By David Johnson Objective This session will focus on passing and maintain possession. The focus needs to be on proper weight and direction of the pass and the quality and creativity of the runs. Communication including calling for the ball and what areas are open such as calling “switch” are critical. Set Up In a
Continue readingSoccer is a contact sport. Unfortunately we frequently forget about this in training so when the players do come up against contact in a game they aren’t prepared. Here is the beginning of a nice progression to prepare players to deal with contact, receive balls and react accordingly. There is an excellent series on this
Continue readingComing out of a long winter of indoor practices and Futsal games, I'm always anxious to play our first outdoor league game of the spring. I was looking forward to it even more than usual this year because it had been more than a month since my U12 girls team had played their last Futsal
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