The ability to quickly transition from offense to defense is critical for soccer teams to succeed. Watch Barcelona play. The moment one of their forward players loses the ball, the whole teams gets back into shape and attacks the offense. The forwards and midfielders exercise a very high work rate to quickly try to get [...]
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Dutch Soccer vs. U.S. Soccer – Contrasting Visions
The Dutch believe that soccer is best learned by playing the game. They do not believe that the actions should be separate training sessions. This means that everything in practice should include the natural progression of the game, regardless of theme. There should be a build up, goal scoring, preventing a build up, and denying [...]
Should Coaches Play at Soccer Practice?
As a general rule the USSF is not a big fan of coaches being involved as players in the sessions. Their contention is that coaches playing in the sessions really manipulate the way the players act. Younger players want to please the coach, so they will try to get the ball to you at all [...]
Barcelona 5- Real Madrid 0. What happened?
Mourinho said that Real Madrid was very bad and Barcelona was very good. He went on to add that it was a good loss for them because his team now realizes that they still have work to do on the training ground. I know you are thinking what made Barcelona so good? Some of you [...]
Ideal Characteristics of Soccer Defenders
Defenders are asked to do so much more in soccer than in the bast. Not only do they have to be great defenders, but they are involved in the attack more than ever before. Even the center backs are offensive threats, featuring specifically in dead ball situations. What characteristics do you look for in a [...]
