We’ve written about keeping possession and how to do it for a team’s success in soccer, but it’s important to understand that this doesn’t mean that all passes are equal. Instead, you hear that teams not only need to know how to keep the ball, but that they need to achieve “possession with a purpose.” […]
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Soccer Possession Drills: Best Exercises to Learn to Keep the Ball
Passing is a fundamental individual skill in soccer, but when the whole team gets in on the act, it becomes something much greater than the sum of its individual parts. Possession is a key metric for team success, a requirement for scoring goals, and something that you need to be able to do well as […]
How to Get Better At Passing in Soccer
When you’re dedicating yourself to soccer training in order to get better on the field, the most “fun” skills to practice might be shooting and dribbling. After all, who doesn’t want to weave through hapless defenders and fire shots into the goal? But if you want to make the most significant improvements to your game, […]
Soccer Fundamentals Explained: The Best Skills to Have and How to Improve Them
There are a variety of skills that everyone needs to master in order to be successful playing soccer. You likely have heard coaches or other people in the game calling these skills the “soccer fundamentals” which are particularly important. Some of these skills are fairly obvious. For example, even if you’re a beginner I’m sure […]
How to Boost Confidence When Playing Soccer
Confidence is an important ingredient of becoming a better soccer player. Without believing in yourself and your abilities, it will be much more difficult to achieve your potential on the pitch. But what does that mean in a practical sense? What can you actually do to improve your confidence in your own game? This article […]
Doing the Little Things in Soccer
In sports you may have heard coaches saying that a particular player “does all the little things correctly.” It’s a nice sounding phrase, but not very specific. What, exactly, are these little things the coach is talking about? In soccer, there are all kinds of “little things” you can do. Just because they are referred […]