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US Tumbles to 30th in world rankings

July 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/6807638/spain-tops-fifa-rankings-us-falls-no-30

From ESPN
ZURICH — World and European champion Spain remained at No. 1 in the monthly FIFA rankings released Wednesday, and the United States dropped six places to No. 30.

Netherlands and Germany rounded out the top three in the standings that will be used to help decide seedings in Saturday’s World Cup qualifying draw.

Brazil climbed one place to fourth despite only reaching the Copa America quarterfinals, while Copa winner Uruguay rose to fifth, its highest ranking.

Sixth-place England and No. 8 Italy both fell two places, but are assured of top seeding in their qualifying groups.

Portugal (No. 7), Croatia (No. 9), Norway (No. 12) and Greece (No. 13) completed the list of nine European countries set for top seedings.

France will be in a pool of second-seeded teams, which also includes 2018 World Cup host Russia and fast-improving Montenegro.

In the world rankings, Argentina stayed at No. 10 after it was eliminated in the quarterfinals as the Copa America host. Chile rose 16 spots to No. 11, and beaten finalist Paraguay climbed six to No. 26.

Copa America semifinalists Peru (rising 24 places to No. 25) and Venezuela (up 29 to No. 40th) made the biggest moves in the top 100.

Mexico won the CONCACAF Gold Cup last month, but fell 11 places to No. 20 after poor Copa America results with a young team of backups. The U.S. fell despite being the Gold Cup runner-up.

Ivory Coast led the African nations at No. 14, and Asian Cup champion Japan heads its continent at No. 16.

Elsewhere, 2022 World Cup host Qatar is up four places to No. 90.

A total of 175 national teams will take part in the 2014 qualifying tournament that will be drawn Saturday in Rio de Janeiro.

Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press

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Soccer; 4v4

May 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Simple concept with great coaching points from a very good website for soccer training.

http://www.soccerxpert.com/soccerdrills/4v4-target-players.aspx

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Juggling for touch.

March 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Three players are required.

Two players set themselves 25 to 30 yards apart. Third players stands between them.

The ball starts with one of the outside players (A) and is played into the middle player (X) who plays it back to (A). (A) plays the ball to the other outside player (B) who toches it to (X). (X) plays it back to (B) and (B) plays the ball to (A). A to X to A to B to X to B to A to X to A to B etc xtc.

Turn this into a semi juggling exercise where the players attempt to play the ball in the air and trap/receive the ball before it bounces or after 1 maybe 2 bounces. Use one to three touches to control the ball and execute a good pass.

Work on passing the ball with proper pace, good direction (hitting the target chosen) and should have a reasonable trajectory, meaning don’t just kick the ball in the air and hope it gets there.

Eventually players will be able to execute this drill using just 1 touch, two touches when necessary.

Different twist. A plays to X, X turns the ball (with 1 to 3 touches) and plays to B. B plays to X, X turns the ball and plays to A….xct xct

Excellent for touch and developing passing and receiving. Really focuses on the first touch as players must control the ball in their space and use the first touch to set up the second which could be/should be a pass.

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Soccer Shooting Drill

March 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

http://www.soccerxpert.com/soccerdrills/three-goal-shooting.aspx


Love this one. You need a field and 3 goals, but hey, we can always improvise! We spent many sessions shooting at equipment bags, benches or cones.


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Soccer: Juggling for begginers

February 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

http://www.brasilianfutebol.com/juggling-program

Check out this program by following the link. It is a great program if you want to learn how to juggle. The program emphasizes good technique and proper form. Basically a good road map to follow while becoming a proficient juggler.

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Juggling Practice

October 26, 2010 By 2 Comments
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Game Play

October 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Soccer Training: Advanced Team Warm-Up

November 30, -0001 By Leave a Comment

Advanced Team Warm-up

Build a grid with cones that has 9 squares or boxes (3 boxes x 3 boxes). Each square should be 5 yds x 5 yds or up to 8 yds x 8 yds.
 
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As a warm-up give each player a brasilian futebol and ask them to juggle in the grid.
Restrict them to 2 touches and one bounce in each square. Or 3 touches or 4 or no bounces. Whatever fits your team. Remember we are trying to make this success oriented while testing the envelope.
They cannot go back to the square they just came from or ask them to hit all nine squares in an allotted time. What ever it takes to accomplish movement with the ball.
 
The goal is to move with the ball, and/or make the ball do what it is they want or need the ball to do. They need to avoid other players in the box, move from grid to grid, keep the ball alive  hopefully while juggling under control.
 
Ask for some artistry and creativity.
Execute a “sombrero” to change directions. A sombrero can be flipping, kicking or knocking a ball over your own head to change directions and go the other way, or it can be touching it over another players head, usually a defender, as they run by or at you, or as you run by them.
Maybe they could skip a square, chase the ball down, control it and move on.
Reciting poetry while juggling was always one of my favorites.
 
They can also work in pairs. One futebol per pair. 2 touches, one bounce per square. Cannot receive ball in the same grid twice.
Work in groups of three.

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