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Entries Tagged ‘soccer-drills’

Dodge Ball As A Soccer Drill – Genius!

SoccerDad shares a drill that had his soccer players begging to keep doing it while working on a rather difficult skill – volleying. It’s Soccer Dodge Ball!

Gain Something By Giving Back

For many youth soccer players and teams, things are pretty similar. You go to practice a couple times a week. You play matches, and you head home. Some go to tournaments, others don’t. But it’s all about the soccer. But what about the team? Are there things that can be done to turn an ordinary team into a tight knit team that really pulls for each other?

Youth Practice Videos

There’s a new site starting up with the aim to be a clearing house for youth soccer practice videos. Using Magnify.net, Jeff Geiser has setup a new site called YouthPractice.com where people can view and share practice videos. It’s an interesting concept:

If you google soccer practice drills you get no shortage of web sites that [...]