Ideal Drills for Individual Football Practice Individual drills that you can use while practising by yourself. bear in mind that you are your own coach - it's up to you to make sure that you are constantly improving your own skills. This simply means that you should encourage yourself to perform the drills with maximum effort and focus. The following drills can be used as part of your warm up in training 1. Wall-Kicks Many great Footballers used to practice their skills with a wall. Some important things to bear in mind are: Keep your body relaxed. Make sure to shift between your feet while kicking the ball Try to use all parts of your foot (e.g. inside, outside, instep). 2. Stair Steppers The key with this drill is to keep jumping on and off the ball without letting it move backwards. t looks pretty simply while watching someone else performing it. However, once you start to perform it you will notice that it is more difficult then you first realized. To perform this drill you will simply need to: Put the ball in front of you. Place your kicking foot on the top of the ball. Jump and put your other foot on the top of the ball while taking the first one off.