A cornerstone of our philosophy on this website is that although soccer is a team sport, individual skills are essential. Each player needs to know and be able to execute the fundamentals and when they do this can elevate the team to a whole new level. Many players have a soccer goal in their backyard, […]
Backyard
Best Backyard Soccer Goal
With just about any sport, practice makes perfect. And if we’re talking about soccer, that practice can easily take place in your own backyard. This ranges from serious soccer players who needs space to practice their shooting to kids who just want a place to kick around and have fun. For these and other players, […]
5 Ways to Improve Your Soccer Skills in Your Backyard
One major theme that we always try to show players is that in order to get better at soccer, you need to put in work outside of official team practices. Individual training, encompassing technical skills and fitness work, is just as big a part of improving your game, if not even more so. Here are […]
How to Practice Shooting by Yourself at Home
Practicing your shooting regularly is crucial to developing the right technique so you can make the most of your goal scoring opportunities. And this isn’t just for strikers. You can even argue that it’s even more important for midfielders and defenders to practice their shooting since they might only get one opportunity in a game […]
Backyard Drills: Receiving the Ball on the Short Hop and Dribbling
For our first ever blog post, we shared 5 Ways to Improve Your Skills in Your Backyard. In that article, the second way to improve your skill was working on your trapping. Trapping the soccer ball is actually an older term that’s fallen out of fashion; the updated term is receiving. There are four ways […]
2 Dribbling Drills to Improve Your Skill in Your Backyard
Here at Soccer Training Solutions, we’ve already given you some helpful tips for how you can improve your soccer skills in your backyard. But today we’ll focus on dribbling, one of the best skills for anyone trying to play at a high level, and show you how you can improve your skills in your backyard […]