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January 27, 2008 Team Xcelerate Newsletter
Soccer Tips & Drills
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Soccer - Five Pass Drill
 
Purpose: Works on team passing and spacing

Drill: Split players into even groups (4 vs 4 up to 7 vs 7). Mark a large grid with cones (approximately 40 yards x 30 yards). A neutral player is placed at each end of the field. To score a goal, a team must make 5 or more passes to teammates and then must make the 6th pass to one of the neutral players without the ball being touched by the opposition. After 5 consecutive passes are completed the team may pass to either neutral player without alternating. Credit is not given for a pass if the ball is passed back to the player from which it came. They still keep possession and play continues).

Soccer - Give and Go Drill
 
Purpose: Works on passing, moving without the ball and combination play.

Drill: Setup three cones. Place four players behind cone A. Set cone B up about 10-15 yards downfield, and lineup two players at cone B. Set up cone C about 20-25 yards downfield from cone A and lineup two players at cone C. The first player in line at cone A passes the ball to the first player inline at cone B and continues up the field, the player at cone B receives the ball, tuns and returns the ball to the player from cone A. This player controls the pass and then makes a long pass to the player at cone C. The player at cone C, then dribbles with the ball to cone A. The player from cone A goes to the end of the line at cone B, the player from cone B goes to the end of the line at cone C and the player from cone C stays in line at cone A.

Soccer - Gotcha Drill
 
Purpose: This a great drill for conditioning, dribbling, passing and aggressiveness.

Drill: Each player will need a ball. Player "1" is "it" and is the only player to start with a ball. All of the other players are around the outside of the grid area. Player "1" dribbles and tries to hit the other players below the waist with the ball. When hit, that player gets a ball and joins player "1". The game is over when all players have been caught. The last player caught starts with the ball for the next game. If the task it to difficult for one player at the beginning of the game, start with two players. Encourage deceptive passing of the ball, look one-way and pass the other, use the outside of the fot. Players not caught should run, jump and use zig-zag movements.

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  Wes Welker
What types of sports nutrition products do Super Bowl athletes take? Click the photo to see what Wes Welker uses.

 
 

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