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Article Title: Drills for Soccer: 4 Ways To Implement A Strategy Article Description: What if I told you that the basis of any soccer game is its defense and your drills for soccer should enable them to overcome the opposing team's defense? Additional Article Info: Word Count: 518 (not including resource box) Category: Soccer Written By: Andre Botelho Contact Email: [email protected] <----- Article Begins Here -----> Drills for Soccer: 4 Ways To Implement A Strategy © Copyright 2009 Expert Secret, Lda (SoccerDrillsTips.com) What if I told you that the basis of any soccer game is its defense and your drills for soccer should enable them to overcome the opposing team's defense? Some coaches tend to teach their players to play either defense or offense. Correct soccer drills require each player to play defense when the ball is with the opposing team and offense when the ball is with them. Players need to run after the ball after theyve lost its custody. Any player who fails to keep the ball with him should be the one to run after it first. Since he is the closest, its imperative that he is able to put a lot of pressure on the opponent who now has the ball. Putting a lot of pressure on this player will lead him to making a bad pass or losing the ownership of the ball. Ensure that in soccer practice, when a player is running behind a opponent who has the ball, the remaining players can back him up. His entry into your goal area should be postponed as much as possible. Center of the soccer field is the most risky area. So make you drills for soccer in a fashion that forces the rival team member with the ball to progress towards the touchline. It will result in putting a restriction on the passes he can make along with the number of directions that he can set out to. The dodgiest area where the majority of goals are scored is the arc of concentration. This arc lies in the front of the goal. It begins from the corner post of the goal right through to the corner of the goal box and then squeezes out to the touchline. Hence, train the players with a lot of soccer exercises so they can work the ball outside this area as the opposition is most likely to score a goal here. When its about defense, success comes by balancing. Here, the players who are next to the ball play tight. This implies that they should be as close to the ball as possible. Players that are far away from the ball play lose. This means they place themselves at a position which covers all possibilities in a specific area and not just a single player. Your team will be in a position of control when they get the possession of the ball. To do this, steal the ball away from your opposition as fast as possible. A great number of coaches commit a blunder by permitting the players to engage with the ball. This implies to move the ball slowly without making contact with the opponent and maneuvering the ball away from him. If they miss the ball here, they will be back to the ground and opponents would attack the goal. So, make these a part of your drills for soccer so that your players are able to play a far better defensive game. Become a member of our youth soccer coaching community and gain knowledge, tips, articles, newsletters, videos from the world of soccer. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
