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You can disagree, but I would like to give some useful tips. While practicing free soccer training drills, one of the best plans to attack the other team is, to keep exchanging the ball within the team members, and finding a loop hole in the defenders of the other team thus achieving the goal. It is the coach's responsibility to train the kids on this skill and you can use the following soccer coaching drills for this.
Match winning strategy: keep the defenders busy by throwing the ball from one side to the other, and attack the goal in between. To relief the players from stress, ask them to keep the ball switching.
Speedy Switching or Blind Pass: A blind pass can be accomplished, rolling the ball using right foot, while throwing it to left; one or two mid-fielders must be knowing this technique. Left-footed mid-fielder, can perform the trick by moving the ball using the left foot and throwing it back to the right side using left foot.
The defender on the other side will not be expecting the pass and your team can catch the opposing team sleeping.
You should train the players to make switching the ball a habit; keeping all others to be ready for this type of pass. This is most challenging technique during the soccer drills; that would enable the entire player to comprehensively participate in the soccer practice.
This drill requires six small goals on either side of the pitch. The team scores where the player runs through the goals which are placed in the middle, while playing from the back. Passing through the last goals will yield two points and will encourage switching.
During free soccer training drills, the goals should be made sufficiently wide to show that there is not much use just positioning a player between them to prevent a run or pass. One player should be assigned to run through the point A to B. When the players are between the goals, attackers won't be able to attack and goal.
When young defenders are engaged in a game, they are often drawn away from their position. They tend to move to the point, where the ball is being played. Hence the defenders can be caught by surprise if the mid fielders learn to identify the opportunity areas and move the play on the other side of the field.
During following sessions of football drills, try to teach them to cover the entire width of the ground. Impart the skill and repeat a few times, especially make them realize where the actual attacking threat may raise.
You have quite a lot of knowledge now, don't forget to add these drills to your free soccer training drills, so your players are always ready and the opposition mid-fielders find it difficult to catch your defenders out. Enhance your knowledge on coaching tips by subscribing to our youth soccer coaching community that has a plethora of informative articles, newsletters, and videos.
