Striker training
Strikers get one touch to set it and one to finish. Shooting and first touch lead your week. In Spatrian a player who sets their position gets these skills ranked first in every session, a drill for each of them that changes every week, and the puzzle that trains the position’s decisions.
Shooting
Striking a ball at a target, from the toe poke to the box.
ShootingSoloTarget Practice
Set up targets (cones, water bottles) in a goal area. Shoot from 8-12m trying to hit them.
ShootingShooting from the Box
Receive pass and shoot from various positions inside the box.
ShootingSoloToe Poke Finish
Shoot with the toe of the shoe into a small gate against a wall, from a still ball and then a rolling one: the quick finish futsal players use when a defender is close.
ShootingSoloTurn and Toe Poke
Receive a ball off the wall with your back to the target, turn with a sole drag, and finish with a toe poke through a cone gate before a defender could close: the pivô's quickest finish.First touch
Receiving the ball so the next action is already set up.
First touchSoloSmall spaceWall First Touch
Pass into a wall and kill the returning ball dead with one touch, then play it back with the next.
First touchSoloPivô Hold-Up and Lay-Off
Receive with your back to goal like a futsal pivô, stop the ball under the sole while shielding it, and lay it off first time to a runner arriving from behind.
First touchSoloSmall spaceReceive, Half-Turn, Pass
Play the wall, open the body as the ball comes back, take the first touch across the body through a gate and pass again: the midfielder's half-turn off a wall.Dribbling and turns
Carrying the ball, changing direction and beating a player.
Dribbling and turnsSoloCone Weave Dribble
Set up 5-6 cones in a line (2m apart). Dribble through using small touches with both feet.
Dribbling and turnsSolo1v1 to Mini Goal
Take turns attacking and defending. Attacker tries to dribble past and score in a mini goal.
Dribbling and turns1v1 Channel
Attacker tries to beat defender in narrow channel to score.
Dribbling and turns1v1 Continuous Transitions
Attack, and the second the ball is gone you are the defender for the next one.
Dribbling and turnsRondo with the Escape Dribble
Keep-away where a player under pressure is allowed to dribble out instead of passing.
Dribbling and turnsBack-to-Goal Hold-Up and Turn
Receive with someone behind you, hold them off, and turn only when it is on.
Dribbling and turnsSoloSmall spaceTight Box Dribbling
Keep the ball moving inside a small square for a full minute without it crossing a line.
Dribbling and turnsSoloSmall spaceFour-Turn Circuit
One turn at each of four cones — drag-back, inside hook, outside hook and Cruyff — round and round.
Dribbling and turnsWing 1v1 with the Sole Stop
Run at a defender down a narrow wing, stop the ball dead under the sole to freeze them, then go again past them: the futsal ala's way of beating a player on the touchline.
Dribbling and turnsSoloSmall spaceFigure-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.Find the Space
Move to where the day's pass can reach you. One a day, two levels, a few minutes, for the decisions the position makes before the ball arrives.
Greats who played it
From the Legend of the Week: a sourced story from each career and the move they were known for, with the drill that trains it.
Johan Cruyff
3 (1971, 1973, 1974) Ballon d'OrTheir move The Cruyff Turn Four-Turn CircuitMarta
17, the record Women's World Cup goalsTheir move Close control Tight Box DribblingMia Hamm
158 Goals for the USATheir move Finishing Shooting from the BoxPelé
3 (1958, 1962, 1970) World Cups wonTheir move Beat a defender 1v1 to Mini GoalEusébio
9 in 6 matches 1966 World Cup goalsTheir move Shooting Target PracticeChristine Sinclair
190, the world record International goalsTheir move Either foot Weak Foot OnlyLionel Messi
2 (2014, 2022), a record World Cup Golden BallsTheir move Dribbling Cone Weave DribbleSun Wen
7 1999 World Cup goalsTheir move Turn and face goal Half-Turn DiamondOther positions
Train as a striker, week by week
Set your position in Spatrian and each week leads with the drills for it, read aloud by the Audio Coach and kept on your own training record, which your coach or personal trainer can read. The beta is opening to a small first group of players, coaches and families.