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Football drill terminology

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    Football vocabulary used in a drill session
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  • When a player passes the ball to a teammate, who immediately one-touch passes the ball back to the first player.
    Give and Go or 1-2
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  • An instruction given by the teammates of a player for them to kick the ball with full power to get it away.
    Boot it
  •  20
  • To take the ball away from the opponent using the feet
    Tackle
  •  15
  • Use of the toe to strike the ball.
    Toe poke
  •  25
  • Controlling the ball with the sole of the foot.
    Trapping the Ball
  •  15
  • Type of shirt used in training sessions. They are used to divide the group in different teams.
    Bibs
  •  15
  • The plastic or metallic bumps on the sole of football shoes. Also used for the shoes themselves.
    Cleats
  •  15
  • Transferring the ball to a teammate with one single touch when a pass is received
    First-time ball
  •  20
  • the act of keeping the ball off the ground by using any part of the body except the hands and arms
    Juggling
  •  20
  • A shot that is kicked from underneath the ball to provide some arc for it to go over the opponent.
    Chip shot. Chipping
  •  20
  • ‘Help our defenders’ Return to defensive positions. In short it is said...
    Track back’
  •  25
  • ‘Look behind and around’ in short it is said...
    Check shoulders
  •  15