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#198 Should We Be Doing Isolated Technical Training?
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Play - Practice - Play Training Session
This week's Animated Drills Video looks at different way to organize your training session. The Play - Practice - Play methodology is great for young or less experienced teams. It provides a fun and engaging environment that allows the players to learn through guided discovery. You can cover any attacking or defending topic using this
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3 v 1 with Transition Activity
This week's Animated Drills Video looks at a great possession activity that will not only train your players ability to keep the ball but also to find the moment to go forward. Having an odd number of players in practice can make it difficult to find creative ways to keep all of the players involved.
Continue reading#193 Roles and Responsibilities of a Director of Coaching
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#191 The Techne App - Individual Training Made Simple
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Continue reading5 v 5 + 5 Small-Sided Game
This week's Animated Drills Video is a look at a small-sided game that I observed the SPORTING KC first team perform during a recent Affiliate Observation day. The 5 v 5 + 5 game provided the players with a great opportunity to express themselves and compete. This game is a great environment to working on
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Technical Warm-Up in a Narrow Area
This week's Animated Drills Video looks at an warm-up activity that incorporates running with the ball, fast foot work, passing, receiving and combination play. It's a great activity to use when space is limited to a narrow strip between two fields. The diagram is being created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at
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Training Turning (and much more)
This week's Animated Drills Video looks an activity that incorporates turning, running with the ball, changing direction and passing. While it can be used to teach any or all of these technical skills it's also a great warm-up and environment to teach timing. There's a lot going on in this very simple activity. What you
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Short Corners for Young Teams
This week's Animated Drills Video looks at short corners for younger teams. Since our teams below U12 can't head the ball there's really no point in lining up and crossing a ball into the box. It's very unlikely that the crosser will be able to connect with a player to score a goal. So why
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