| Let us suppose that 50% of the soccer coaching | | | | Thigh Movement: Speedy and bouncy ball can be |
| drills have focused on perfecting the trapping skills of | | | | controlled by simply using the thigh. Players should be |
| their players. You'll easily reject it as a silly | | | | taught to face of the ball, use one thigh to catch the |
| assumption. But No! Research shows that trapping | | | | ball and the other to stand on the ground. Most |
| along with passing and dribbling skills alone decide | | | | importantly, practice dropping your knee once it |
| whether your team is capable of winning matches or | | | | connects with the ball for the ball to drop down and |
| not. | | | | stay with you rather than getting away. |
| Trapping is the ability of the players to intercept the | | | | This exercise of dropping the knee needs to be done |
| ball and then keep it near their body. Such soccer | | | | repetitively so that the players master the art of |
| exercises allow players to use thighs, feet and chest | | | | first stopping the ball using the knee and then drop it |
| in doing so. | | | | so that the ball trickles down the feet. |
| You must acquaint your players with this skill of | | | | Use the Chest: Similar to the role of a thigh, the |
| trapping the ball. If not, they will never really be in | | | | chest also plays an important part in trapping the ball |
| control of the game because everything else comes | | | | that is high up in the air. Make the players stand in |
| after trapping the ball. Below mentioned methods can | | | | front of the ball and then ask them to take their |
| be used to teach trapping skills to the players. | | | | chests out as if to confront the ball. The ball will |
| Use your feet: As a coach, you must teach the basic | | | | therefore loose its pace immediately and drop down |
| lesson of using the feet to maneuver the ball. | | | | right away to the feet. |
| Especially with younger players in kids soccer drills, it | | | | But make sure that in soccer training drills, this |
| is important to make them use the inside of their | | | | technique should not be rigorously taught to the |
| foot. It is emphasized for the reason that inside area | | | | young players. It is very typical of them to use their |
| of the foot is big enough to catch hold of the ball. | | | | hands while trying to stop the ball with the chest. |
| In soccer coaching drills, players can be taught to use | | | | This can become a serious issue if they tend to |
| the instep or crown of the foot along with entire | | | | become habitual of tackling the ball with hands. |
| foot when the players are senior and established. | | | | It's time now to execute these soccer coaching drills. |
| When the ball is hopping too much, tell them to | | | | Make the players practice these more and more. By |
| employ the most favorable trick of using their shin or | | | | subscribing to our youth soccer coaching community, |
| ankle. | | | | keep yourself updated on the latest in the field. |