Skills & drills for women’s football

Contents

  1. Kicking

    Kicking

    The chip, Kicking technique, Volleying, Side-volleying, Lofted kick, and Bending the ball

  2. Dribbling

    Dribbling

    Dribbling technique, Dummying, and Dribbling tricks & flicks

  3. Footie_tricks

    Footie tricks

    Keepy Uppies, Around the World, Stepover, Maradona 360 Spin, Rai flick, Adriano, Ronaldo chop, Robinho stepover, and Leonardo

  4. Control

    Control

    Close control, Foot control, Thigh control, and Chest control

  5. Turning

    Turning

    Stop turn, Body swerve, Cruyff turn, Back heel, Outside hook turn, and Inside hook turn

  6. Tackling

    Tackling

    Jockeying, Block tackles, and Sliding tackles

  7. Heading

    Heading

    Basic heading, Defensive header, Attacking header, Diving header, Glancing header, and Flick-on

  8. Passing

    Passing

    Passing technique, Short passing, One-two, Crossing the ball, and Drive passing

  9. Shooting

    Shooting

    Shooting technique, Overhead kick, and Penalty kick

  10. Goalkeeping

    Goalkeeping

    Body shots, Catching crosses, Diving saves, Rolling the ball, Overarm throwing, and Kicking from hand

  11. Set_plays

    Set plays

    Throw-in, Corner, Free kick, and How NOT to play

  12. Prep_and_routine

    Preparation & routine

    Warm up for the match, How to warm down, Mental training, Peak performance, Football food, Fitness, agility and stamina, Avoiding injury, and Respecting the ref!

  13. Training

    Training equipment

    Soccer Wall and Global Goal

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What it looks like

Set plays » Free kick

How?

“If the free kick is to be taken quite close to the opponent’s goal – say less than 30m away – a shot at goal is probably the best option. When attempting to score, you must lift the ball over the wall of players, position it far enough away that the goalkeeper cannot recover and with enough power and spin that the ball is able to dip back under the crossbar. Alternatively, you can try to curve the ball around the wall and the goalkeeper, placing the ball in the very top or bottom corner, or attempt to pummel the ball past the goalkeeper.”

Why?

“Free kicks are a means of restarting play after an infringement, e.g. bad tackle. For ‘direct’ free kicks (those where it is possible to shoot straight from the kick), they have become good ways of scoring goals. For this reason, two to four players on the defensive team usually form a ‘wall’ 10 yards away from the ball to block the shot on goal. This wall is positioned by the goalkeeper to cover one side of the goal, while the goalkeeper deals with the other side and can watch the player taking her kick. If the free kick is a long way from goal, a pass to another player is wiser.”

Tips & drills

Don’t leave it to luck; practise this with your team mates or using some other obstacle as the ‘wall’.