| What if I told you that 50% of soccer coaching drills | | | | ball, thigh can be used very efficiently. Guide the |
| should focus on enhancing the trapping skills of your | | | | players to come in front of the ball, take one thigh |
| players? You won’t take it seriously. But | | | | up to capture the ball and other thigh to stay |
| interestingly, researchers say that trapping, besides | | | | grounded. Most importantly, practice dropping your |
| dribbling and passing is mainly responsible for | | | | knee once it connects with the ball for the ball to |
| consistently winning matches. | | | | drop down and stay with you rather than getting |
| Trapping is the ability of the players to intercept the | | | | away. |
| ball and then keep it near their body. Soccer | | | | This exercise of dropping the knee needs to be done |
| exercises like these let the players use their feet, | | | | repetitively so that the players master the art of |
| chest and thighs for this. | | | | first stopping the ball using the knee and then drop it |
| You must acquaint your players with this skill of | | | | so that the ball trickles down the feet. |
| trapping the ball. If not, they will never really be in | | | | Use the Chest: Trapping a ball flying high in the air |
| control of the game because everything else comes | | | | with the use of your chest is also equally useful, like |
| after trapping the ball. Trapping skills of the players | | | | the use of thighs. Make the players stand in front of |
| can be enhanced by following the ways mentioned | | | | the ball and then ask them to take their chests out |
| here. | | | | as if to confront the ball. When they do so, the ball |
| Use your feet: As a coach, you must teach the basic | | | | will instantly loose its speed and easily get down to |
| lesson of using the feet to maneuver the ball. | | | | the feet. |
| Especially with younger players in kids soccer drills, it | | | | Nevertheless, soccer training drills should be careful |
| is important to make them use the inside of their | | | | not to expose young players too much to this skill. It |
| foot. This is because the inside area of the foot id | | | | is very typical of them to use their hands while trying |
| wide and very useful in engaging with the ball. | | | | to stop the ball with the chest. It could be |
| If the players are advanced and mature, teach them | | | | troublesome because the kids might get accustomed |
| to use the instep or top of the foot as well as the | | | | to using their hands to catch the ball. |
| whole foot in trapping the ball during the soccer | | | | Now is the time to carry out the soccer coaching |
| coaching drills. Train your players to adopt the | | | | drills. Encourage the players to practice these to a |
| strategy to apply ankle or shin to catch hold of the | | | | great extent. Subscribe to our youth soccer coaching |
| ball when it is jumping a lot. | | | | community and get a good deal of such guidelines |
| Thigh Movement: To control high-speed and bouncy | | | | and tricks. |