 What's up guys Dylan to be progressive soccer just want to show you a few clips from a little session I did With a young girl. I think she's about 14 years old Good player. I'll just take you through this session I just kind of talk about what we're doing and also like things to think about whether you're a coach or your player yourself Just training yourself on your own how to be your own best trainer if you're working with younger players things I like to do to get the most out of the session. So first warm-up Always just like little one-touch passes get the feet going right foot left foot then I'll go back and forth from dynamics So warming up the body, but I just don't like to do Five minutes straight dynamics and then go into some light ball work. I just love to mix it up Especially with the kids because it keeps them more engaged So here playing one touch, but I'm just getting her to do some lateral movement So I'm actually almost trying to trick her I'll let her get her feet set in the middle and then I just want quick footwork from side to side and an accurate pass back But sometimes I'll make her go left a few times right a few times and just working on that sharpness getting the feet moving rather than Just standing on the spot. So a little more stretching dynamic stretching. Remember static I might do after static I might do like as a recovery to release tension, but warm-ups always dynamic All different types of kicks and actually when you're doing stretches like think about the muscle Am I actually feeling a stretch in the muscle or am I just doing the movement? So many people just waste their time when they're doing warm-ups So here we're actually playing a little game. It's a game I call ass and basically you're playing one touch with your partner But you're putting pace you're challenging them with your passes and if you screw up you get a letter And if you get three screw ups that will spell ass then I get to kick the ball at your ass So playing one touch the ball has to be on the ground if it's playable You have to try to play it if it's played out like knee height or head height chest height. Obviously, that's a mistake That's an error But just have fun with it stay light on your toes test your partner's touch Don't like strike it at him But put a bit of pace on the passes make them feel it and it's a fun game It's a little a good little warm-up game that I like to do with my players just to keep the mood light But also get the touches going and get that movement going And it's actually a really good game to get you sharper and improve your ability to play one touch football First of all if you're the type of player who doesn't like doing one touch drills because you just want to take 10 Touches on the ball change that mindset real football is played with one two touches The skills are used in specific areas, but most of the time if you watch professional match It's all one touch to touch football. So it's easy to play one touch When the ball is rolling at you nicely. It's it's on the ground But can you play when the ball is whipped in with pace coming from different directions? You were running at the same time. So I like this I like this drill a lot and just the mindset of loving to play one touch football So again, if you're the loser get the ball kicked at your butt and that's how that game ended Moving forward I went into just a bit of two-touch here. This is I still consider this like warm-up I like to do one touch to touch a couple quick touches lots of dynamic Exercises and then I'll go into some actual drills that I had planned for the session Here were just a bit of two-touch juggling keeping the ball up and based on the players ability I would usually put a number so if I think they're pretty good at say, okay Let's get 50 passes without dropping the ball if they're just starting out Maybe 10 passes is a good goal But something that's challenging and when there's a target on the drill a target on the goal Everyone's just a little more engaged a little more focused and when you're screwing up with Simple touches and passes. It's usually not down to your technique. It's down to a lack of focus So even the best players can screw up all the time if they're not Mentally focused, but I guess the best players are mentally focused all the time. That's what makes them so good did a little bit of one-touch juggling and Then we went into some actual drills here So first one. I'm just telling her I don't want you to side skip I want quick footwork lateral movement and then we're gonna do all these different Types of touches just starting with one touch inside the foot technique And I'll just do a little demo and then I would let her do the majority of the work But as you can see yes, the touch is important that ball has to go back every time if you're giving service even more important If your service isn't good, you screw up the whole drill So don't overlook these little passes, especially if you're playing one touch I see a lot of trainers will go on the on the ground and like throw with their hands and and I understand that But for me, I'm always trying to like I'm training myself while I'm training players So I'm always doing with my feet and focus on my one touch with my service Here's the outside of the foot. So when you're doing this just really lean over the ball Don't be standing up straight. Definitely. Don't be leaning back And you want to get your body over it, especially with that outside of the foot It's a little awkward for most players because they haven't developed this technique But if you practice this skill lots, you're gonna find that you almost prefer Passing the ball with the outside of your foot You feel like you have more control over over the bend and it's just a nice little quick release pass So here we did a two-touch and I told her you can use any technique you want You can receive inside the foot outside the foot with the sole whatever you want Just do it quickly and focus on the weight of your touch It has to be strong enough to get past the cone the cone being the defender in this drill If your touch is too weak, it's gonna get stuck in your feet can't play quick enough So really lean over that first touch Focus put your eyes on the ball on a specific point of the ball Where do you want the ball to go guide it with your touch guide it with your body movement And then obviously play an accurate pass back next drill just The opposite so instead of going into out I went out to in just a little bit different technique variations Playing with inside outside of the foot just focus on doing it quickly not panicking not rushing but get out of this First touch there's like a second pause between and then you play your pass You want touch pass touch pass touch pass and in order to do that you have to have a bright mentality But also focusing on your footwork your movement not just the touches So next we went into a bit of a half volley So I'm meaning that ball right after the bounce and focusing on putting it right back into my partner's hands It's not good enough just to hit in their general direction if they have to jump if they have to bend over You're not accurate enough focus on putting that right in their hands So they don't even have to move their hands I want you to have that type of focus and that type of precision on your passing It's not good enough just to give it to your teammate You have to put on the exact spot on the right foot or the left foot into space or behind them to protect them from the defender You have to have that attention to detail if you want to become a better player and play at the higher levels So here in the air half volley again focused on the movement when this is coming down I'm really actually watching the ball to the middle of my foot so I can make a nice clean contact a lot of players They're already looking up before they even make contact with the ball So actually watch that open up your foot really flex it pass that into your partner's hands Here we did a two-touch and again I just asked for a variety sometimes throw to the chest sometimes to the feet sometimes the thighs switch it up Force them to be on their toes You're not predictable and just learning to receive and control the ball in different ways and again playing quickly touch pass touch pass So this girl she's got quality is the first time actually trained her because We just went to install this turf in her garage. So this is another side business I'm doing home sports turf commo do a shout out right here. I can only service you if you're in Calgary Alberta Canada at the moment, but we'll be going worldwide in a couple years