Soccer for Beginners - Five Simple Steps to Improve Your Weaker Foot

By Heikal Suhaili


If you need to improve on your weaker foot quickly. Then you might want to practice these soccer drills every day for a month and hopefully you'll achieve the results. By that time, your weaker foot should accomplish most tougher soccer drills like shooting, passing, dribbling etc.
These soccer drills aims to improve on your touches, control and balances. So let's begin:
Drill #1: Warming-Ups Begin with simple stretches on your legs and feet to maximize performance and preventing injuries during practice.
Drill #2: Simple Juggle Find an open space, throw the ball at waist height and let it bounce. Then kick it up using your laces of the foot. Repeat this for roughly 5 minutes and then increase it to 10 minutes and so on. For a start, let the ball bounce as it is easier and gives you the confidence. Once you've become better, try by not letting the ball bounce on the floor.
Drill #3: Simple Control Touch the soccer ball lightly with your outstep and then quickly change to your instep and vice versa. Similar to doing a flip flap or elastico. Practice it for as long as you can by building rhythm along with speed with the ball.
Drill #4: Simple ball trap The simplest way you can do this is by throwing the soccer ball upwards and trap it by letting the ball fall on your toe part of the foot.
Drill #5: Simple Pass Find a wall, maybe in your room or even outside. Pass the ball against the wall by using the inside of foot and outside of foot depending on your preference. To make it interesting, build rhythm in your passing by increasing its speed which greatly improves ball trapping and passing skills relatively quickly.
Apply these five soccer drills in any order at any time you prefer. Keep practicing consistently and you'll benefit the result, enjoy practicing!

By Heikal Suhaili