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Article Title: Free Soccer Training Drills: A Guide To Switching The Ball Article Description: You might disagree, but hear me out on this. In practicing free soccer training drills, the best teams keep on switching the ball, looking for space and exploring the opposition's defense for a fault. It is the coach's responsibility to train the kids on this skill and you can use the following soccer coaching drills for this. Additional Article Info: Word Count: 529 (not including resource box) Category: Soccer Written By: Andre Botelho Contact Email: [email protected] <----- Article Begins Here -----> Free Soccer Training Drills: A Guide To Switching The Ball © Copyright 2009 Expert Secret, Lda (SoccerDrillsTips.com) You might disagree, but hear me out on this. During free soccer training drills, the best strategy is to keep the ball rolling within your own players, watching a loop hole in the defense of the opposite team in order to attack. Follow the techniques given below, during the soccer coaching drills, and train the players accordingly to impart these skills. Match winning strategy: keep the defenders busy by throwing the ball from one side to the other, and attack the goal in between. Moving the ball from one to another player within the team helps reducing the stress. The Fast switch or the Blind Pass: Teach one or two mid-fielders to throw the blind pass by moving the ball using right foot, and hitting it to the left.Rapid Switching or the Blind Pass: Develop a skill in one or two mid-fielders to move the ball with right foot while kicking it to the left, showing almost a blind pass. Left-footed mid- fielder, can perform the trick by moving the ball using the left foot and throwing it back to the right side using left foot. Your team will have an excellent chance to achieve the goal, since the opposite defender wont be expecting the pass. All players in the team will have to adjust to the expectation that a switch is always coming so tell your team to frequently switch the ball. This is most challenging technique during the soccer drills; that would enable the entire player to comprehensively participate in the soccer practice. You need to setup six small goals on either side of the ground in order to carry on the drill. In case the player makes a goal which are placed in the middle of the field, a score is made by the team. They get two points for passing through the last goals as this encourages switching. Throughout free soccer training drills, the goals should be made adequately wide to teach that there is not much use only to put a player between them to avoid a run or pass. Select one player to run from goal A to B. To prevent the attackers to score, the players must remain between the goal. Young defenders usually move away from their designated positions. They normally gather around the ball. So tell your mid- fielders to keep an eye on the sections and make out if by switching play from one side to the other they can surprise the defenders who have gone missing. Dedicate some time during the next session of football drills, to show the players to cover the entire width of the pitch. Impart the skill and repeat a few times, especially make them realize where the actual attacking threat may raise. You have quite a lot of knowledge now, dont forget to add these drills to your free soccer training drills, so your players are always ready and the opposition mid-fielders find it difficult to catch your defenders out. Get more information on coaching methodologies by becoming a member of our youth soccer coaching community that has a plethora of informative articles, newsletters, and videos. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
