Soccer Drills – Preparing Your Young Soccer Players for the Finals

Soccer Drills – Preparing Your Young Soccer Players for the Finals

I saw several times a team of talented young footballers go through a season without defeat, only to get to the finals and lose their only game of the season. My son has played in a team that has lost only two matches last season. They were the final and the grand finale. I have led teams on numerous occasions that the defeat to defeat the team finals. Maybe you are the coach of a team that is currently without defeat and enter the final. Or maybe you are the coach of a team that is the Underdog enter the final. How do you prepare young footballers to play in the finals?

I've heard repeatedly that the end is just another match. I do not subscribe to this theory. Although the game is played on the same field with the same ball, and the same number of players, junior soccer players to attach greater importance to the final. And the same goes for senior players this question. I think the players say it is just another game is just a defence mechanism, so that they do not feel so bad if they lose. I coach players to a final deal with an attitude that this is the game of the year they must give their best effort. At this time of year when they should really objective and show how good they really are. Encourage them to their best and be 100 percent committed is the best way of approaching a final. And if they lose, you can comfort with the fact that they have done their best.

Matches of the final phase are generally more intense than the regular-season games. It is generally less time and less space for players to work in. In the weeks leading to the final of football your exercises should focus on the first key, short passes, passing and movement, and control the ball under pressure. This will help your players face the additional pressure for them to a final. In keeping possession of the ball must always be a principal objective, to teaching your players to use their body to protect the possession is another key skill to focus on leading to the final.

Are you Underdog? Are you play against a team that you have not beaten all year? All teams have key players, and all teams have weaknesses. When I coach a team against a stronger club, I try to identify the main actors of the opposition team. If you played in the regular season, you already know. The stop. Mark man. Read them out of the game. The reorganization of May the structure of your team, so I practice to this structure a few regular season games so that players are familiar with it. I also use defence as the organization of exercises marking, and exercises to close space on the attackers to assist in this regard. If you can disrupt the game to key actors on the opposition you go a long way to beat them.

Attack. The goal of a final game is to win. Draws do not count in the final. So you have to score goals. Team Training is a critical element in the style of play of your team. Do you play a 4 4 2, 4 3 3 or 3 4 3. I do not vary too much training that I used during the regular season. But one of the main goals in a match-finals should be scoring goals.

Planning your team to play in the finals should begin training a few weeks before the finals start. Soccer exercises should encourage the ball, short passing and speed of movement. Defensive exercises should encourage labelling, space and closing. Think clearly on the training you will play and how you are going to score goals. And to identify the strengths of your opponent and try to neutralize them. Then, before the match set up your players give 100 percent and play to the best of their ability. This will give them the best chance of succeeding on the ground.