By Jakub Pietrzak - Building sessions around attacking is something very usual. Most of the sessions involve possession or positional games and a final game. But with the focus mainly on the attacking, we can easily forget about progressing our players in exactly as important phase of the game – defending. It is very important to
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By Jakub Pietrzak - Due to trying to make session attractive and enjoyable for the players, coaches often focus mainly on the attacking part of the game to maximise the amount of time on the ball and improving the quality of their technical skills. When working with younger players (u12s) it is advisable as they can
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By Danny Carvalho, For goalkeepers, having quick feet makes a great difference in performing big and standing out from the average shot stopper, opening doors for big stages and chase greatness! This activity is designed to have them not only developing feet quickness but as well as quick reactions to sound commands. Have four different
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By Jakub Pietrzak - Not many players have the ability to pass the ball through the lines consistently. It requires good game understanding, high quality of the pass and adding the right weight into it. If players in your team struggle to play through well organised teams, training which allows multiple repetition of that pass can
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By Jakub Pietrzak, Presented below are drills that focus on improving the ability of handling and catching the ball. That’s the basic skill for a goalkeeper at any level. Currently we see a big trend among the goalkeepers, being very good with the ball at their feet and playing far away from their goal. Despite
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By Jakub Pietrzak, Goalkeeper involvement during the possession phase is growing. Most coaches try to make their teams play out from the back, straight from goal kicks, using their goalkeeper. That makes the ability to receive and pass the ball very important for the goalkeepers aspiring to make it at the highest level. In the
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By Jakub Pietrzak, Goalkeeper involvement during the possession phase is growing. Most coaches try to make their teams play out from the back, straight from goal kicks, using their goalkeeper. That makes the ability to receive and pass the ball very important for the goalkeepers aspiring to make it at the highest level. In the
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By Jakub Pietrzak, Goalkeeper involvement during the possession phase is growing. Most coaches try to make their teams play out from the back, straight from goal kicks, using their goalkeeper. That makes the ability to receive and pass the ball very important for the goalkeepers aspiring to make it at the highest level. In the
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By Jakub Pietrzak, Goalkeeper involvement during the possession phase is growing. Most coaches try to make their teams play out from the back, straight from goal kicks, using their goalkeeper. That makes the ability to receive and pass the ball very important for the goalkeepers aspiring to make it at the highest level. In the
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By Jakub Pietrzak, The drills below focus on the improving the ability of handling and catching the ball. That’s the basic skill for a goalkeeper at any level. Currently we see a big trend among the goalkeepers, being very good with the ball at their feet and playing far away from their goal. Despite that
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By Jakub Pietrzak, These drills focus on the improving the ability of handling and catching the ball. That’s the basic skill for a goalkeeper at any level. Currently we see a big trend among the goalkeepers, being very good with the ball at their feet and playing far away from their goal. Despite that handling
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