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GOOD SOCCER DRILL DESIGN
Soccer drills must fit the
theme of your entire practice session and integrate from beginning
to end of practice.
- start with setting an objective for your soccer
practice session
- pick themes for the drills to fit the objective.
For example, if your theme is passing, incorporate passing drills
into the warm-up, technical, fitness, tactical and
scrimmage parts of your session.
- sequence the drills so that they connect as in
point (2) above.
- plan for equipment needed to run the soccer
drill, such as cones, pinnies and number of balls required. (Tip:
the ideal mix for pinnies is 11 of colour A, 8 of colour B and six
of colour C)
- plan for breaking players into small groups based
on positions and how they will interact on the field. Example is
right defender, right midfielder and right forward, or defenders
as a group, etc.
- visualize the drill with your players in
it.
- have the soccer drill written on a piece of paper
with notes for coaching points, progression, groupings of
players.
Use this drill template to design your own
drills: Soccer Drill
Template
ABOUT SOCCER COACHING
Soccer coaching is probably the most complex coaching assignment in all of sports. Soccer coaching involves an understanding of soccer specific skills, soccer specific fitness training, and soccer specific nutrition.
But that's not all. In coaching soccer , a coach also needs psychological skills to deal with all aspects of individual and team mental preparations. Soccer coaching involves a tremendous amount of
data analysis and problem solving during games and practices. Soccer coaching requires visionary, strategic and tactical thinking skills.
And all of the above requirements change with age groups and gender being coached.
It is impossible for a novice or experienced soccer coach to develop all the knowledge and skills from scratch. That is why there are soccer coaching schools and seminars.
Not all aspiring or established soccer coaches can afford time or money for that training.
Our site, soccerpracticebooks.com has been developed to provide you with key resources to become a better soccer coach!
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