# First Touch is Key

First touch is key. Without a good first touch you can't master the ball. It's also critically important to never, ever let the ball run past you. It seems counter-intuitive to stop the ball  when it's is moving in the desired direction, but the requirement here is *control*.  When it runs past it you are only marginally in control, and we are looking to *master* control, and enable Possession. Trap it, slow it down, redirect it or shoot it, but *do not let the ball run past you*. You have not obtained mastery until you have obtained control, and control cannot be had until you have achieved that good first touch.

\[This is wildy circular. Talk about how it must land at your feet or be directed to someplace where you can play it.]
