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0 Game-Like Technical Training

This week's Animated Drills Video shows a great way to work on any technical skill in a game-like environment. Making an activity game-like will instantly make it more enjoyable and guarantee an improved transfer of training to game situations. The diagram is being created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at www.academysoccercoach.co.uk Have

0 Turning and Awareness in Threes

This week's Animated Drills Video is a simple way to work on turning and awareness that gives the players a lot of repetitions in a short period of time. The diagram is created with the session planner on Planet Training that is available through from Planet.Training. Have a great week! Tom

1 Continuous Turning Pattern

This week's Animated Drills Video shows a way to work on turning in a way that challenges the players to think about their next action. It can also be progressed easily as the players improve. The diagram is created with the session planner on Planet Training that is available through from Planet.Training. Have a great

0 Small Details Big Results

By Mike Smith Throw ins, Flicks, Trapping a Ball Out of the Air, Volleying and Turning. Have you ever had one of those games where just a little different bounce of the ball would have made a huge difference? Have you ever been the coach caught saying “ Unlucky” at least a dozen times a game?

0 Turning Under Pressure

By Sean Pearson Area Size: 32 x 26 Yards Teams: 15 mins Players: 6 v 6 + 2 Objectives To play into players under pressure with firm passes. For the players under pressure to realize what foot, which part of the foot to use and which direction to turn to get out of pressure. Set-Up A lot of the

0 Shielding and Turning in Threes

This week's Animated Drills Video shows a combination of diagrams and training footage of a simple but effective exercise that will train your players to be aware of the pressure and make decisions about when to turn and when to lay the ball off. The diagrams are created with the session planner on Planet Training

2 #094 Check Your Shoulder!

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0 Turning Game

By Alex Trukan The following game is focused on developing players’ Aerobic Power, an ability which is fundamental to developing all other physical attributes, serving as body’s recovering system between high intensity actions and bursts. Strong aerobic system ensures proper oxygen supply to muscles as well as improved lungs capacity and blood circulation. This training

0 #076 Breaking Down and Teaching Skills

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0 Turning to Finish

By Alex Trukan This practice is aimed at developing explosive power and acceleration. This physical quality is crucial when competing in 1v1 duels, sprinting to win the ball or chasing the striker. In this practice, conditioning element is combined with 1v1 duel as well as technical ability to turn and finish. It is highly engaging

0 Turning the Ball

By Chris Kouns USSF A License (USSF Coaching Education Instructor) – NSCAA Premier Diploma (NSCAA Coaching Education Associate Staff Coach) – Head Women’s Soccer Coach – Georgia Gwinnett College In these activities we are working on players improving their ability to turn balls and exploit the space available. Turning the Ball Activity 1 Set-Up In groups

0 Running with the Ball

This week's Animated Drill Video shares a great environment for working on an often neglected skill, running with the ball. The same set-up can be used for the warm-up, technical practice, small-sided game and expanded small-sided game. [wpsharely id="6889"][wpsharely][/wpsharely] The diagram is being created with our online Session Designer that is available through the Member Drills Database.

0 Teaching Players to Turn with the Ball

This week's Animated Drill Video features an exercise and progressions to teach your players to turn with the ball both without and with pressure. [wpsharely id="6889"][wpsharely][/wpsharely] The diagram is being created with our online Session Designer that is available through the Member Drills Database. Please share your ideas for progressions or variations to train your players to

0 Turning to Finish

By Alex Trukan This simple practice is easy to organise and can be suitable for a variety of age groups and ability levels. It contains a lot of technical work focused on turning as well as incorporates an element of finishing. Physically, it develops power to change direction, accelerate and exploit space in front of

1 Repetitive Turning Exercise

I like using high energy, repetitive exercises for skill training. They engage the players and give them a lot of opportunities to practice a skill that we have worked on before.

One of my favorites is Tag Turning.

Basic Pattern

1. Two lines of players are facing each other
2. One player has a ball (Player 3)
3. A player from the opposite line starts in the middle (Player 1)
4. Player 1 goes back toward his line and tags the next player (Player 2)
5. Player 1 then checks back toward the ball and Player 3
6. Player 2 follows closely behind
7. Player 1 calls for the ball and Player 3 passes it to him
8. Player 1 receives the ball and turns around Player 2 using one of the four turns taught earlier
9. Player 2 then moves to tag Player 3 while Player 1 passes to Player 4 and the pattern continues

0 Training Two Types of Turns

By Sean Pearson Area Size: 50 x 40 Yards Teams: 7 v 7 Time: 20 Minutes Objectives To understand when and where to use the front foot to turn To understand when and where to use the back foot to turn The area is split into three zones, two end zones of 15x40 yards and a larger

0 #022 Developing Vision and Awareness

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0 Playing Off of the Target Player

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on playing off of the target player.

Start with a target player at the top of the 18, a defender right behind him (and players prepared to take their place) a server 40 yards out and a line of attackers even with the server. The server has balls and there is a keeper in goal.

The server starts by playing a ball into the

0 #004 Training Session to Prevent Turning

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0 Receiving Balls, Turning and Quick Touches

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible. Todays featured activity works on receiving balls, turning and quick touches. A player starts in between 2 cones that are 6 yards apart. There is a server, with a ball, 10 yards away. The server plays a ball on the ground, directly to the player. The receiving

1 #002 Training Session to Teach Turning

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0 Turning and Dribbling Square

By Alex Trukan

This exercise is an ideal combination of development of technical aspects altogether with conditioning. Turning and Dribbling Square practice is especially suitable for younger age groups but its progression that involves competition will make any player motivated. From a physical perspective, the exercise is aimed at improving short sprinting speed with the ball.

Set-Up and directions

Organise a square of 10x10 yards. Min. 4 players should start outside the area with one ball each. Square size can be adapted to the number and level of players. It is recommended to have no more than 4 players on each side. Each group of players takes turns in dribbling to the opposite side, turning, and dribbling back to the original side.

As we can see on the diagram below, when one

2 Long Passing, Receiving, Crossing and Finishing

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the FineSoccer Newsletter.  Today’s featured activity works on long passing, receiving, crossing and finishing.

Start with a 50 x 40 area with a goal on each end line and a keeper in goal.  The group is evenly split into 4 groups just outside the 4 posts.  There is also a player out wide on each side.

The player with the ball plays a

0 Quick Turns and Pullbacks

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on quick turns and pull backs.

Start with a player with a ball at his feet and three cones 5 yards away, in a line 3 yards apart (you can change the distance and make them shorter for quicker turns or longer for more running).

The player dribbles to the first cone and