3 Simple Steps To Soccer Practice
Posted: Monday, February 22, 2010
by Andre Botelho
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There's a simple method for explaining soccer practice; no rules to follow. You are free to test new drills, come up with innovative ideas to create drills and so on. What's more, be on a lookout for drills that are already in use but need modification as per your requirements. These are some tips that can be helpful in conducting a fruitful soccer training calendar.
Try and arrange for a lot of soccer practice games ready with you. Identify those that don't lead to the requisite results, do away with those and go to next. Just go with the flow and you'll be able to identify what's best for the players.
Tell the kids to warm up ahead of every session. Make soccer ball an added feature in the usual warm up drills that kids practice on a daily basis. Launch some new and exciting exercises like Fetch. The coach in this game would throw the ball towards the player and the player would return it by using both and one feet.
In addition, you can make them roll the ball using both the feet, kick the ball back and forth between the feet and so on. There are dozens of such soccer drills that warm up the players.
Make sure every player has a separate soccer ball that belongs to him. And in such a scenario, create many individual activities for players that include use the ball. The kids should be made to practice shooting, hitting the ball to the wall, and dribbling and all that. You should see that no lines are involved and the movement remains as free as possible.
Soccer coaching requires including group activities once the individual activities are over. There are two amazing drills for practicing; passing and receiving the ball. It is essential that the kids behave as a team in group activities. Generally, while transitioning into group from individual, the players take time to get familiar with idea of team play. You should be the mentor here for the team. Highlight the value of the need to support each other to become and remain match winners.
Also, weak players must be properly guided in order to be teamed up. Such activities encourage brotherhood and team spirit.
Soccer should be played in teams between the kids and with no a goalie. Encourage them to take hits at the goals without any restrictions. Teach them to first attack the opposition and then defend their goal. All this gives them a free hand in developing their own style.
This is the simplest method to carry out a soccer practice. Let your imagination go wild and design methodologies that keep the kids engaged. The question of right or wrong drill doesn't arise. The only thing to remember is to be flexible. For more such tips and tricks, subscribe to our youth soccer coaching community that has abundance of soccer coaching resources.
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