How to Improve Foot Speed for Soccer Players
5 Simple Exercises

Most young soccer players need to improve their movement on the soccer field. The following five exercises will help them with ball control, quickness and agility.

First, I recommend a good five to seven dynamic minute warm up to get the blood flowing and to wake up the muscles.

The progression of exercises starts from being seated to progress to all out hops. For the first exercise, sit in a chair with your feet flat on the on the ground. Next raise on foot up, then lower it down. You may change the speed or add a light to weight to the foot. You may do anywhere from 2-4 sets of 25-30 reps. Alternate feet.

Next stand with legs shoulder width apart. Raise one leg such that there is a slight bend in both the hip and knee. In this position maintain your balance and raise the foot that is in the air up and down. Try to do 2-4 sets of 25-30 repetitions. Change the speed and add a light weight to make it more challenging.

Next start walking and lift your foot up as you move forward. Progress this to a jog. Again you may do 2-4 sets 15-20 steps.

Next, skipping for two three minutes every other day helps to give you "bounce" in your movement. Start with two foot skips and progress to single leg skips.

Finally progress to mini jumps moving forward over hurdles if you are with out them just forward. Start with double foot jumps and then complete single leg hops. Complete 2-3 sets of 15-20 meters distance.

These simple exercises will help you improve your foot speed and reaction time so you may be more comfortable with the ball at your, improve your acceleration and overall speed.