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Sunday, January 11
Ball Mastery
Multiple Touches on the Ball = Ball Mastery = Success
My daughter's Under 12 teammates asked me once .."Why do we do (foot) skills every practice?"
And now with my daughter at U17 and playing varsity soccer I still get the question.
Well I thought the reason was obvious but I guess it wasn't.
Simply put, footskills are the bases for everything else we do in soccer. Teams from Anson Dorrance's UNC national champions to the Men's and Women's National Teams do footskill work every single day.
When a player becomes comfortable with the ball at their feet, when the act of dribbling becomes instinctive, the level of enjoyment of this great game becomes even greater.
The notes below describe some of the basic footskills that can be taught at any age. There are also fundamental games and more advanced moves and exercises that can be reviewed and downloaded.
Basic and Advanced Footskills
Here are some basic moves that will get your players 1000 touches on the ball in under 15 minutes. They move from easy to mard. Pick what is age appropriate for your team and good luck
Handout: Ball Mastery
Fundamental Games
Games for Under 5's through Under 9's. Favorites like Shark, Bull Dog, Red Light Green Light, Trick or Treat, Freeze Tag and many more
Fundamental Foot Skill Games
Tuesday, July 1
Castles and Dragons
Handout: Castles and Dragons
Fundamental 1v1v1v1
From John Crouch of Kick Smart
Fundamental Foot Skill 1 v 1 v 1 v 1
Match Related Footskill Games
Popular games like Bulldog, Shark and Freeze Tag help to teach the footskills detailed in the previous sections but now in a Match Related setting
Match Foot Skill Games
Match Related Game -War
War is a simple match related footskill game for multiple players
Match Related Game - War
Match Related 1 v 1
The following is a new 1 V1 Exercise I received from John Crouch at Kick Smart
1 v 1
Match Related Game - 1 v 1 v 1
1 v 1 v 1 is a simple match related footskill game that stresses the 1 v 1 skills so necessary to building confidence
Match Related Game - 1 v 1 v 1
More Advanced Footskills
For the more advanced player, Scissors, Cryuf, Rivolinos and more
More Advanced Footskill Moves
More Advanced Footskill Drills
Exercises where you can practice your new moves
More Advanced Footskill Drills
Advanced Match Related Games
Match Related Games where you can practice your new moves
Match Related Footskill Games
Match Condition Footskill Games
And finally Match Condition Games where you can practice your new moves
Match Condition Footskill Games
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