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Spotlight on Training:
Set Plays -
Attacking
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Dear Coach,
Statistics indicate
that restarts, or dead-ball situations, provide some of the best
opportunities in soccer to create goal-scoring chances. Because so
many goals result from restarts, it makes sense to spend time at
your practice sessions on set plays, such as corner kicks, free
kicks (direct & in-direct) and even
throw-ins.
Very few teams possess
a David Beckham or Cristiano Ronalado who are capable of scoring 30
yard game winning free kicks. It is also rare that a youth team has
a Carli Lloyd who is capable of delivering a pin point corner for
the likes of Abby Wambach to
score. Therefore, when
organizing practice situations for corners and any other set-plays,
strike a balance between organization and creativity; for that is
the key to all soccer tactics.
Within this month's
newsletter you will find some ideas that will help your team make
the most of attacking set plays which can help them score more goals
at those vital times of the game.
Enjoy,
see you at the Far Post!
Adrian Parrish
Kentucky Youth Soccer Director of Coach and Player
Development
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| Lesson Plans |
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Parrish
Below are two sample lesson plans that focus on
possession:
As
coaches you devote significant energy and time in providing the best
opportunity for your players and team. When working on set plays you
do not need to designate a whole session to improving them, but it
is important that you work with all the players during pre-season
and before tournaments to rehearse them.
Kentucky
Youth Soccer Association recommends that you build a library or
create several set plays which the can use for the season, you can
do this by writing your own or using the resources such as the
Lesson Plan Form on the
Kentucky Youth Soccer Association website.
To view more Lesson Plans, click here!
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Penalty Shoot-Outs |
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By Adrian Parrish, Kentucky Youth Soccer
Director of Coaching
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The game of soccer can be extremely
entertaining but because it also carries a reputation of being
a low scoring game, sometimes a winner needs to be decided
through a format which some people believe is not a fair way
of declaring a winner. Matches from the professional
level down to games played US Youth Soccer State Cup
tournaments have been resolved by penalty shoot-outs and they
will continue to play a part in major soccer competitions and
tournaments.
For the neutrals that are not
involved in these pressurized situations the entertainment
level can build. However for, those that are being sent to the
spot the only thing that is building is the pressure to score.
It is a mentally demanding contest between the goalkeeper and
a lone striker with the odds usually in favor of the person
trying to score. If the ball is hit correctly it takes
approximately 0.3 seconds to hit the back of the net, which
realistically does not give enough time for the keeper to pick
out the trajectory of the ball and make the
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the article, click
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Work on your free-kicks |
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from the BBC Football Skills Collection
Practice does
not make you perfect but it will make you better; after all. nobody
is perfect. It takes a great work ethic and a willing attitude to be
able to hit direct free-kicks with consistency. As a coach you can
share this clip from the BBC Sports Skills website with your players
to can help them work on hitting better free-kicks during practice
session’s. It will also give them some guidance on how to
strike a ball which they can do during their own time.
To learn how
to hit a free-kick like
Roberto Carlos,
click here to view the BBC Skill Session.
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Recommended Reading - Training Soccer
Movement |
 Complete Book of Soccer Restart
Plays Mario Bonfanti
Paperback,
September 2003. Publisher: Reedswain, Incorporated ISBN:
1890946141 Price: $14.95 196 pages
180 Restart plays each clearly
explained with coaching points and an easy to follow diagram.
Direct and Indirect Free Kicks, Corner Kicks, Throw Ins,
Penalty Kicks and Goal Kicks are all covered. A very
comprehensive book, a must for every coach. |
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For more Recommended Reading for Youth Soccer Coaches,
click
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