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Soccer Fitness Drills And Goalie Skill Drills

December 1, 2012 by Shooter Leave a Comment

Soccer fitness drills and goalie skill drills are so important to putting together a quality program.

Working on your core power, cardiovascular strength, and upper/lower body conditioning.

Changing your physique and total body strength with these drills on a every other day format.

Using resisted front/side kicks, balanced volley kicks, jump headers, and jump kick combo’s.

Goalie drills that keepers moving and adjusting quickly to cut down shooting angle’s of the opponent.

Jumping and diving drills keeping the feet moving along with getting up quickly to recover in a ready

position. These videos and articles about soccer fitness and goalie drills will help the team to get better. [Read more...]

Soccer Drills Help Playing The Game Of Soccer / Football

October 22, 2012 by Shooter Leave a Comment

Soccer drills and drilling the basics always helps your touch on the ball, as you will get better everyday.
Learning the basics with soccer drills will help you in a game just to react to what is given to you.
Keep drills simple, repeat them multiple times to see improvement, then look for other drills. Videos are
all through out this site showing you drills for coaches and for the individual player to do on their own.
In the upper right hand corner of this site, The Soccer Info, you will see a search bar. Please write
in any word you are looking to train on, then find many articles/videos show up on that topic. Passing,
dribbling, shooting, trapping, heading, scoring, goalie drills, and many more Soccer/Football terms.
Plus the tags below under all videos gives you more to research in that category. Videos of drills and
game highlights of soccer matches are under most “MORE” tabs below. Check out the whole site on
The Soccer Info. Main categories are AYSO, Youth Soccer, High School Soccer, College, MLS, Indoor,
International and English Premier League Football.
Any ideas for new categories or write us about your players and teams, is what this site is about.
Get new advice every week from different sources in the world of soccer/football. Learn, Enjoy, SHARE [Read more...]

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Best Soccer Drills U12, U13, U14, U15 For Faster Soccer Skills

October 12, 2012 by Shooter Leave a Comment

Some of the best soccer drills for faster skill development can be worked on in the off season anytime.

Working on single person and two person drills can be practiced without large team group. Work

these drills everyday and your mastery will come after years of pushing the speed in which you can do

these soccer basics. Starting with juggling and small touches of the ball in dribbling movements, the

more you learn how to cut the ball the better. Using both the inside and out side parts of each foot,

as you make quick changes of the ball direction, you will always keep defenders off balance. No look

passing or Fake Look passing is one of the best ways to keep defenders guessing where you are

passing to your teammates, as games get higher and higher in competition level. 5 simple soccer drills

below will help your everyday development of good soccer basics skills. [Read more...]

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Everyday Soccer Drills Both Indoor And Outdoor Game

September 9, 2012 by Shooter Leave a Comment

Triangle passing drills are one of the main formats for successful training for game play.

Also learning how to receive the ball and trap it under your control is so important to work on.

Even working around the house and using your family members to set up an obstacle course,

can keep drilling on soccer techniques and keeping it fresh n fun. If you want to try some higher level

with shooting and passing, try learning the bicycle kick. This might come in handy 1 in 100 games. [Read more...]

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Top 10 Under 18 Scoring Champs And Top 5 Winningest Coaches

August 2, 2012 by Shooter Leave a Comment

Top 5 Winningest Soccer Coaches, Terry Michler tops the list with 845 wins from 1972 to 2011.

Miller Bugliari and Gene Chyzowych both have over 746 wins, and both have success New Jersey

soccer teams. Greg Vitello and Vince Drake had over 716 wins and with Terry Michler had successful

St. Louis MO programs. Many of these coaches have had great young soccer players and have helped

them in U18 programs. Here is a list of some the hottest goals scores in the U18 category in some of

soccer’s best programs. The top 10 U18 goal scorers are in order Caleb Clarke, John Chronopoulos,

Christian Duarte, Daniel Garcia, Danny Jensen, Jake Freeman, T.J. Casner, Brandon Allen,

Mac Steeves, and Joey Calistri. See below some of these top young goal scorers. [Read more...]

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Soccer Camps With A Christian Following

July 1, 2012 by Shooter Leave a Comment

Soccer camps are a great way for kids to get better skills and find new finds.

These Christian Based Soccer Camps are popping up all over the US.

Sports Quest is a non-for-profit 501c3 organization with many years of experience.

Another great camp is Christian Athletic Camp, all types of activities at this program.

Found some camps in California, Texas and Michigan, check your local area and let us know.
Any videos about a certain topic, use the search bar in the upper right corner. [Read more...]

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Youth Soccer Goalie Drills For U9, U11, U13, And U14

May 25, 2012 by Shooter Leave a Comment

Goalies are the heart beat of a good soccer club. Learn to control the ball and use the possession

to benefit the offense of your own team. A good goalie sets up his midfield and forwards with good

punts and throws to control the ball. Quick footwork is a big foundation for solid goal keeping.

Catching the ball and controlling the ball is so important. Diving for the ball and catching it takes

good strength. Goalies must be able to be verbal, his teammates need to know he has the play.

On hard shots coming on goal, a good keeper deflects the ball to the side or over the goal.

Keeping the ball out of the net is a 11 person game, but a good goalie can make or break it. [Read more...]

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Team Building Activities And Relay Games Ideas

May 4, 2012 by Shooter Leave a Comment

Coaches need to break it up every so often with drills and other exercises, try relay games.

Also bring in the team on a rainy day and try a team building idea like this one on this site.

Bringing kids together and showing them can work together is great for taking it to the field.

Using other games to get team interaction is huge in keeping the season fun no matter if Win/Lose. [Read more...]

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Manchester City Takes One Away From Man United

May 1, 2012 by Shooter Leave a Comment

Manchester City takes the lead of the Barclays Premier League with a 1-0 win over

Manchester United. Vincent Kompany headed a corner kick from David Silva in the first half,

and the Man City defense did the rest. Many chances for both clubs to score, but Kompany’s header

found the back of the net. Man City on top right now. Here is a great video about Davivd Silva

the little engine that keeps Man City movin forward. At the 3 min mark of the video is Kompany’s Goal.

Crazy Cool Juggling Moves In Soccer With The Pros

April 27, 2012 by Shooter Leave a Comment

Fun soccer movie with many pro players from all over the world. Showing a fun

side to soccer / football and the kid excitement of just having fun playing the game.

Just learn to juggle anytime you can. One, two, or three people learn the soft touches.

Shoes on or shoes off, learn to feel the ball, it will help in every game you play.

Ronaldinho, C. Ronaldo, and Thierry Henry and more are having fun with just playing. [Read more...]

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