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Friday, June 6, 2008


Soccer Footwork Drills: Things To Keep In Mind

There are several things that you need to keep in mind, while you having your players practice the various types of soccer footwork drills.

As a youth soccer coach, you very well know the importance of having control of the ball by the players, throughout the game. You should also note that in order to achieve effective control of the ball, your players would have to use the best footwork skills.

They must have ultimate control on the pace and speed of the ball. They have to run with the ball, but in doing so; they have to use a wide array of soccer techniques while, dribbling, shielding, passing and kicking the soccer ball.

In order to achieve best result from all these skills, it is important that they use their footwork skills to the fullest. Regarding the soccer footwork drills, please note that you should not be very strict in your planning and strategy.

It is good that you have everything planned beforehand, but you must leave some room for instant changes, keeping in view the current situation.

What is more, you should also focus on individual sessions for soccer footwork skills. Again, the individual session must run at least one hour and not just for a few minutes.

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Saturday, August 18, 2007


Soccer Speed - Why Train Footwork?

When coaching youth soccer, you need to consider teaching the players or kids about soccer speed and footwork soccer. Let me give you a brief insight into some of those valuable things that can make a winning difference for your team.

  • Soccer Speed - Understanding It!

The first and most important thing that a coach must let his players know is about the speed.

In fact, this is the term we use in soccer world for the ability of the player to start quickly from all different positions, accelerate to top speed in the shortest time possible, change direction, and stop rapidly under control to make the play. When a player understands this, he will get to know how important soccer footwork drills are.

  • Soccer Footwork - Why Train It?

There are various reasons why the coaches should train footwork during their soccer drill coaching session. Well, the players must keep in mind the fact that the feet are in contact with the ground in movement and whenever they initiate a movement, it is initiated off the ground.

Therefore, the players must make sure that their feet absorb shock on ground contact so that they could use those forces to propel the body in the desired direction.

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