what drill would you use to teach players about first, second and third defender in soccer?
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small-sided game in which there is one defender per zone in a series of zones. if zone is penetrated, defender must rotate back to open zone (last zone). shouldn't be spaced too far apart. no substitute for game-like conditions when it comes to this sort of thing.
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I believe you should go back to the basics.\nI can't really guide you a step by step\nbut hope this site will help (although i think its for beginners) but give it a try\nhttp://www.coachesinfo.com/category/soccer/105\nhope its help full
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Ok... I don't really follow the U.S playing systems but i want to talk about the 4-4-2 and the 4-5-1 playing styles.\n\nFirstly playing 4-4-2 is a neutral way of playing, where\n4-5-1 is a little more defensive.\n\nIn order to play 4-5-1 that lone striker must be very good, and one of the 5 midfielders are in a supporting position for the lone striker.\n\n4-4-2 is the most popular formation, for many reasons:\n\n* Midfield covered by defence, attack covered by midfield, there is support all over the field, it is good for wingplay, defensive formation, attacking formation... the key is the 2 centre midfielders must run up and down depending on the coach. (more attack/ more defence/ neutral)\n\nFor the U.S. like somebody earlier said they are not technically strong but are physically strong so i guess all players are quick, 4-5-1 or 4-4-2 will be good DEPENDING ON THE TEAM THEY PLAY
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I would say try getting some people together and use the fence as a goal and play soccer.If you did not know this,a forward is the person who makes the goals, a defender is the one who helps the goalie but cannot touch the ball with hands, and you probably know what a goalie is. I say practice forwarding. It really helps you in soccer. \n          P.S. I play.
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I played keeper last year it a hard job and a easy job.Like the first guy said work on falling or they will score on you all today.Make sure to work on your punts and free kicks, goal kicks.Practice alot it does make a different.And when it one on one you versus the forward or the attacker charged them if your in HS most kid get scared and mess and stretch your body when you charged the attacker.And comfort in the goal box.Good luck
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Depending on the age of the kids, it varies. Because they're kids, I would start with a fun shooting drill. Perhaps "Miami" - Set up a shooting line and a rebounding line. Have the shooting line move from layups to the baseline to the wing tho the elbow.\nBall handling - Get a partner, dribble from baseline to baseline and back, pass ball to partner. Go through right, left, safety dribble (with offhand protecting the ball), and depending on age some hesitations and crossovers.\nPassing - Just get across from a partner and do chest and bounce passes.\nWork on defensive slides. Zig Zag pattenrn\nPositional instruction - Big men( layup drills, Mikan, teach them drop steps, power dribbles, pump fakes, going up with the ball, Do one-on-one post up)\nGuards - More shooting, one-on-one,\nOffense - Teach your plays \nHalf-court, run an offense against a defense. Controlled, possibly Make it - take it, or rotate every five possessions.\nAs season progesses, scrimmage more.(Always under control)\nBe Creative, be observant.  Does your team need to improve rebounding? Teach Box-out technique and make a drill. Offer incentives for defense not to allow any offensive boards.(like less conditioning).\nHave fun
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Here are some of the sites with trainers or training information that I've some across.  Some have videos to show different drills.\n\nhttp://www.dtrained.com/home.htm\n\nhttp://hoops101.com/index.asp\n\nhttp://www.hoopsking.com/\n\nhttp://www.basketballworld.com/\n\nhttp://www.degerstrom.com/basketball/drills/\n\nhttp://indexxsports.com/about.html\n\nhttp://www.coachberry.com/index.shtml
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Featured Links\n\nDiscover Advanced Soccer Tricks And Tactics...Free! \n\nFREE Soccer Conditioning & Fitness Course at TotalSoccerFitness.com\n \n\nPassing the Test - Soccer Passing Skills\n\nHaving learned the importance of strategy, one of the most critical skills to develop in applying it—as well as the backbone of teamwork in soccer—is passing. \n\nPassing allows your team to keep possession of the ball and find holes in the opposing team’s defense.  As a team, try to keep the ball moving and spread the defense, taking advantage of open spaces. The best way to accomplish this is to play one and two touch soccer. \n\nStrike the ball with pace so that your teammate doesn't have to wait on the ball.  A firm pass is more likely to arrive at its destination.  In terms of teamwork, the player who is the intended target of your pass must go to the ball.  At the same time though, make your teammate look good by digging out a bad pass and keep possession.\n\nAs a team, train in game-like situations, with the right kind of intensity and pressure. Anybody can play keep a way when they aren't under pressure, but only the good player can do it in a crunch. \n\nYou can recreate game-like conditions by making the areas you are playing in small so that there is constant pressure on those with the ball. Then, when you are getting the right intensity, open the game up and play in a larger area.  For example, start with 8 versus 8 in the goal box and then open up into the whole half once the intensity mimics that of a game.\n\nWhen you’re not training with the team, work on technique by kicking the ball against a wall. Make sure to use both your right and left foot. Keep your ankle locked and strike through the center of the ball with pace.  Get your body behind the ball with a uniform strong sense of balance.  \n\nIn order to become a great passer, you’re also going to need to become familiar with the different kinds of passes, and the various ways in which they are used…\n \n\nPut Your Best Foot Forward\n\nThe way in which you move the ball depends on several things, such as:\n\n·         Where it’s going\n\n·         What you want it to do when it gets there\n\n·         Who’s in the way, and\n\n·         What part of the foot you use\n\nThe first three factors depend on your own strategy, but the last one depends solely on technique:\n\nInside of the foot:  This is the most useful part of the foot to use when passing the ball. It’s the part of your foot with the most surface area, thus giving you the most control and accuracy. \n\nInside edge of the foot:  This is the same as the above but with the upper portion of your foot to bend the ball. Wrap your foot around the ball so it curves into your teammate’s feet or into an area, as with a cross or shot.\n\nOutside of the foot:  This kind of pass is used when you want to bend the ball into a teammate or into an area.  Often, your body is in a position where you can't make a simple pass.  If this is the case, try to strike through the ball.  Follow through with the upper portion of the outside of your foot.  \n\nLong passes:  This is for driving the ball into a teammate..  If you are picking a player out, you don't need to follow through the ball. Instead, strike the ball sharply and stop your follow through just after hitting it.\n\nBy fine-tuning your skills as a passer, you can significantly increase your team’s chances of success. Your victory won’t be complete, however, unless you and your teammates learn to cooperate to control the ball…\n\n \n\nPassing Standards\n\nThere’s an endless variety of patterns and drills that can help your team expand and hone its passing vocabulary. These, however, are the most important passing blueprints that you should be familiar with:\n \n\nGive and Go or Wall Pass\n\nMake a pass at an angle to a teammate and he or she plays the ball back to you after you have made a run behind the defender. \n\nThe key
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yes I would love to learn how to play soccer
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English an the soccer players have to know multi langues
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Not easy at all. I play forward and midfielder both attacking mid and on the wings. I've always known goalkeeping wasn't easy, but I hadn't had personal experience with it until this year with my intramural college soccer team when our goalie went down with an injury and I filled in the spot. Not only do you block shots: You have to know when and how to come out for a corner kick, you need to be good at stopping free kicks because it's hard to see the ball with your wall in front of you, you need to be careful when going at a forward because any little mistake can result in a penalty kick and/or red card, you have to be good at timing a ball coming at you especially when they have crazy spin on them and they bounce a couple of times. Yeah, being a goalie isn't easy. I think it's a fun position, but definitely not easy.
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The Plan - Impressing the Players on the Team: Play one-on-one vs. each player on the team. If you're good, than you'll impress your teammates, who will be behind you, and the coach might reconsider.\n\nThe Icing on the Cake - Impressing the Coach: Now play an intimate game of one-on-one with the coach. Show him how you understand how the ball goes into the hole. Show him your "game".  After this, I guarantee that you would start, every game!\n\nBack-up Plan - If the above fails: Now show your teammates that you're a "team player" and display your passing, dribbling, positioning, and versitality.  After this, the guys will bow to you one of their starting positions.
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I had the same problem last summer and this year i am one of the best putters in my club. These are the three things i did to improve my game. the first drill is to go out right before your round and just putt around. DO NOT putt to a hole, but rather aim for something maybe a leaf or a nut that may have fallen on the green and try to get down the speed of the greens, this may sound weird but once you get on the 1st green you will already be a step ahead of your opponents. The second drill is the short putt drill. I have missed over 300 3 and under footers until one of my freinds taught me this drill. When you under 3 feet instead of looking at youe ball or the hole look at a spot on the green that you want the ball to roll past and focus ont that you should make about 90% of them from now on. Finally the old Phil Mickelson drill set up 10 balls around a green and putt them until they all go in. I just thought of a another one i do for speed. Its bozo buckets a 6 inch, 1 foot,3 foot, 5 foot, and 15 foot putt all lined up in a straight like and then put them in and if you miss set them all up again, until you make them all in a row .
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well I'm not going to go into a lot of detail I'm not sure what level you passing skill are at now, but you need first to work on your footwork. step-close, step,step-close, and step cross-over-hop, always in a low ready position with arms out. \nanother good drill is to have a partner stand about 4 ft in front of you and pass quickly and controlled back and forth always staying low. \nform is a big part of being a great defensive player always staying low and being able to maneuver any where on the court in that low ready position and any time this is where the footwork will make all the difference in the world. its always the basics that will make you great.
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A good foundation for most of the drills I use is the circle drill. A coaches tosses the ball to a passer, the ball is passed to a catcher who hands the ball off to the coach. The passer becomes the catcher, the catcher moves to the line to become the passer. Most volleyball teams use a similar format. This keeps the players involved in the drill and you don't have to chase balls.\n\nWith the foundation of the circle drill, you can practice other skills. \n - receiving: 3 players ready to receive a serve. Whom ever picks up the serve becomes the catcher. The space is filled by the next in line.\n - communication: two players standing in the middle of the court. When signaled the sprint to the sideline and return to pick up a tossed ball without banging into each other. Calling out the ball is necessary. Use circle drill foundation.\n - ball control/hand-eye coordination: Using circle drill, have the players pass the ball back to themselves. Bump the ball in the air but they must clap 5 times (spin around, whatever) and catch the ball before it lands.\n\nThere are numerous drills. The key is to correct before bad habits are formed. Good Luck!
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go to this site and see where it says down low, roll over that a click on volleyball drills. good luck with your team.
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Ryan's explanation is a good one, so I won't repeat what he said.  I'm just including a link that has a diagram of what each player does in the weave:\n\nhttp://www.coachesclipboard.net/3ManPassingDrills.html\n\nIt's one of those drills that can seem dull at times, but it's great for teaching ball movement.