Saturday, September 26, 2009

Soccer Agility Drills

Football speed, agility and quickness drills

The ability to stop, start, cut and sprint are extremely important skills to be successful in football. Here are our top 6 of the football agility drills for players that can be used and great in a team setting.

1. Ground Marker Drill

1). Platz 4 ground markers in a straight line a distance of about three meters.

2). In between each set of markers place another marker, only threeMeters to the left.

3). The players are bent by a marker to the next at any hand touch sprint.

4). The focus is on taking quick side steps, rather than on the marker and sprinting to the front face - that's more time to take (not) in a game.

2. Teamate Chase Drill

1). Draw a large area - from 20 meters by 20 meters, for example.

2). Couple with a teammate and they run randomly in the area.

3). Trymaintain 2 m distance from them at all times. Your teammates should change the direction and pace constantly.

3. Corner Sprint Drill

1). Use four cones to mark a square of about five meters, five meters.

2). Place a cone in the center of the square. This is your starting position.

3). Give each corner a number and remember! Have a teammate (or your coach) call numbers at random.

4). Sprint to the corner and cried, returning toMiddle.

4. Shuttle Take-off Drill

1). Place two ground markers 20 meters apart. Place marker in the middle of only three meters to the side.

2). From mid-sprint to the end marker () 10 meters, turn and immediately sprint to the other end (20 meters) and then back to the starting line (10 meters).

3). Switch to another foot on each marker and try to touch the ground with his hand.

5. Cross Drill

1). Create a series of cones in a cross formation.

2). Run backwards in the center cone, side step to the right cone (or the left side when you make the holes), side step back to the center cone, before the same path.

3). Turn in the middle cone and sprint to the end cone. Run now give back to the cone, side step left, side step back to the middle, then turn left and sprint back to start.

6. Weaving Shuttle Drill

1). Place 10 shuttles in a line 5 feet apart.

2). Weave in and out asquickly as possible and go back to the start.

3). This exercise is often much slower running with a ball. The objective here is to accelerate the leg movement is developing, so that no ball is used.



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Friday, September 25, 2009

Soccer Drills: Roll & Scissor Dribbling Move

Visit PlaySportsTV www.playsportstv.com for more soccer drills and soccer training tips. Here's a great soccer dribbling drill that demonstrates the roll and scissor move.



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