Soccer Topics

Futsal

Raise a "thinking player" thanks to many stimuli offered by futsal playing situations
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 Technique

Kids' approach to soccer and to sports in general is an important and sensitive stage of their growth
Themed game to train defenders' intervention, anticipation and interception capacities against opposing forwards
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Youth Soccer

Drill for coordination and cognitive skills to be used in warm-up as well
Building the foundation for proper one-touch triangulation
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Psychology

Communication between the coach and the team is not a spontaneous process, it requires the right approach and constant effort
Motivation in soccer is the psychological element that everyone is convinced of mastering, but when misused, it could have a negative...
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Athletic Training

Competitive cognitive exercise with subsequent finalization on goal
Both perceived fatigue and perceived recovery are important. To monitor these parameters coaches can use the Hooper Index
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Nutrition

What foods are recommended to obtain a good performance in the second half? The nutritionist’s advice
What nutrients do young soccer players need? How can they be delivered in a manageable way?
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Physiotherapy

This brief text describes the striated skeletal muscle, i.e., the muscle that permits movement!
How contusions develop in the following days and which are the best remedies to take care of them? Some advices of the physiotherapist.
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Combination play

Game construction proposal for 4-3-3 system with Holding Midfielder free to play and Internal Midfielder's insertion
Game construction proposal for 4-4-2 system with one striker coming to the ball to facilitate the other one moving away into space
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Video Analysis

The player from Lecce, aged 30, has deserved the role of main striker in Conte's national team, let's find out his characteristics with a...
Technical tactical analysis of the debut in The Champions League of Garcia's team
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