nickk wrote:To really get ball control developed you have to do it with the ball moving at speed in my opinion.
Better off have sets of two standing at varying larger distances apart and instruct players to hit the ball at each other on the full and then they have to try and control the ball. You will get the full range of situations, though I don;t get what this business is about trapping a ball from the foot onto one's chest.
I have seen guys great at group juggling and then once the ball is moving at speed they have no control.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TemczLwUM48
Agree, NIckk.
The above drill form Barca Academy introduced by Tito Vilanova is a good exercise for receiving hard hit balls, as you suggest players need to learn to do. There is a little structure in Tito's exercise - Control Pass..
One can also use the instep for this exercise.
Also, practising against a wall, hitting balls harder and harder as one improves receiving, is a good drill for this too.