Scanning drills
Receive & Decide, Scan & Recall and Pressure Release train the core habit: check your shoulders before the ball arrives — then make the call your scan revealed.
Football decision training · iPhone
Train your football brain.
Short, floodlit drills that teach you to scan the pitch while the pass travels in — and make the right call before the window closes. In VR with any Cardboard-style viewer, or full-screen with no headset at all.
App Store
Coming soon for iPhone
How it works
Actual in-app screen · landscape on iPhone
- Built on published scanning research
- No ads
- No accounts
- Training data stays on the phone
6
Positions · keeper included
5
Drill families
4
Levels · Beginner → Pro
13
Badges to earn
What you train
Match reads, not reflex taps
Every drill is a real game situation: a pass on its way to you, runs developing around you, and one right answer — if you looked in time.
Set pieces
Penalties, free kicks and corners as reading exercises — watch the run-up, the wall, the keeper's feet, and commit to the right corner before contact.
Keeper saves
The sixth position is the goalkeeper: read the striker's hips and plant foot, command your box on crosses, and pick the smart distribution after the catch.
Levels, XP & badges
Climb Beginner → Intermediate → Advanced → Pro per position. Higher levels don't add homework — they shrink your decision window. Career XP and 13 badges mark the way.
A coach in your ear
The voice coach reads every verdict and tip aloud — why the call was right and what to look for next time. Voice and music are both switchable in settings.
With or without a headset
Slot your iPhone into any Cardboard-style viewer for full VR — or tap Play without headset and look around by moving the phone. Same drills, same coach, no extra gear.
The science
The habit that separates the best
Research on elite footballers shows the best players scan up to six times in the ten seconds before the ball arrives — and players who scan more make better decisions on it.
Head Up FC turns that finding into a daily habit. Every drill measures your scan count, whether you caught the critical scan — the one look that reveals the right answer — and how fast you decided. Your scores are framed against benchmarks drawn from that research, so "good" means good by elite standards, not by app standards.
Source: published scanning studies of elite footballers by Prof. Geir Jordet and colleagues (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences).
On the pitch
Straight from the app
A floodlit night stadium with two full teams around you — from 5v5 to 11v11.
How it works
Three steps to sharper decisions
Pick your position
Striker, winger, midfielder, fullback, center back or goalkeeper — each gets its own tactical scenarios: cutbacks, switches, line-breaking passes, distribution, saves.
Read the game
While the pass travels in, scan the pitch around you. When the ball arrives, make your call — the app scores the decision, your reaction time and whether you looked at the right moment.
Climb Beginner → Pro
Score consistently and the next level unlocks. Decision windows tighten, runs arrive faster — the same situations demand quicker scanning. XP and badges track the career.
Get the app
Coming soon to the App Store
Head Up FC is coming to iPhone. No accounts, no ads — just training (anonymous usage stats, switchable off). Want a note when it's live? Email us and we'll reply when it ships.
App Store
Coming soon for iPhone
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