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SISA Coaching Points: Receiving

Receiving
Ball on the floor
  1. Make an early selection in method of control
     
  2. Move into the balls path & come to meet the ball 
     
  3. Be open or side on to the field
     
  4. Recognize where the defender will come from
     
  5. Keep your eye on the ball
     
  6. Receive ball with furthest foot from passer (if possible) to immediately shield the ball
     
  7. Cushion the ball with the inside or outside of the foot
     
  8. Receiving touch should be in preparation (away from pressure) to either pass, dribble, or shoot
Ball out of the Air
  1. Make an early selection in the method of control
     
  2. Get in line with the line of the flight of the ball
     
  3. Be side on or open to the field
     
  4. Recognize where the defender will come from
     
  5. Keep your eye on the ball
     
  6. Relax the controlling surface for certain methods of control – cushion or wedge
     
  7. Cushion (relax) ball onto area of body or Wedge the ball between the foot and the ground
     
  8. Receiving touch should be in preparation (away from pressure) to either pass, dribble, orshoot