Awareness One Touch Theme Developmental Training: Incorporating Movement Off the Ball

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Awareness One Touch Theme Developmental Training: Incorporating Movement Off the Ball

Players are generally all very good at playing using many touches; that is; dribbles, turns and running with the ball, that is more technical training / playing.  

But often not so good at one touch quick thinking and quick decision making training, that is more skill training / playing.

Hence why we must increasingly do this training with them.

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Three Types of Soccer Players: It's All About Awareness

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Three Types of Soccer Players: It's All About Awareness

For the most part, players can be separated into three categories.

  1. Those who don’t know what’s happening in a game;
  2. Those who know what’s happening as it’s happening.
  3. Those who know what is going to happen next

The players who fit in the first category, really don’t know what is happening during the game and instead, when the ball comes to them they just kick it away because they don’t know what else to do.

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How Do You Define Soccer Intelligence?

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How Do You Define Soccer Intelligence?

I call it Soccer Awareness

This is the “thinking” part of the game. The game starts in the head of the player and we as coaches must guide the players to think more quickly and with better accuracy in decision making. 

Therefore soccer intelligence is based around players being able to identify their options BEFORE they receive the ball; and pick out the best option of hopefully several available to advance it; and maintain possession of it in the next phase of play.

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