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Monday, August 24, 2009

The World Of Soccer - Hankering For Ideas For Coaching And Playing?

Handling a Soccer Ball with Accuracy

Keeping control of the soccer ball is one of the most important skills you can possess as a soccer player. This can be tough, especially when facing slippery fields and skilled opponents. You can go about the goal of improving accuracy in several different ways. Dribbling is important in terms of maintaining control of the ball. Practice dribbling around lots of different objects (both stationary and moving). As you improve, tighten the space you use around each of these objects, and try to improve your reaction time. As you practice shooting goals, use a kickspeed target once you are pretty good at shooting into a goal. This gives you the added benefit of knowing how fast your kicks are (after all, accurate but slow kicks are easily caught). Other tools, such as a kicking net, allow you to work on handling the ball as it comes to you. This is one area that many athletes neglect to perfect, and your improvements of skill and reaction time in this area will yield some nice results.

Goal Shooting Tools and Strategies

Accuracy is key when it comes to shooting soccer goals. There are many tools on the market that can help you with this goal. For example, you can purchase some soccer net targets which you can attach to a goal net. These help you aim at a specific area of the goal. Since the targets can be moved around, you can work on shooting at both high and low areas of the net. Keep in mind that as you practice, you should try to perfect each shot from several different directions. The targets also let you practice heading. More advanced targets also record the speed of your ball, which lets you work on kicking strength along with accuracy. To increase how many practice shots you can perform in a practice session, consider getting a rebounding net to save yourself some time.

Helping Soccer Players Avoid Dehydration

Soccer can be one of the most demanding sports on a human body, but unfortunately some players think that they do not have to drink liquid while playing a game. Dehydration is dangerous, especially because in some of the more humid places of the world, you do not necessarily have to feel thirsty in order to be dehydrated. However, every player on the field loses a lot of water due to constant motion. All players, especially young or new players, should be given every opportunity to stay hydrated. Parents and coaches have a responsibility to make sure players have access to water or other thirst-quenching beverages. Also, give instruction on the importance of good hydration so the players know what to look for themselves. The more players know about this problem, the less likely it is to occur.

Developing Endurance as a Midfielder

Few sports have a position that demands as much constant energy as that of the soccer midfielder. Midfielders must help both the forwards and the defenders on their team. Their role is the center of the field. The center of the field is where most of the action takes place in a soccer field. Because of the responsibilities, in terms of area and strategy, of the midfielder, the players in that position will do much more running than anyone else on the field. Having endurance as a runner is perhaps the most important quality a midfielder should possess. Running should be an every day exercise for all players, but especially for the midfielders. Many coaches use the field lines exercise for running: players start at one end of the field and touch the first line before returning to starting position. They then move to the second line on the field and repeat the process until they have covered the whole field. Since running can be rather mundane, coaches should look for ways to make these endurance exercises interesting.

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