Skills to get past the defender
Day 16 | 30-Day Challenge | Hop the world is slightly more advanced, but anything can be mastered with practise. Get your form right from the start!
Author: Sean Szabo
Recognised as a leading brain-centred football coach in Gauteng, Sean Szabo is an English FA qualified coach who has worked internationally assisting player’s motor and technical football skills, as well as their cognitive development on and off the field. IQ Football was founded in 2015 by Sean as an amalgamation of his passion for football coaching, mentoring, and brain-centred research.
Learn the freestyle skill – hop the world
Day 15 | 30-Day Challenge | Hop the world is slightly more advanced, but anything can be mastered with practise. Get your form right from the start!
What are thoughts and how can we use them to our benefit?
Our brains have around 100 billion nerve cells called neurons interconnected by trillions of connections called synapses. Each of those 100 billion...
Learn the backwards step over
Day 14 | 30-Day Challenge | The backwards step over is a great skill that will improve your ball awareness, body coordination and movement in...
Two easy flick ups to begin with
Day 13 | 30-Day Challenge | When we say easy, we mean that this is two of the easier flick ups. But don't get us wrong - this still takes a lot of...
Switch it up with tennis ball knee ups
Day 12 | 30-Day Challenge | We're using a tennis ball to improve our control. Use any small ball. If you struggle with it at first, don't give up!
The beginner’s guide to knee ups
Day 11 | 30-Day Challenge | This step by step guide will show you how to get going with knee ups
Around the world
Day 10 | 30-Day Challenge | This step by step guide will show you how to master one of football's most famous Freestyle skills.
Rhythmic kick ups
Day 9 | 30-Day Challenge | This is an advanced kick up drill, if you can’t do this, don’t worry about it. Continue to work on more basic kick up...
Switch it up with tennis ball kick ups
Day 8 | 30-Day Challenge | By using a small ball - like a tennis ball - you'll find that your kick ups with a normal size four football, will...
The beginner’s guide to kick ups
Day 7 | 30-Day Challenge | Get more touches on the ball by learning how to improve your kick-ups.
Supercharge your touches in 30 seconds
Day 6 | 30-Day Challenge | How many touches can you get in a 30 seconds time slot? Make sure you work in a small area. Speed it up and refine each...