Soccer Drills - Two Advanced Drills to Improve Your Soccer Game

After practicing some basic drills and having an understanding of the game incorporate more advanced drills into a practice. Here are two advanced drills to help with game situations.

Power and Finesse. - This drill will stress using both feet for a power, and finesse shot. Finesse shots should be soft, accurate, and well placed. Power shots should be hard, accurate, and well placed.
Start by having a group of players form two lines outside the eighteen box. One line five feet to the left of the half circle and the other five feet right of the half circle.
Each player will be taking two shots. One at the eighteen box and one at the six box. If a player makes one of the two shots they go to the end of their line. If a player makes both shots they challenge another player from the other team, and that player must make both shot or they are out.
If a player misses both they are out of the drill. Have two passers on either side of the goal with a pile of balls. The passers make two passes per player.

Juggling - This drill will focus on soft touches resulting in better ball control. Start with a soccer ball in hand, and drop it to your feet. With both feet try to keep it from touching the ground as long as possible. In order to do accomplish this lightly kick the ball upwards. Slant your foot to the sky, and make contact with the laces of your foot. Keep the ball below the waist. Kick the ball with a light upward snap of the foot.

Juggling a soccer ball - How to improve your skills

In this article we will look at what you can do to improve your juggling skills in soccer.

Patience - It 'important to have patience, while the practice on your juggling skills. We will not be expected to juggle a couple of weeks. This is something that takes time and effort you put in more, rather than go back. What I'm trying to say is that you need to see every day as an opportunity to increase your ability to juggle.

Practice often, IWe recommend practicing juggling at least 30 minutes a day. After a few weeks, or if you notice that you juggle responsibilities have increased at various levels.

Use a small ball - This is ideal for your overall soccer skills, not only for juggling. I can admit that juggling a ball is not as easy as normal. However, I can assure you that, having to deal with a small ball for 20 minutes, or you can try to change regularly. What isnote is that the ball usually feels uncomfortable and suddenly too big for your feet. It will also be easier to keep the ball in the air for longer.

Continue to focus on the ball - while juggling not lose focus on the ball. Try to shut down all around you and just concentrate on keeping the ball in the air. This is not so easy to do if you're a new football, but after a while 'will become natural.

Attempts to break your record - Any time youJuggling practice your skills you should try the. It's never just because you managed to keep the ball in the air for about 5 minutes. Instead of encouraging to increase the time of 6 minutes and so on. My point is that one must always try to improve your juggling skills.

Relax - One of the most important things in juggling is to keep your body relaxed. The calmer you are the best at juggling.

Soccer Drills - Two advanced tips to improve your soccer game

After doing some basic exercises and have an understanding of the game for more advanced exercises in practice. Here are two peak periods to assist in game situations.

Power and sophistication. - This hole will be forced, with both feet for power and finesse shot. Finesse plans must be smooth, accurate and well positioned. Strokes of power must be tough, precise and well positioned.
Start with a group of players formed two lines outside of the eighteenthbox. A line of five meters to the left of the semicircle and the other five meters to the right of the semicircle.
Each player has two shots. One in a box of eighteen and a box of six years. If a player makes one of two shots, go to the end of their line. If a player makes two shots, challenging another player from another team, a player must do both or be shot out.
If a player lacks the time they are out of the drill. Have two loops on both sides of the goalwith a stack of bales. Passersby to take two steps per player.

Juggling - This exercise will focus on virtual keys which gives control of the ball better. Start with a ball in his hand and drop it at your feet. Try to avoid both feet touching the ground as long as possible. To do this do this slightly raised ball. Slant the foot toward the sky, and get in touch with the laces of the foot. Keep the ball below the waist. Kicking the ball with a slight increasekick.

Exercising to Improve Your Soccer Skills

For one player the emphasis might be improving general fitness, for another strength might be required more or ball control skills, or shooting etc.

What is most important is finding out where a players weaknesses lie and developing a programme of exercises to improve those weaknesses.  The best way to find out where the problems lie is by asking someone else.  Sure, you might know that you're unfit an that that is a priority but often there are parts of a players game that go unnoticed.  For example, there are many players who are very one footed i.e. they only ever use their stronger foot, be it the right or the left.  When this is the case, the player has usually developed many strategies to combat this one-footedness and it often takes someone else to point out that this is a major flaw in their game.

Writing a list of parts of your game that you are not happy with is a good start.  Passing that list on to a coach who can add their input is the second biggest step to take.  The biggest is taking that advice on-board and finding some great exercises to help you on your way.

The internet is a great resource for exercises but you shouldn't restrict yourself to soccer coaching sites.  Whilst these can provide some excellent drills for ball control and other skills, they are often not the best for improving speed, agility, strength or concentration.  Use your imagination and don't be put off by taking up other sports or forms of exercises.  Yoga and pilates can help with flexibility, strength and balance.  Tai Chi or meditation could be the answer for concentration problems.  Don't be scared to use whatever you need to help you improve your game.

For many professional players, equipment and gyms are instantly available.  Players from Hibs recently had a state of the art training ground built for them.  This is not usually the case for amateur players and again it is often important to improvise. Home gyms, classes in local council facilities etc. can all be good and cheap ways to improve your fitness.  The important thing is to stick at it and find as much information as you can before starting out.  Use the internet, speak to experts on line, your coaches or teachers.  Speak to anyone you might know who coaches other sports, it's all good information.

Alan Webber lives and works in Manchester, his passion is football and he spend as much time as possible visiting football grounds throughout Europe.