2.1 Drill #1
Stationary Ball Control + Sitting and Standing
Instruction
Variation
🌟The only principle: the movements can vary, but don't let the ball fall! 🌟
2.2 Tips
During sitting and standing, the ball may move to some "strange positions."
These wobbly, unstable, seemingly out-of-control moments are precisely the situations you encounter most often in matches, but least deliberately practice.
This is completely normal, and it's the focus of this exercise.
Please remember: This exercise has no time limit.
Even if your rhythm is off or your position is off, don't stop.
Don't catch the ball with both hands and start over!
2.3 Practice Mindset
Even if I change my posture, the ball isn't out of control.
This exercise isn't about training a "fixed, beautiful movement," but rather the below ability:
"Even if my body changes posture, I can still respond instantly to the ball's trajectory."
Ball control isn't rigid repetition, but a continuous process of adjustment.
When you sit down, stand up, or shift your center of gravity, the ball's height, distance, and speed will inevitably change.
However, this doesn't mean you've lost control, it only means that you need to recalculate and re-respond.
This is precisely why we deliberately keep our bodies "moving" in our drills as movement itself is a form of interference.
In this exercise, you're not learning how to avoid interference, but rather, when the below interference occurs:
You can still use the next touch to slowly guide the ball back to the desired trajectory.
This ability to "keep things happening despite uncertainty" is precisely the core and most underestimated aspect of ball control.
