Soccer Topics

Futsal

Exercise to train quick decision making under pressure
In futsal, all gestures and situations are repeated more frequently than on a regular soccer field. Let's see how you can use five-a-side...
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Soccer Tactics

Soccer Technique

Motor skills are fundamental when learning soccer technical gestures
Changes in society and children having less opportunities to play led to variations in technical training in order to bring out the talent
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Youth Soccer

Technical Rondo for Youth Academy: pass, receiving the ball, losing the marker, intercept
Psychokinetic drill with the ball for Youth Academies
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Psychology

Kids are often labeled as energetic, rowdy, distracted when in reality the problem could be the way we communicate and manage practices
Communication between the coach and the team is not a spontaneous process, it requires the right approach and constant effort
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Athletic Training

Both perceived fatigue and perceived recovery are important. To monitor these parameters coaches can use the Hooper Index
A personal analysis of a 11 vs 11 game on half field and its interpretation from the athletic point of view
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Nutrition

What nutrients do young soccer players need? How can they be delivered in a manageable way?
What do young players need? Which are the most appropriate foods for their diet? The nutritionist’s suggestions.
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Physiotherapy

This brief text describes the striated skeletal muscle, i.e., the muscle that permits movement!
Cramps are quite frequent on soccer fields and affect both professional and amateur players: why do they occur and how can you deal with...
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Combination play

Offensive combination for the 4-3-3 formation with central attacker and the attack in depth from the two wingers
Game construction proposal for 4-2-3-1 system; short pass between the playmaker and the side player and penetrative pass for the striker
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