Indoor Drills
Touches, turns and footwork for a room or a basement floor. 16 drills from Spatrian’s programme, each with its set-up, its steps and what to watch for. Put any of them in a session with the practice plan builder.
The space and equipment check says how many of these fit the ground you have.
Toe Taps & Sole Rolls
Alternate tapping the top of the ball with each foot (toe taps), then roll the ball forward/back with the sole.
Juggling Challenge
Keep the ball in the air using feet, thighs, and head. Count consecutive touches.
Cool-Down & Debrief
Slow jog, static stretches (30s each: quads, hamstrings, calves, groin), and chat about what went well.
Sole Roll Turns
Move the ball with the sole only, rolling it across the body and dragging it back to turn, the way futsal players keep it close on a hard floor.
Pull-Push
Pull the ball back with the sole and push it forward with the laces of the same foot, in a rhythm, then away at an angle: futsal's most basic way to keep the ball moving under a defender.
Sole Combinations
Chain sole rolls with inside and outside touches in fixed combinations, called out loud: the footwork futsal players link together to beat a defender in a tight space.
GK Collapse Dive from the Knees
A keeper's first dive, learned from the knees up on soft ground: fall to the side, land on the hip and shoulder, never the elbow, and keep the ball.
Indoor Warm-Up & Mobility
A five-minute warm-up that fits a hallway: marching, skipping on the spot, leg swings and lunges, no ball and no run.
Single-Leg Balance Circuit
Single-leg holds, reaches and airplane holds on a square of floor: the ankle strength a sharp first step is built on.
Fast Feet & Lateral Shuffle
Quick feet on the spot, side shuffles across a metre and small forward-back hops: the footwork a player uses between every touch.
Core for the Strike
Plank, side plank, dead bugs and glute bridges: the trunk a strike, a jump and a shoulder-to-shoulder duel all come from.
Skater Bounds & Line Hops
Side-to-side bounds and quick two-footed hops over a line on the floor, landed soft: change-of-direction power that needs no ceiling height.
Figure-Eight Dribble
Dribbling a figure of eight round two cones a stride apart with small touches, both feet, head up: close control in a space a hallway has.
V-Pulls & L-Turns
Two ball-mastery moves on one square of floor: the V-pull that drags the ball back and pushes it out, and the L-turn that drags it behind the standing leg.
Sole Taps & Drag-Backs on a Line
A line on the floor as the ruler: sole taps along it, drag-backs across it and inside-outside taps either side, the fastest feet in the smallest space.
GK Hands: Low Catches
Handling with no dive and no ceiling needed: catches seated, kneeling and in a crouch, the W-shaped hands and the scoop a keeper's whole game rests on.
More drills
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Every drill, read aloud and on the record
In Spatrian the Audio Coach talks a player through these drills while they play, and each run goes on their own training record, which their coach or personal trainer can read. The beta is opening to a small first group of players, coaches and families.