43Drills

Here is a great defensive baseball drill or some might call it the bad hop drill which can be used by all level of players.  This is a great defensive drill especially a defensive baseball drill that you can use to help combine multiple drills into one saving time.  And actually watching the video sort of reminds me of the new  Arod’s commercial for his Nike SHOX cleats called “the Chase“.

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Steparounds
This is a basic youth soccer drill that has been called steparounds.  The idea of this youth soccer drill is to teach youth soccer players quick feet.

Each player has a ball and starts with the ball between his feet and knees are bent.  When the coach blows the whistle or says “go” each player moves one foot around the back of the ball and the other foot in front of the ball than back to the starting position.  The next movement would be the same switching the foot.  So the opposite foot should be going the other way this time (rather it be behind or in front of the ball). Then the first foot, etc.  (example is left, right, left, right).
To make this alittle more competitive you could have the first one to 20 wins.

Blind Ball - wide reciever football drills - blind ball

This blind ball wide reciever football drill is to help develop the players quickness in turning their body around to the ball.  The purpose of blind ball is to help emphasize getting head, hands, and shoulders around quickly to recieve the ball.

In this drill a the first player lins up on the ten yards away from the coach and his back if facing the coach.  The coach then will throw the ball towards the player and when the ball is halfway to the player the coach say “left or right”.  Then the player will have to quickly turn either to his left or right depending on the coaches signal and trying to catch the ball in his hands every time.

Coaching Points:  Emphasize quickness to turning head, hands, and shoulder quickly and focusing on catching the ball cleaning and looking into your hands.

Purpose

Teaching the proper form and first step. (Step and Hold by freezing…hince the drill “freeze drill)

Description

1. Straight ahead
   
   1. right leg - left arm
   2. left leg - right arm
2. 45° Step (fire step)
   
   1. Fire rt. - left arm
   2. Fire lt. - right arm
3. Pull - (lateral)
   
   1. Pull rt. - left arm
   2. Pull lt. - right arm
4. Crossover - (lateral) - Same arm & leg
   
   1. Crossover left leg - left arm
   2. Crossover right leg - right arm

What Coaches Should Stress

Stress correct form, arm action, and foot-placement. Remember that RB should always be in good stance, shouldn’t give away where he will step.

Have you ever noticed football training can look like a ballet lesson if you have the right piece of music go with it?

Well, even if this video is put to classic music and at times looks like a ballet.  You can really get some good ideas of the following to work on for soccer footwork:

• Look at the all the great stretching these guys do.
• Check out all the warm ups and even cool downs these athletes are doing
• Plyometrics and working running form through each and ever exercise
• Working out with Rubber bands
• All the footwork, cones, etc
• Even doing strength exercises…who would have thought soccer playerd did that
• Focusing on improving all the time!

This is a not only a great video clips put some some interesting music leaving you with an every entertaining soccer video. The song is “Tango Brilliante for orchestra”.

This dribbling drill or dribbling game helps improve dribbling and ball-handling and kids seem to love it.

Set-up the drill:
Every player or person has a ball, and is restricted to a area on the court. All the players must dribble the entire time.

The Drill:
Start the game with every player as for themselves. While maintaining the dribble, each player must try to steal the ball away from another players. Players try to avoid getting the ball stolen from them. They must stay within the area and must continue dribbling at all times. If a player leaves the area, or double-dribbles, stops dribbling, or gets the ball stolen, gets the ball knocked away, or loses control of the ball is out.

Eventually you will get down to a smaller number of players. Then change the playing area and make them stay inside the lane or “paint” area, then inside the circle until you have one remaining— the winner!

This drill will help develop ball handling, and to avoid the ball stolen, players must keep their heads up.

Here’s another variation:
Start the game with one player as “it”. While maintaining the dribble, each player must try to tag another player, who is then “it”. Players try to avoid getting tagged and becoming “it”. They must stay within the half court area and must continue dribbling. If a player leaves the area, or double-dribbles, stops dribbling, or gets tagged, then he/she is “it”.

Dribble tag will help develop ball handling, and to avoid getting tagged, players must keep their heads up. If you have a large group with some good ball handlers, and some not so good, you can put the better dribblers on one end, and the other group on the other end, so the same kids don’t get picked on all the time. You can vary this drill by making them use the opposite (weak) hand only.