Position · Ages 13–18
Winger training
Wingers beat a player and deliver. Dribbling and speed lead your week, then the final pass. 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.
24Drills
3Skills
10Greats
13–18Ages
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.Speed and agility
Footwork, acceleration and changes of pace.
Speed and agilitySoloLadder & Cone Agility
Quick feet through a ladder (or cones as substitutes), followed by short sprints.
Speed and agilitySprint Intervals
Repeated 30m sprints with walk-back recovery.
Speed and agilitySoloSmall spaceCut and Go
Accelerate to a cone, brake properly, cut, and accelerate away again.
Speed and agilitySoloSmall spaceSingle-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.
Speed and agilitySoloSmall spaceFast 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.
Speed and agilitySoloSmall spaceCore 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.
Speed and agilitySoloSmall spaceSkater 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.Passing
Weight, angle and timing, against a wall or with other players.
PassingSoloWall Passing (Solo) / Partner Passing
Stand 5-8m apart. Pass the ball back and forth using the inside of the foot.
PassingRondo 3v1
Three players keep possession against one defender in small grid.
PassingTwo-Grid Transition Rondo
Keep the ball in one grid, then break into the next one the moment it opens up.
PassingUp, Back and Through
Pass in, get it laid back, then slide it through for the runner. Three players, one moving ball.
PassingBlind-Side Check and Slip Pass
One player disappears behind the defender's shoulder; the other slides it into the gap.
PassingSoloSmall spaceWeak Foot Only
Two minutes against a wall using nothing but the foot they avoid.
PassingSoloSmall spaceOutside-of-the-Foot Wall Pass
Passes off a wall with the outside of the foot, the pass that disguises where the ball is going, from four steps back in a garage or a basement.The winger’s daily puzzle
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 DiamondFalcão
48, the record Futsal World Cup goalsTheir move The sole roll Sole Roll TurnsAmandinha
6 years in a row Best player in the worldTheir move The toe poke Toe Poke FinishOther positions
Train as a winger, 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.