Tag: ball control
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World Cup ‘Towers’ Worth Watching: Fernando and José Torres
Spain\’s Torres and America\’s Torres. Both play for their respective national soccer teams. Spain\’s Fernando Torres is much better known. However, due to injuries, this year\’s World Cup may belong to America\’s José Francisco Torres.
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2010 Soccer MVP: Inside-of-the-Foot … Ease of Learning
The inside-of-the-foot won five of six disciplines during the MVP tournament, validating that it is the MVP (most valuable part) in soccer. Too bad \’Inside\’ could not win the last discipline, \’Ease of Learning\’.
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USA vs. Netherlands (1:2) — Statistics Show it Could Have Been Worse
The Netherlands beat the U.S. in today\’s soccer World Cup warm-up game. While the score may not reflect the dominance, the MVP statistics sure do.
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2010 Soccer MVP: Inside-of-the-Foot … Receiving
In this continuing series of posts about the 2010 Soccer MVP Tournament, the inside-of-the-foot easily won the \’Receiving\’ discipline. When it came to dictating how the ball was received (control) and how many types of passes it could receive (coverage), \’Inside\’ was the clear-cut winner.
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Fun Practice Alternative: Catch
Most kids like a good game of catch. To give players a fun alternative to soccer practice, turn futbol practice into football practice. Pick quarterbacks and receivers and then have them run pass patterns. The only difference is that instead of throwing the ball being thrown, kick the ball.
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Improving Throw-ins: Check-In (part 1 of 4)
This is the first in a series of posts about throw-ins. The importance of the \’check-in\’ is shared first. There are many advantages for a player to check-in including greater ball retention and possession by the player and team.
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Fun Practice Alternative: Kickball
The same old practice routine can get old. To spice things up, play a game of kickball. Besides it being a lot of fun, players will be working on and improving their first-touch and dribbling skills.
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Are You Right or Left Footed?
A great question to ask young soccer players are whether they are right or left footed. Most will say right. A few will say left. Fewer still will give the correct answer of \’both\’. In order to become a good soccer player, players must feel comfortable using both feet.
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Parents: Do Not Reinforce Poor Play
Parents love the long ball. But by oohing and aahing this type of kick, parents are reinforcing soccer poor play. Instead, parents should reinforce good play such as a nice first-touch and an accurate pass.