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Tactical Drills

The Tactical Phase in any practice session plan should include more than just a 2-team scrimmage. Here you will find games -- from small-sided (3v3, 5v5, etc.) to large group (6v3+3, etc.) -- and match-specific exercises to fit any tactical theme.

Technical Drills

As the saying goes, there are no tactics without techniques. Included here are drills that hone all the technical fundamentals -- juggling, dribbling, striking the ball/finishing, defending and goalkeeping. Also included are warmup drills to use at the beginning of each session.

Session Plans

Every training session should have a plan with a specific theme, be it technical, tactical or fitness. Here you will find session plans that emphasize such concepts as "Possession", "Striking the Ball", and "Speed of Play".

Speed, Agility, Quickness Drills

Speed, Agility and Quickness is a major part of all our sessions. In this section you will find drills that work all three concepts both with and without the soccer ball. Also included are warmup routines and a dynamic stretching routine.

“READY. SET. GO!”
One of the most important concepts taught at Total Soccer Fitness & Training is Proper Running Mechanics. In our individual and small group training sessions we time our players in various sprints, such as a 10-Yard Sprint and a 10x4 Shuttle. Our young soccer player is about to run a 10-yard sprint. Notice the following Proper Running Mechanics:

  • Heels are off the ground
  • A slight lean to the body
  • Right arm and left leg are back and ready to explode off the start
  • Left arm is in a good position – a 90-degree angle
  • Both hands are open and loose, not clenched in a fist

Published Articles

"Performance Conditioning" is an outstanding newsletter that has specific issues devoted to many sports, including, of course, soccer. TSFT Owner & Director Tom DeNigris, a former professional sports writer, has written several articles for the soccer edition. He highly recommends subscribing to the newsletter. View their website at www.performance conditioning.com.

Training Videos


"QUICK FEET" -- one of the many drills we use to teach quick feet is demonstrated here by one of our high school players. Watch how she high-steps quickly through the 14 hurdles.


What A Disaster!

by Tom DeNigris 26. June 2010 08:24

Shame on Coach Bob Bradley. The loss to Ghana today is squarely on his shoulders not those boys out on the pitch. 

I knew from when I first saw the starting lineup which had Ricardo Clark and Robbie Findley instead of Benny Feilhaber and Maurice Edu that our chances were slim.

I still can't figure out what Bradley sees in either player and I have said this so many times in this space only always to be proven correct. So what does the airhead Bradley do. Thirty minutes into the first hald he takes out an absolutely overmatched Clark and inserts Edu. And then at halftime, out comes Findley and in goes Feilhaber who right off the starting whistle makes a difference in the flow of play for the USA.

It's squarely on Bradley shoulders when late in the second half and throughout the two overtime periods that the USA began playing Route 1 soccer. He should have been at the top of the technical area screaming at his midfielders and defenders and (sometimes, not all the time) his Goalkeeper, to maintain possession. Keep the ball on the floor. But no. 50-50 balls were the call. 

This is a sad day for soccer in the USA. It is not, as the announcers on ABC-TV claimed, a proud day. Who the heck is proud in losing? The soccer hating media will now have a field day and we Americans who love this game have no defense. We cannot defend what has taken place. Had we been beaten by Brazil or SPain or Argentina, then maybe we could have had some solace in a loss. But -- and no offense to any Ghana fans reading this -- losing to Ghana...well, it just should not have been.

It's too late now to do anything but the right thing at this point is for the USSF to hand Bradley his walking papers. It's what all countries do when their teams fail in the World Cup and the USA failed in the World Cup. They did not get beat by a more talented squad. They got beat by a team that got lucky when lucky was the call. Good for them. Enjoy the celebration as it will probably be short lived. Uruguay is playing the best soccer in the Cup. They actually have players who can finish. Players who -- as Tommy Smythe would say -- can put the onions in the bag.

Geez. First I lose my beloved Italians. Now my USA is out. Who the heck can I root for now? My Portuguese wife suggested a team. I can do that.

But I think I'll go with the Netherlands. After all, I took their historic style as the name of my company.

Go Dutch! 

 

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