Are Ball Mastery Drills a Waste of Time?
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Timestamps:
0:00-0:55 - Intro
0:55-4:16 - Are Ball Mastery Drills Game Realistic?
4:16-6:49 - Are Ball Mastery Drills Teaching Bad Habits?
6:49-8:11 - Why Don’t we See More Pros Doing Ball Mastery?
8:11-9:01 - My Conclusion
9:01-9:17 - Outro
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Name: Matt Sheldon
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True 🤣😂
Every time! 😂😂😂
They are never a waste of time. Your touch and ball control is one of the first things you have to do whenever you get on the ball. We are working everyday towards that ball mastery because we need to be able to think about the game without thinking about our touch and technique.
I doubt Messi is doing ball mastery drills
@Lucca Starkman bro, his ball control is probably good from just having fun with the ball. Like Maradona used to say that he never used to do drills, but his ball control came really good by just having fun with the ball and juggling and doing skills but not treating it like a drill. I think what most players do is that they do drills too much and it makes it boring and they don’t have fun with the ball
@Lucca Starkman it’s a waste of time tbh. Ofc it can be useful if you’re new to football or not that good. But if you wanna be at the level of someone like Messi or any pro at all, ball mastery isn’t going to help .
@@achraf8385 I think there's a point of time in a person's career where ball mastery is useful, definitely towards players around 10-20 should be doing ball mastery for technique, by 20 and up you should be focusing on your game in field and finding play styles to adapt
@@McFlashh He used to do lots of ball mastery drills, as did Maradona. Just look it up.
Ball mastery skills absolutely help! It develops muscle memory so that you don't have to look down at the ball during the game. At the end of my junior year soccer season, my high school coach told me that I was terrible and would never play in college. I did ball mastery skills for the entire next year. My touch and control on the ball improved drastically. When I returned the next year, he said, "What the heck happened to you!" I made all league and ended up being the only player in my class that played in college where I started all 4 years at center forward. I would also add that you don't see pros doing these because they did them when they were kids, so they could get to the professional level.
He sounds like a really bad coach 😂
What Kind of drills did you do? Do you have a UA-cam video you looked at? Thanks
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@@jparole5206 I think 7mlc has the best ball mastery drills
@@benjaminomoshule3123 gonna check him out
Ball mastery drills helped me so much, I used to be very uncomfortable when the ball was on my feet and now it's like I'm one with the ball while everyone else around me struggles, it just gives you the cutting edge
that's very true mate, if you have time lmk what you think about my channel I am just starting out and would love any support!
Pros have done those ball mastery drills when they were younger, and a part of them becoming pros is that coaches do not have to worry about these things whenever the players come up for training session. And, of course in the off season and a few times here and there they do these just to stay sharp or even get sharper.
Also, incorporating game-like intensity and scenarios make the "boring" drills really meaningful.
Exactly people practice so wierdly, not even doing in match situations
Those words are an understatement of Legendary Johan Cruijff
Ball mastery is actually beneficial for individual technicality improvisation if your touch is not good enough,it's a way to get comfortable at the ball and unrealistic although it's also a platform that can't ignored if it's for an amateur player or semi professionals. I use it for getting comfortable and situation like tight spaces doesn't spiral upon me and keep that under pressure.
I usually train on passing,1st touches directional,Crossing techniques,Shooting techniques, working on my speed twice a week,1v1s and ball mastery as well. Also playing small sided games when I am supposed to. I hope if any of you don't have blueprint,well you can take mine as a sample and create you own. AND duration of each is about 45mins to 1 hour
Quality over quantity
since matt rated the training with games(11v11 small sided etc) as the best and unrealistic and more technique based as lowest, What do you think is a better session? Play 11v11 or small sided games with low quality players (play with amateurs or younger players) vs just training in your own but aren't game realistic (ball mastery, juggling etc)???
@@daconvertiblebaby69 Definitely train by yourself. If you are going to play with low quality players then it will take you down as a player. You will just dominate them easily and it will lead you to learning their bad habits. Challenge yourself, train harder on your own, or you can try to find more technically advanced better players to play with. Just my opinion.
as while some ppl may look at it as a way to "show off" during a game, which can be true at times, it really helps the player instinctually, when they get put in situations where they arent able to consciously think about what to do next.
yes that's so true ive have seen it help me in that way, if you have time lmk what you think about my channel just started out!
@@CalvinFox31 great channel!
@@aayushkhanna2503 thank you very much!
I don’t think it is a waste of time at all. It gives you more confidence on the ball and it is a great workout to sweat and burn calories⚽️💪
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Me neither. Cuz it'll increase the confidence but also comfortability and if it's in matches, I think it's supposed to work based on instincts not an intention. That means you have mastered enough the tight space situation and you're more of a playmaker in that.
Since matt said game scenario is a better session, what do you think is better to do? play 11v11 or small sided games with low quality players (play with amateurs or younger players) vs just training in your own but aren't game realistic (ball mastery, juggling etc)??? Like if you get to pick only one session in that day
@@daconvertiblebaby69 depends on what you’re weaknesses are and what your goals are, but I would think it’s better to play as many games as possible for development.
@@daconvertiblebaby69 neither is optimal, to improve you must surround yourself with people above you, otherwise the chances of picking up bad habits increase, such as being out of position covering for another player out of position, find a better team, even if it's just training most coaches won't mind somebody tagging along to their teams sessions as long as your doing what everyone else is doing, ie paying for sessions and helping with kit, plus you'll be one of the first players to potentially get picked for that squad if they like you, but generally the more uncomfortable you are in training the better, obviously if there's clowns taking the piss out of you that's different however mentally that could be beneficial, find a better team, maybe try older experienced players who used to play at a good level, often they are quite welcoming, friendly and more than willing to help you out, they also don't often have silly social status problems and therefore don't cause problems, they aren't interested in being popular ect
I remember playing in college and during the off season coach wanted players to juggle a tennis ball. I always thought it wasn't bennificial to the game........
Until I realized who was the most successful at tennis ball juggling. It was our CDMs and CAMS and other players with solid first touches. It translates.
All I did was drink beer and run during the Summer in college! lol
@@magamaga1827 as a beginner player starting in college, I get high before some practices
@@gwkiv1458 hey man, do you remember how many tennis juggles did your CAM and CDMs do in your college years? 30 70 or in the 100s?
The better touch & connection you have with the ball the better you will feel in complete control of the ball. Everything helps if you’re willing to put the time in. Working on sprinting & acceleration over short distances is the biggest thing footballers don’t do enough off.
very true man, if you have time lmk what you think about my channel I just started out and would love any support!
Any sprinting or speed drills recommendations/videos? My 12 yr old nephew is a good player but slow as crap.
Very simple analogy why it matters: It’s EXACTLY like learning a new instrument. If you’re learning eg the guitar, you need to practice A LOT on your technique, timing, scales, etc. That involves (endless) repetitive drills. Many pros who master their instrument will still do exercises, though much less (they already master the instrument) and will focus more on the process of making music. Finally, band members need to focus on improving playing together (and making music of course).
I'm guessing no, but I'm interested to hear the details that you're going to give in this 9-minute Nuesday.
I am bored seeing these comments
@@Footballpro0987 fair enough. But I'm truly grateful for the effort he puts in. Even the tiered system give a great framework to think about training sessions.
Ball mastry builds confidence on the ball when it's at your feet. With all surface areas of your foot. It improves your weight of touch with the ball and overall ball control.
agree with you mate, if you have time lmk what you think about my channel I just started out and would love any support!
I think that doing ball mastery regularly can really help a player to develop a larger amount of simple skills that they can do instinctly and without thinking in games
this is definitely true, this happened to me and it like someone above said it makes you feel more confident
right on the money. with repetition over time these simple skills will become muscle memory and you'll instinctually be more skilled with your touch on the ball than you were before. I experienced this myself when I did one of 7mlc's ball mastery drills for about a month and a half before moving onto another
100% insightful and logical breakdown as usual Matt. Thanks to your videos, I have lifted myself up to train ball-mastery more than ever in this year. My city had been locked down for some months, so training ball-mastery is also my best choice to improve. Last week, I went back to the field for a real game after months, and I performed significantly better. That's such a huge satisfaction and the motivation for me to keep working.
I'm not a pro, but I can say that my experience is enough to prove the benefit of ball-mastery drills. One more thing ur righ about: I used to make excuses, like "these drills will not help at all" and didn't do them. Now looking back I see how stupid I was. Yah, it's pretty late for me to change, but late is better than nothing anw ^^
Thank u again Matt. Wish u everything best, God bless u for your good work and the positive vibes u share to people.
I always love his stuff, if you have time lmk what you think about my channel I am just starting out and would love any support!
Well said. Thanks for the video, appreciate it.
You made an extremely great point. When I do ball mastery drills, I always make sure I pick my head so it'll teach me to dribble the ball and know my surroundings. That way, I can know exactly where my teammates and opponents are when I dribble in a real game.
I always incorporate these sorts of drills in every session i do. It helps A LOT. Being a defender and needing to have good control to work space to get out of pressure, i credit my ball mastery training with my improved control. It gives me more confidence to dribble at opposition when i need to.
Great explanation on this topic! I 100% agree! Well-rounded players need to have training in every aspect of the game. Thanks for sharing!
Really interesting topic to discuss Matt. I think you have excellently answered any doubters of the benefits of ball mastery practices. Ball mastery is traditionally delivered to young players who are in the phase of technical learning. Developing a 'feel' for the ball in ball mastery practices is very game specific, like your Mo Salah example clip. Thanks for the video, great message for players and coaches.
Fantastic answers, man. Great video.
Great thanks for the challenges ❤️👍
You muscle Memory is key. Learning the Ball and the Muscles necessary to Control it , in the directions you mentally decide to place it. And Muscle Memory needed to React to the balls movement gaining control again.
All this takes fast twitch muscle development and coordination. This makes ball control important
Very well detailed 👏🏾
In terms of individual training i think they’re pretty essential for anyone to get to a higher level. you need to improve your comfort on the ball to make everything instinctual so your focus can be on making decisions quickly
Great video!!!
Another great video! 💪⚽️
100% agree! Quality video mate. 🙌⚽️
Sometimes i get really mad at how dumb these people are.. like how can Ball Mastery Drills be Waste of time if they help you to control ball better in tight spaces, skill moves and overall controlling the ball on the ground..
Btw liked the video matt.. kepp up the good work
great video! thank you
Well said 👏
Very good video, well explained.
Amazing video have been doing lots of ball mastery drills lately and was playing a 4v4 and unconsciously did a Maradona spin pass very happy with results 😃
I do moves like ball mastery, juggling, zig zag cone drill to get better with the ball. I think it's very important to be involved with the ball.
Thanks Matt this info is gonna be real useful come my next training day.. 🙂👍
Love how you included salah's skill move and goal from the match last weekend. 😘
Another very good video!!
I was really ignoring it, very helpful video and u just added a new subscriber
Excellent video Matt! You are going to be an incredible coach when that time comes.
seriously he will be, if you have time lmk what you think about my channel I am just starting out and would love any support!
loved this
I played 11v11 my entire life recently started playing 5v5 indoor and it’s people on top of people your tight space ball mastery drills have really help me get out of jams in games.
Like the figure 8 drill has helped me drag the ball out the wall with 2v1 odds many time to get a pass off and take controll.
Novels are like big stories made up of smaller parts called chapters. Each chapter is made of smaller parts called paragraphs. Inside these paragraphs are sentences, which are made up of lots of words. And these words are just combinations of letters.
“If ball mastery doesn’t affect you in a realistic game situation, then keep doing it.” Kelby
And your time was horrible. Lol
The game is the best teacher to learn how to play and move in soccer, but ball mastery or foundation is best practice to develop the skills. ,like i read in a comment muscle memory, in any sport or in real life practice makes progress.. everything helps..
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You nailed it . There is nothing to add to it . Nice video 👍
Well said...🙌
Vert good video thenk you!
Well said
Nice video🙏👊
Very nice video! I love the way you deconstruct the game. It helps me a lot with planning my own training. Especially the % time!
Not mentioned here is that you can also focus on weaknesses. I have a left foot dribbling and shooting weakness, so I need to do those solo drills. My teammate has a problem with give and go. So pass -> move drills are good there.
I know its so helpful as a player! if you have time lmk what you think about my channel I am just starting out and would love any support!
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Ball mastery training is a MUST for any serious player. It's your resource when you are playing in a real match and when the situation arises, your body and mind just reacts and your opponent will be caught off balance or off guard.
Ever seen a pro that didn’t have great control? I haven’t, the comfortable you are with the ball, the better player you’ll be overall. Love your videos! Keep up the great work!
TBH During The lockdown all I could do was individual training and these ball mastery drills, first touch, juggling all helped me get more comfortable on the ball. Now I do both the team training including 11v11 or small sided matches, official matches, passing and improve my defending skills, crossing etc. with those I also do ball mastery and one touch ,two touch. With these my game has improved so much so, yeah basically you just need to balance between individual and team training and you're good to go.😄
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@@CalvinFox31 Great channel mate awesome keep going 💪
Loved those intros and your dog too lol 😂
@@beastdev1320 thank you!
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Nice video🔥🔥🔥
All Drills are good since these exercises improve your first touch!
100% agree. Great points and breakdown. Though I do feel I see too many young players focusing too much time on ball mastery itself. Would be interesting to survey a few 100-1000 players to see their time breakdowns
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Math midterm tm that replaces all bad test grades so I can’t lol
@@workhardfootball8915 dang good luck
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Guessing yes and no. If you do them all without implementing into a game, its useless. If you're doing them whilst implementing them they're good
very true, I like how you put that, if you have time lmk what you think about my channel I am just starting out and would love any support!
Thanks for the video!
(Not sure if it’s just my headphones, but your slide transition ‘clicks’ sound like a beetle trying to burrow into my ear…)
Definitely not a waste of time. I play at a very high level and I did ball mastery every day for a month and I noticed a major difference in how I was playing and also how much confidence I had.
Doing 3 Ball mastery sessions a week has massively improved my performance on the pitch
How many drills ?
Well done Matt 👏
he always does a great job, if you have time would love to hear what you think about my channel!
Hey Matt been supporting you a long long time 🙏🏻 was having my best season in a long time this year and Then I got Achilles tendinitis. Any advice for motivation during recovery?
I never did any of this stuff and only through playing for fun and watching UA-cam videos I made it to division 1 soccer in America. The one thing that I wasn’t thought was to have a good diet and also a workout schedule and for that reason I did not make it professional
I live in Indy and went to the Indy 11 game to see you play, Matt! Where were you?! Doh!
Very important for junior players especially players just starting out.
My opinion there not a waste of time forsure, not game realistic but ask yourself this; how many times are you gonna touch the ball in a game? You always want to be mentally prepared I think because 90 minutes is all mental and gotta be locked in. So whatever you do outside the pitch with the ball it’s never a waste of time. That’s why we work to get better on the ball and when it’s crunch time we have the ability to make a great touch or something. Again it’s my view on it!!
Amazing.
Ball mastery I find helps more with confidence and quick feet knowing and what to do instinctively in tight situations under pressure I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used some ball mastery skill in games to create time and space or beat a player. You won’t use it as much in 11 aside matches where it’s more about passing technique and touch but it will help on occasions. But the thing is football is a lot of aspects and strengthening only one aspect is only gonna get you to a certain point and you’ll hit a wall you have to push your comfortably everytime ve been doing drills and skills for years now I’m 38 with kids and wife I still play competitive football at semi pro level. I find the best thing for me that totally Changed my game was confidence no matter the situation or team I was facing I always treated it like I was just playing a small sided futsal match where I just expressed myself
I agree with you... They will improve your technical quality on the ball for sure... But... I would like to add one more argument to your already good video about this... Another big criticism or complain about ball mastery drills is that it'll make you robotic and predictable... Which I guess is true to some extent... But even I don't agree with this completely... While it is true that mastering a perticular skill and being able to apply them effectively in game situations are completely different... I don't think they are mutually exclusive... I believe that if you have the imagination and visualisation in your head, the skill you have mastered will automatically tranfer to application in games... And I like to combine freestyle dribbling with the realistic parts added as part of ball mastery drills to improve in game requirements like vision, visualisation, imagination, getting your head up, shoulder checking etc. Combine this with ball mastery drills and you'll see a lot of improvement going ahead and it'll completely remove the predictable and robotic part that the ball mastery drills add to your game! Also... Consider this... It is not what skill you do and whether you do the same skills repeatedly in a game that matters... It is how well you execute it and when you choose to do it that matters... Timing and execution matters a lot for a skill to be effective... Think about it... Everyone who watches Messi play knows he is going to use feints and everyone who saw Robben play knew he was gonna cut inside.... But they were still unstoppable... Why? coz they knew how to execute the the skill and their timing of the skill was legendary.... Combine that with their ball control and quick feet, agility and balance they were unstoppable...
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Love how you broke this down. They teach you to do the same with music. Break down complicated parts to smaller parts. Or even do another routine to help practice that difficult part of the song you’re trying to learn.
Personally for me I've been doing a lot of ball mastery , juggling etc unrealistic game drills . Solely because I'm not having team trainings , not until today atleast finally managed to get back into team trainings & see how it goes 💪🏽⚽️ Thanks for the video though, great way to start my morning
that's awesome bro, would love to hear what you think about my channel
Yo Matt, love the video! I was wondering if you made varsity as a freshman in high school?
Hi, I started my UA-cam Channel recently and I want to show my journey in a D1 University in America. My goal is to sign my first professional contract through hard work and dedication in 3-4 years. I would really appreciate if you could take a look at my channel. Thanks in advance:)
Once you master a ball mastery routine
You can do it with your eyes closed
So when you play in a match
You manipulate the ball easily without looking at it even
You are too right
i train panna for 1 and a half hours a day and a lot of my session is made up of ball mastery training and it has honestly made me a lot more confident with the ball at my feet when i play in a 11v11 matches
Matt, since you rated the training with games(11v11 small sided etc) as the best and unrealistic and more technique based as lowest. What do you think is a better session, play 11v11 or small sided games with low quality players (play with amateurs or younger players) vs just training in your own but aren't game realistic (ball mastery, juggling etc)???
Playing a game is always better
I like that you showed bit of Mo Salah magic from this weekend 🤩
hahaha for real guy is crazy, if you have time lmk what you think about my channel just started out and would love to hear !
How would they not help? It's the main skill of the sport. Even a defender, pulling it back and switching it is the most important skill they can have on the ball, that becomes second nature from ball mastery skills. Don't even get me started on a mids control or a forwards touch. I personally do a random mastery video for 10 mins everyday. So there is no patten, it's just working on my dribbling. The simple ones are the best, you just try and get quicker, more controlled, and keeping your head up. Nothing compares to real game play, obviously. some players are scared of the ball, don't tell me they are getting better playing like that, though.
I agree 10000 percent I always have team training then these type of drills which are more individual I do on my own time once a day or do another short sided pick up.
Matt please a two minute vid on how to check your shoulders with purpose
Any time you have the ball at your feet, there will be something happening. What is that something? It’s about developing a relationship with the ball. Much like a relationship with a person, it takes time. The more time you spend with it, the more you get to know it, the more comfortable you get around it. The more you get around it and know more about it, the more you know about yourself. Discovery, comfort zones, etc! The further away you get from the game (no pressure, no opponents, no time/space constraints) the less relevant. The more relevant you make it, the more impactful it becomes.
Having the ball at your feet isn’t necessarily a bad thing. How you spend that time with the ball will determine how impactful it’ll be.
Material beats method. I think training the RIGHT ball mastery drills will improve your game.
Glad i watched some matt videos a few months ago, where i read some guy's comment about dribtec nate weiss ball mastery drills. You don't know how better the drills are until you've purchased the program, followed the drills for a few days or weeks, and then played a real game.
Hey bro, I'm interested in buying that dribtec program but don't know how?
Also can you remember the video where you saw the comment about dribtec?
Just search it on google. Also i can't find that original video i got it from. Goodluck @@zebra7578
In my free time, I always do freestyle ball mastery and just passing the ball to a wall. It makes it less repetitive and makes me enjoy footy more. On a second note, I also get better at football in the technical aspects.
Hello! Gotta New idea for 2 min Tuesday😀. Which Material type is better for training Football for eg. PU or PVC.
This is probably my favorite series on UA-cam
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Ball mastery are not a waste of time. Even Ronaldinho said that he did ball mastery to improve his relation with the ball and went on to become the greatest skiller of football of all time
When I first started out as a coach, like a lot of coaches, viewed individual skills like juggling a ball etc etc with less conviction as team play, running ability etc. I thought “If I wanted jugglers, I could go to a circus”.
Over the years though, I came to realise that ALL the very best players in the world can juggle a ball fantastically well.
Not only that, they took less time to control a ball at speed which gave them more time to decide what to do immediately.
Ajax FC in the 1980s, had a program where they invited ONLY the best 24 young strikers from around Europe, and of these only the best were retained as strikers with the remainder becoming midfielders, backs and centre backs, the only exception being the GK.
The reasoning was that ALL PLAYERS could in theory, could score and didn’t have to waste time learning individual touch skills.
This is very good
Ball Mastery is the first thing a new or youth player should focus on. It will help them improve their dribbling and first touch faster than anything else. Once they have mastered the ball, they can focus on other things. There are other parts of the game, that just won’t matter in a real game, if their first touch isn’t good enough. The other thing, team training doesn’t do that much to improve that refined touch on the ball. Individual training on something very technical and challenging is where the most skill improvement takes place.
After working on ball mastery and once you develop the muscle memory, is there no need to keep doing the exercises?
@@pervader I’d say once you get to a level where your touch is very smooth and refined, you can focus on other things, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t still doing it. You still go back to it bc you can always bet better. Even the pros do it when training on their own. They just tend to focus on other things bc their skills are already so high in that area.
Is the most important thing if you also remember to work your game realistic individual skills and fitness.
can anyone please help me ???
my problem is that the place where i live there are no grassy grounds so i play in a sandy ground but i dont know why that when i shoot the ball when i am in grassy ground it goes perfect
but whenever i shoot the ball when i am in a sandy ground, the ball doesnt even lift in the air
while my friends can shoot way more better than me even in the sand
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That basically makes u more comfortable on the ball it helps the ball to stay close to your feet. It's part of skill related stuff in tight spaces
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Is this a custom intro or is it an actual song. I been trying to search for it.
AND great for training knees against injury