Soccer Drills for Kids - Body Stances for the First Touch
Glenn Alpert: Hi! This is Glenn Alpert with Arlington Travel Soccer Club. Now, we're going talk about different body stances and body services that we can use for our first touch. So the first thing we want to do is, well, first I wanted to show you the incorrect way. The incorrect way is going to be flat footed on the ground, with this you can't move very easily or very quickly. So, what I like you guys to do, get on the balls of your feet, just like this. Now, I want you just move around quickly, just move around quickly. See how quickly they can move; now hold on a second, if the ball is played to one of them, Adam I'm going to play you the ball.
I want you to be loose, knees bent on the balls of your feet and concentrating. I want you to make a nice first touch. See how he moves with the ball, and how he's able to be very movable because of his feet here. Go William, ready, ready, be ready, okay move, good. Now, Adam I want to you to do it incorrectly, so we can see the difference. So, I want you to be flat footed, and straight up. Ready, go. See how he wasn't able to move it quickly. Next, we're go to go into little more detail about the different services we can use for our first touch.