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| Trung nd Young |
20:15:10 Friday 13 August 2004 |
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My best friend and i play soccer everyday. We start by juggling 4 like about 30 mins. While jugglin we try 2 do sum tricks. After we finish juggling, we practice passin with both feet and shoot da ball around and practice trapping and first touch. Then we playing 1 on 1. So i think we spend 4-6 hours each day playin soccer. We r 14, so do u think we got wut it takes 2 make it 2 da pros and wut more should we work on? |
It is not up to me to convince you that playing with a workout buddy will necessarily make you professional. Your own motivation and persistence will determine this.
I will say that having a workout buddy is very beneficial in terms of player development.
It introduces an element of competition making your training routine more engaging and productive.
Superior soccer players are built through competition.
If you maintain your training routine of working for at least 3-4 hours per day, opportunity and success will naturally come by.
But this will only happen if you commit yourselves in the long run so talk to each other about setting long and short-range goals. Discuss what you plan to achieve this year, this month, this week and coordinate it with what you’ll be doing at tonight's practice.
Always start your training with a technical warm-up featuring the basic skills like passing, ball control, heading and dribbling.
I highly recommend working on dynamic / competitive exercises that involve direct confrontation / interaction between you and your buddy.
This should be the core of your training sessions.
Experiment with different combinations where both of you are running while passing or interchangeably dribbling with the ball.
You can, for example, both start from midfield and build up a combination attack where one player ends up on the top of the box while another serves in a cross from outside.
One-on-one soccer games can also be very productive and challenging. You will both learn how to defend and attack against an opponent. Experiment by setting up two small goals for each player to defend.
Make sure you both are aggressively (but not violently) battling for 50-50 balls. This can be done against a wall. Kick the ball against the wall and fight for it as it returns. Similarly, this can be practiced in the air by tossing the ball up and fighting for it as it falls.
Thanks for your patience and please let me know how you are doing. by Expert 02:13:49 Sunday 12 September 2004 |
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