In this week's Animated Drills Video I share a great environment for working on technical skills. Changing the shape of the area that you're working in will change the challenges that the players face. Circle drills are a great way to change things up and engage your players. This video shows you one setup for
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In this week's Animated Drills Video shows a simple passing and finishing setup. You can use this with players of any age or ability level. It's ideal for working on the technical aspects of finishing but it's also functional because players will often find themselves with scoring opportunities like this in the game. The video
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This week's video shows some game footage from my 2010 girls team. I want to focus on the way we try to build from the back as well as how the other team did this. The video was recorded with the Veo camera. Go to Veo.co for information about the camera. Have a great week!
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In this week's Animated Drills Video I share a great warm-up activity that you can use with any age group. You can divide a larger group up or play it together with multiple players who are, 'It'. The focus is on ball control and possession. The diagram is being created with the Academy Soccer Coach
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In this week's Animated Drills Video I share another way that I setup my 3 v 2 games. This time you create three teams that play in, 'Waves'. Moving from Target Players to Attackers and then to Defenders. There's a couple of different ways that you can rotate the waves and I describe each one
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In this week's Animated Drills Video I share one of my two favorite ways to play 3 v 2 games with my teams. It's a fast paced, free flowing game that keeps the players engaged and excited. You can focus on attacking or defending topics using this setup. The diagram is being created with the
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This week's Animated Drills Video shows you the warm-up that I often use with my own teams. It involves dribbling, passing and possession. It's shown being done on a field, which is my preference, but could be done in any area large enough for two grids. With my youngest teams I only need about a
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