The soccer season seems to creep up every year and before long you’re trying to plan what kind of players you need to improve your team and what sort of skills they’ll need to possess or have the ability to learn if they get on the team. Coaches will only have a couple of sessions …
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Learn the Moves that Leave Defenders Shaking in Their Cleats (Written by a Center Back)My old soccer coach managed our team around the ethos that if you don’t concede goals, you can’t lose. He focused on creating a strong defensive line before working on offensive tactics.It wasn’t long before we had the best defense in …
Without effective passing technique, no soccer team will really be a soccer team. It will just be a bunch of individual players. The effectiveness of a team’s passing game can make the difference between a team that’s still learning the basics and a team that’s ready to play matches – and win them. The connection between getting …
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In the game of soccer, teams are made up of 11 players, each player with a specific role, which comes with a certain area of responsibility within the field. However, although it is tactically advantageous for each player to stay within its area, more or less, players also need to be comfortable with going further …
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Are you having trouble getting in the zone before the big match? Are you finding that time and time again the ball is getting snatched away from you by the opposing team? Are you letting your teammates down every Sunday? This might be because you might be physically or mentally ready to play. If you …
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Something that you might not have known is that there are five different types of soccer balls to choose from, and the one that you get will depend on your age. These balls are all useful for different things and at different stages of development, and it is important to make sure that you are …
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In close and competitive matches where the smallest of margins decide the final result, corner kicks can often prove decisive. However, all too often, teams fail to capitalize on their goal-scoring opportunities from corner kicks. To improve their effectiveness from these set-piece plays, teams need to work on a number of areas, including positioning, organization and …
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If you are a children’s soccer coach, then you will probably know that this can sometimes be challenging. Children often have limited attention spans, and you will often have to make training sessions very exciting and engaging, or else they will quickly grow bored. Due to this, you cannot simply spend an entire training session teaching …
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Obviously, multiple scores are what you need to win the game, but there is no point in practicing your shooting if you never have possession of the ball. This is why it is super important for your team to have possession drills as well as shooting practice. I’m going to go through 6 possession drills to …
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A lot of valuable athletic skills are involved in playing a good game of soccer. While endurance, spatial awareness, and a powerful kick are all crucial, there is one skill that should never be underestimated when it comes to soccer: agility. Agility is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as ‘the ability to move your body …
