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Soccer Training Video To Pump Up The Pace Of PracticeBy Andre Botelho - The "Expert Youth Soccer Coach"
Soccer training videos can build your players’ confidence level very successfully during your practice sessions. A youth soccer drill video can also be a powerful tool for a soccer coach. Nothing is more exciting to your players than watching their heroes perform match winning soccer moves, inspiring them to strive toward the same excellence they see in the soccer videos. These videos teach important skill emphasizing when and why they should be used. Take, for example, ball possession skills.
Unless your players are adept with handling the ball and possessing it, they will not feel confident on the field. Consider this – if your players have the ball, the opponents will not be able to score goals. But ensure that you also teach your players how to defend the ball even as they learn how to possess it.
Players must be taught how to defend the ball within a limited space since those defending the ball will have to act in the rapidly diminishing space as they near the player who has the ball in his possession.
If you let your players watch a few matches where they get to see superb defending skills, you can be sure that they will learn effectively. Sometimes during soccer training, the player who has the ball tends to make extra touches on the ball and puts himself under pressure instead of letting the defense take care of it. Every player on the team must become expert at keeping the ball until his defense supports him. He must learn passing into space rather than restrict himself by making the wrong move. He should keep dribbling the ball dexterously so that it naturally moves to another player on the team. Even a player who does not have the ball can be at the right place to form part of the defense. Passing skills are essential for every player on the team as it is by passing the ball that you defend it. Each player should also know when to place himself or herself at a position where they are ready to receive the ball. The team must coordinate with each other through a series of passes by which they can keep the ball on the move amongst themselves. This is another reason why ‘formation’ or ‘shape’ of the team is an important part of training. You can show them this through a soccer training video or a soccer coaching video.
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