Scoring goals in soccer puts points on the board, but good defense wins games.   Your strikers can be the best in the world, but without a strong defense supporting your goalie your team will not win the game. The fundamental object of playing defense in the game of soccer is to prevent the other team from scoring.   There are several ways to do this and all are important skills that when com...

When you think of offense on the soccer field you think of scoring goals.   Players in the forward position are the highest goal producing position on the field.  In order to get into scoring position, any player must work with his or her teammates to create space and opportunities for the ball to be played forward into the opposing team’s goal area.   Playing the ball forward can be d...

Soccer drills that focus on dribbling the ball may not always excite your kids.  But these skills are vital to improving ball control skills that can make a difference between scoring a goal and getting stripped. This video shows simple back and forth drills to dribble the soccer ball.    Each pass shows you how to use a different part of the foot.  You can dribble with the inside of the foo...

I play soccer in a men’s over 30 league during the winter.  You would think that we all would know the proper technique to do a throw in right?  After all we are parents, and coaches of youth soccer players.  We TEACH the game right?  Well sometimes you get in a hurry or you lift that foot and the referee will nail you!  So lets both work together and watch this great video.  Remember...

The chest trap soccer drill is one of the easiest traps to practice with a partner or alone.   The chest has a large surface area to absorb the force of a soccer ball pass or chip to you.   You can arch your back to absorb the shock of the ball to get it to drop at your feet ready for a pass or dribbling.  You can also experiment with trapping the soccer ball by bringing your chest forward t...

You have to be able to control a pass that comes from your soccer teammate in order to advance the ball into scoring position.  One of the most basic soccer drills for receiving the soccer ball is using the inside of the foot to trap soccer ball with inside of foot.  You want to use the technique of having very “soft” feet to absorb the force of the pass.  Use the side of your foot...

Every child (and adults!) fantasy about scoring a goal on the soccer field usually has an image of striking a blistering shot to the upper 90 corner of the goal as the stadium crowd cheers your name in glory!  But keep in mind that not all shots on goal, let alone passes on the pitch have to be full on hard shots.   You can often get just as much power and even more accuracy using the side foo...