Category: 2-3 Goal Difference Per Game
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2-3 Goal per Game Difference: Home-Field Advantage
The \’home-field advantage\’ is no myth. Youth and professional teams play better at home. Less travel, field familiarity, and friendly spectators help. In addition, scheduling and knowing the \’elements\’ can increase this advantage even more. Finally, incorporating several tricks can help a team both at home and away.
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2-3 Goal Difference Per Game: Neutralize the Best Player
What can a coach do when facing a team that has an exceptional player? At the youth level, an exceptional player can have a huge impact on a game. Therefore, he or she needs to be neutralized. But how? The answer is with \’The Glove\’!
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2-3 Goal Difference Per Game: Smart Pass-Backs to the Goalie
Passbacks to the goalie can be an important strategy in soccer especially when it is done with purpose. However, it must be executed properly or else could end in disaster.
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2-3 Goal Difference Per Game: Follow-up the Shot
Every time a ball is shot on goal, offensive and defense must anticipate that the goalie will make a great save and the ball will rebound back into player or it will be dropped. By following-up the shot, attackers will score more goals and defenders will save more goals.
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2-3 Goal Difference Per Game: Never Let the Ball Hit the Ground
As a referee, I have had the opportunity to see many age groups and different calibers of players. I am always surprised at the number of players, even high school […]
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2-3 Goal Difference Per Game: Simple Goalkeeper Tricks
Having a good goalkeeper can turn a mediocre team into a great team. Standing on or in the goal on free kicks, being properly positioned between the goal posts, and taking a forward hop-step before a shot on goal are simply yet effective ways to make a goalkeeper better.
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2-3 Goal Difference Per Game: Communication
Player communication amongst each other is a must-have in soccer. All the good players and teams constantly talk to one another. \”Keep\” and \”Man On\” are 2 terms that players should start using right away.
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2-3 Goal Difference Per Game: Shots On Goal
Using the instep to drive hard shots on goal is great but if they are kicked directly at the goalie, then there is no benefit in the velocity. A better solution is to use the inside-of-the-foot and have players think how they want to score a goal.
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2-3 Goal Difference Per Game: Play the Whistle
Until the referee blows the whistle or the ball is well out-of-play, players should continue to play. If an assistant referee raises the flag, it does not mean the play has stopped. Only the referee\’s can stop play.
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2-3 Goal Difference Per Game: Good Sportsmanship
In soccer, as in life, players should be good sports. Nobody likes a poor sport. Referees are no exception. Players that show good sportsmanship during a game could possibly, just maybe get a favorable call.