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1,000 touches a day

Latest update: 14 Oct 2004

 

The following activity, developed by Dennis Mueller and taken from the soccer coaches' mailing list, will improve your skills and help you get ready for your next season.  The foot work activity is designed to give you about 1,000 touches in seven minutes. And I know that everyone can find seven minutes a day to work on their soccer skills.  The full workout takes about 25 minutes.

Dennis Mueller, Director of Travel Teams for the Princeton Soccer Association developed this activity and has agreed to share it with us.   Thanks a lot Dennis! (Click here for descriptions of the moves)

SEVEN MINUTE DRILL

2 Rolls (4 each foot)
1) Inside Roll
2) Outside roll

3 Foundation (4 each foot, alternating feet 3 touches between moves)
1) Side to Side Push-Pull
2) Side to Side Step-On
3) Side to Side Front Roll

4 Pull back and go. Do sequence with one foot then switch (4
times each foot )
1) Pull, Instep Push
2) Pull a Vee
3) Pull & Take with Outside of foot
4) Pull & Roll Behind

5 Turns: Travel 10 feet turn 180 degrees use 3 touches between
turns (4 times each foot)
1) Pull Turn
2) Inside of foot turn
3) Outside of foot turn
4) Cruyff
5) Stepover Turn

6 Change of direction with fakes, 3 touches betweens turns (4
times each foot)
1) Hip Swivel
2) Mathews
3) Cap
4) Stepover
5) Scissors
6) Rivolino

You can substitute any of the "Moves to Beat an Opponent". Complete daily
Drill is almost 1,000 touches on the ball.

Spend another ten minutes passing against a wall, both feet, both one and two-touch, instep and inside of feet, include fake kicks. Keep feet moving and work on accuracy.

Spend ten minutes juggling the ball trying to get 100 consecutive juggles.

Do 50 to 100 situps, then stretch.

Try to do complete workout every day. This workout can be done anywhere that there is little danger of breaking things, for instance in a basement, playroom or outside.

Total time for complete workout about 25 minutes. I suggest that you run at least 3 days a week in addition to this workout.

Dennis, thanks a lot.

Click here for Descriptions of moves:

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