positioning, footwork, and ball security. The drills emphasize proper body positioning, soft hands, and clean handling when dealing with balls directed at the upper body and head area.
The video demonstrates the techniques at full speed before slowing them down to highlight the mechanics of each movement.
Goalkeepers need to have a basic understanding of goalkeeping fundamentals and handling technique.
Fundamentals and Footwork Videos
Five Fundamental Soccer Moves
Focuses on improving technical ability through structured drills designed to develop ball control, passing, first touch, and overall comfort on the ball. The session demonstrates practical exercises that players can complete individually or in small training spaces, making it useful for at-home skill development.
- Lunge Move
- Stepover Move
- Scissors Move
- Roll Move
- Inside and Outside Moves
Player needs to have a basic understanding of core soccer fundamentals and focuses more on refining technique and consistency rather than teaching from an absolute beginner level.
Effective Beginner Skills
Focused on 1v1 attacking moves and dribbling techniques used to beat a defender.
It demonstrates a range of common attacking skills such as feints, body movements, stepovers, and directional changes. Each move is shown clearly so players can understand how to use it in game situations, especially when trying to create space in tight areas or take on an opponent one-on-one.
- Shoulder Move
- The Lift Move
- Fake Shots Move
- Half Moon Move
- Inside/inside Moves
Player needs to have a basic understanding of ball control and focuses more on refining execution rather than teaching from beginner level.
The Matthews Scissor Trick - Part 1
Focuses on 1v1 attacking skills and creative dribbling moves designed to help players beat defenders in game situations. It showcases a variety of techniques such as feints, step-overs, body movements, and directional changes that can be used to create space and improve attacking confidence.
Player needs to have a basic level of comfort with ball control and focuses more on refining execution and creativity rather than teaching from a beginner foundation.
The Matthews Scissor Trick - Part 2
Focuses on technical 1v1 attacking skills and creative dribbling moves designed to help players beat defenders in game situations. It breaks down a variety of feints, step-overs, and body movements that improve agility, confidence on the ball, and decision-making in tight spaces.
Player needs to have a basic understanding of ball control and focuses on improving execution rather than teaching from beginner level.
Outside Stepover Move
Focuses on
technical for the stepover move, one of the most prominent and notorious footwork skills in soccer.
Player needs to have basic understanding of footwork with a soccer ball.