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Article Title: Soccer Coaching Drills - Discover The Art Of Trapping Article Description: What if I told you that 50% of soccer coaching drills should focus on enhancing the trapping skills of your players? You would probably dismiss it as a fancy. But No! Research shows that trapping along with passing and dribbling skills alone decide whether your team is capable of winning matches or not. Additional Article Info: Word Count: 499 (not including resource box) Category: Soccer Written By: Andre Botelho Contact Email: [email protected] <----- Article Begins Here -----> Soccer Coaching Drills - Discover The Art Of Trapping © Copyright 2009 Expert Secret, Lda (SoccerDrillsTips.com) What if I told you that 50% of soccer coaching drills should focus on enhancing the trapping skills of your players? You wont take it seriously. But No! Research shows that trapping along with passing and dribbling skills alone decide whether your team is capable of winning matches or not. Trapping is the ability of the players to intercept the ball and then keep it near their body. Such soccer exercises allow players to use thighs, feet and chest in doing so. It is imperative that your players know how to trap the ball. Failing to do so would mean that they can never be in command of the game since this is imperative. Some of the following techniques help in enhancing the trapping skills of the players. Involve the Feet: Primarily, the coach must teach the players to use their feet in tackling the ball. Particularly in kids soccer drills, teach the kids to use inside of their foot. It is emphasized for the reason that inside area of the foot is big enough to catch hold of the ball. During soccer coaching drills, the high ranking and senior players should be educated on the use of foot, its crown, and instep of the foot plus the whole foot. Guide the players to use their shin or ankle as the best bet to hold the ball if the ball is leaping too much. Thigh Movement: A thigh is very useful in controlling the fast and bouncy approaching ball. Guide the players to come in front of the ball, take one thigh up to capture the ball and other thigh to stay grounded. Practice the skill of retaining the ball with you after it meets your thigh by learning to bring down your knee so the will plunge and settle close to you. Continue repeating this exercise till the time you learn it by heart i.e. stopping the ball with your thigh and then tumbling the thigh down so the ball stays somewhere close to you. Use the Chest: Similar to the role of a thigh, the chest also plays an important part in trapping the ball that is high up in the air. Train the players to confront the ball head on by taking their chest out in full force in order to control the ball. This will have the effect of breaking the balls speed and tumbling it down immediately. But make sure that in soccer training drills, this technique should not be rigorously taught to the young players. When they try to tackle the ball using the chest, it is their normal tendency to use their hands. It could be troublesome because the kids might get accustomed to using their hands to catch the ball. Its time now to execute these soccer coaching drills. Make the players practice these more and more. If you wish to learn a great deal of such tips and tricks, subscribe to our youth soccer coaching community. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Andre Botelho is a recognized authority in youth soccer coaching. Learn how to explode your players' skills and make training more fun in record time. Download your free youth soccer coaching guide at http://www.soccerdrillstips.com <----- Article Ends Here -----> ------------------------------------ This group is no longer maintained. It only exists for the archives. Please submit your articles at http://www.pickbrains.com/submit-article instead. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/I_Need_Content/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/I_Need_Content/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
