Individual training is great but unless you have some discipline in your routine, progress will be slow.
Always plan ahead of your practice and set goals about what precisely you will do.
It is most beneficial to dedicate each session (or perhaps a succession of them) to one particular skill.
This means that instead of kicking the ball around, you will be working on a very specific part of your game.
In isolation, the primary things you can work on are ball control, dribbling or kicking (passing/shooting).
Start your training session lightly and build up more and more speed until you feel that you have reached your comfort zone. For example, if you are working on ball control, kick the ball against a wall and trap it as it comes back. When this gets boring, start moving towards the ball before it reaches you (as if an enemy marker is behind you.) Eventually, begin to incorporate different turns and fakes when controlling the ball. The general idea is that you push yourself past your “comfort zone” in order to experience gain.
Get into a good rhythm and concentrate on performing one particular move or technique. If you uninterruptedly repeat a specific move for 10-20 minutes, I promise that you will feel more confident and will notice very quick improvement.
Another alternative is to play against older/better opposition once in a while in order to track your progress. Training individually is like developing a theory. It means nothing unless you can test it in “real life.”
Keep your practices intense so that you can benefit in terms of aerobic/anaerobic fitness. It also a good idea to dedicate 1-2 days per week on weightlifting. by Expert 01:35:06 Friday 21 May 2004 |
