One of the finest sights in soccer is watching a player perform a perfectly executed step over that takes them past the defender and leaves them upended on their backside. With their legs whirring around the ball, the forward can confuse the opposition player and deftly skip to either side of them, depending on what kind […]
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While many people start off coaching a team with relatively little experience other than having played soccer themselves, there does come a time when you need to start thinking about how to get your soccer coaching license. This is because as you work your way up the ladder, greater pressures and responsibilities are placed on the […]
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As most soccer coaches only get a few hours of training with their team each week, it’s very important that you make the most of your time together. To best improve your players’ soccer skills and abilities, you need them to give 100% focus throughout the whole duration of each training session. While this may sound like […]
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One of the most frustrating parts of coaching young soccer teams is watching everyone chase the ball in one pack. Everyone’s focused on winning the ball back and giving it a good kick — hopefully in the direction of the correct goal! At an early age, this bunching is only natural, and it’s something you’ll continue to […]
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One of the best things about soccer is that as long as you have a ball, you can play anytime anywhere as almost anything can serve as a goal. All of us have played many games using rubbish bins or chairs to create two goals, and I bet you have too. For official soccer matches, however, there […]
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