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3 Continuous 1v1 Under Tight Pressure

By Daniel Severn

This week we have an exercise which will work close control, changes of pace, protecting the ball and plenty of skills and trickery. The exercise can be used as a fun game after a warm up or as the technical part of your session as you can focus on many different aspects of the game in this situation.

Set Up and Directions
Players will work in pairs, with one ball between two. The exercise is set up in a 20x20 yard area with small, 1 yard gates scattered around the area.

Through the diagrams, I will show the exercise running with just one pair of players but I would often use around four or five pairs working at any one time.

When play begins, the two players will compete one versus one to score as many points as possible within the time limit. The players score points by

0 A Passing Drill Warm-Up

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter. Today’s featured activity is a passing warm-up.

Start with 4 players in a line 10 yards apart. The first player in the line has a ball.

The first first player passes the ball to the second player while all four players start

0 Using the Team Warm-Up To Include the Goalkeeper

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter.  Today’s featured activity is a warm up that involves the entire team.

In the center circle have the field players dribbling around at full speed.  Two keepers are also in the circle

The players are dribbling at speed and the keepers look for

0 A Four-Keeper Warm-Up Game

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity is a 4 keeper warm up.

Start with 4 keepers in a 30 x 30 area.  One keeper starts with the ball in his hands and the others are jogging around.  You can alter the size of the area and the number of keepers.

The keeper with the ball rolls the ball, hard. to one of the other keepers.  Before rolling the

0 Warm-Up for Shooting

One of the perks of being apart of WORLD CLASS COACHING is that I have access to a large library of training sessions from some of the top professional, collegiate, and youth coaches. We have published books and DVDs on every aspect and topic of coaching. I often refer to our DVD especially for new

2 A Dutch Style Warm-Up

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

A dynamic warm up is vital to a successful training session.    There are many different versions and mixed feelings regarding whether there needs to be a ball involved or not.  Many feel any time in training that doesn’t utilize a ball is wasted time.  I, and others, feel it’s more important to get a good warm up and to have the players truly ready (both physically and mentally) for when the ball is then added to the warm up.  You can find more of this type of warm up in our book, Dutch Drills For Total Team Training

In this activity, start with 4 cones in a line, 10 yards apart.  Another 2 cones are in a different line 10 yards apart and 10 yards to the side of this first line. 2 more cones are in a similar line 10 yards to the other side.

Two lines of players start by going to cone 1, then to cone 2, then to cone 3, then to cone 4, then to cone 5 and then to cone 6.  When they get

0 Warm-Up for Shooting

One of the perks of being apart of WORLD CLASS COACHING is that I have access to a large library of training sessions from some of the top professional, collegiate, and youth coaches. We have published books and DVDs on every aspect and topic of coaching.

I often refer to our DVD especially for new ways to approach topics to keep my coaching fresh and interesting to the players I work with. I think we're all probably guilty of using the same few drills or exercises for a specific technique over and over. This can be a good thing because it allows us to focus on teaching the game rather than having to spend a lot of time teaching the drill. But changing things up on occasion can breath new life into a stale session and motivate players to perform at a higher level with the addition of new challenges.

In the past if I was looking for a new warm-up for a shooting practice I would have to scan through three or four DVDs to find what I'm looking for. This changed

0 A Great Goalkeeping Warm-Up

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity is a nice warm up working on movement and reactions for diving.

Two keepers are jogging in a line (one in front of the other). The keeper starting in back has a ball.

The keeper with the ball rolls the ball past the front keeper and as soon

0 Changing Direction With the First Touch

Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter.  Today’s featured activity is a warm up activity working on changing direction with the first touch.

Start with a 30 x 30 grid (the size isn’t all that important and can be changed depending upon number of players.   Half the group is in there with balls and the other half are without (in the diagram below the yellow players have balls and the black don’t)

The yellow players dribble around and then will make a pass to a

0 A Group Warm-Up For Goalkeepers

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter.  Today we will show a simple group warm up activity for keepers

A keeper starts in a small goal (6 yards wide).  A player starts 15 yards out with a ball and other players start on an angle in each direction (also about 15 yards out)

The keeper with the ball starts by “shooting” toward the goal (the objective isn’t to score but rather to

0 The Psychology of the Pre-Game Warm-Up

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter.  Today’s topic deals with the psychology of the pre game warm up.

The technical and tactical sides of goalkeeping are important.  The psychological sides are just as important (and possibly even more so).

As a coach, when the teams are warming up prior to a game, I want to watch my keeper but I will also watch the other teams keepers.  If I see bad technique, poor footwork or an overall lack of athleticism, I’ll make note of this and make sure the team I’m coaching is aware of this and encourage them to shoot whenever possible because it looks like the keeper position is a weakness.  If the keeper looks like they have good technique, good footwork and is athletic I most likely will not mention the keeper at all.  Based on this alone, I know if the keeper I’m coaching works hard in warm ups, shows proper technique, footwork and attitude, there is a good chance the opposing team will notice this as well.  This means that encouraging the keeper warm up with a

0 An All Inclusive Warm-Up

Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter.  Today’s featured activity is a warm up drill working on dribbling, passing, receiving and vision.

Start with a circle with a 20 yard diameter (you can use the center circle for this).  Put 4 cones in the middle around 4 yards apart and surround the circle with players.

One player starts with a ball and dribbles to the middle and then

1 Dynamic Warm-Up

When talking about fitness and conditioning one of the most important things for players (and teams) to do is make sure they get a proper warm up.  If you are a coach, it’s vital you make sure your players warm up properly.  If you are a player, it’s your responsibility to make sure you are warmed up properly.  If your team or coach doesn’t make sure you warm up properly, you should do it yourself.

Years ago, warming up meant static stretching and then a little bit of jogging.  Nowadays, one is much more likely to do some form of dynamic warm up

Below is an example of a dynamic warm up I used for years.

2 Possession Warm-Up

It’s easy to get in the habit of doing the same activities over and over again.  As an example, we want to do a possession warm up with 3 groups of 5. In the DVD Tactics and Drills for Training Forwards, Bob Warming, shows an interesting way to do this a bit differently. The first

2 Why a Dynamic Warm-Up Is Vital

A dynamic warm up is vital to a successful training session.    There are many different versions and mixed feelings regarding whether there needs to be a ball involved or not.  Many feel any time in training that doesn’t utilize a ball is wasted time.  I, and others, feel it’s more important to get a good

2 'Dots' Warm-Up

I think it’s important to start practices with an activity that will engage the players and get their attention. When players arrive at the practice field they have usually come from a busy day of school. They may have spent some time playing with friends around the neighborhood. Depending on their practice time, they may

3 Warm-Up Game

The start of a session sets the tone for the day, focuses the players on soccer and gets their body ready for physical activity. With younger teams (U12 and below) I like to start with a game that relates to the topic I'll be teaching. One of my favorites for days that we are working