Soccer Training at Home
First-Touch Soccer Training at Home
Improve receiving direction, control and readiness with a ball, wall and small space.
The best approach is developmentally appropriate, specific to the player and consistent enough to become a habit. Use this guide to focus the next conversation, practice or week of development.
Set up safely
Choose a flat space and a reliable rebound surface. This matters because first-touch soccer training at home improves when players receive clear information, realistic challenges and enough time to apply what they learn. Coaches and parents should look for patterns across multiple sessions rather than judging one isolated moment.
- Choose a flat space and a reliable rebound surface.
- Use markers to create receiving directions.
Use markers to create receiving directions. This matters because soccer training at home improves when players receive clear information, realistic challenges and enough time to apply what they learn. Coaches and parents should look for patterns across multiple sessions rather than judging one isolated moment.
Train different surfaces
Receive with inside, outside, sole and both feet. This matters because first-touch soccer training at home improves when players receive clear information, realistic challenges and enough time to apply what they learn. Coaches and parents should look for patterns across multiple sessions rather than judging one isolated moment.
- Receive with inside, outside, sole and both feet.
- Move the first touch away from imagined pressure.
Move the first touch away from imagined pressure. This matters because soccer training at home improves when players receive clear information, realistic challenges and enough time to apply what they learn. Coaches and parents should look for patterns across multiple sessions rather than judging one isolated moment.
Add information
Scan toward a numbered or colored marker before receiving. This matters because first-touch soccer training at home improves when players receive clear information, realistic challenges and enough time to apply what they learn. Coaches and parents should look for patterns across multiple sessions rather than judging one isolated moment.
- Scan toward a numbered or colored marker before receiving.
- Change distance and pace while preserving quality.
Change distance and pace while preserving quality. This matters because soccer training at home improves when players receive clear information, realistic challenges and enough time to apply what they learn. Coaches and parents should look for patterns across multiple sessions rather than judging one isolated moment.