Football Training
Football training and youth football coaching articles on Soccerlens.
The Importance of Football Fitness
Is Football Fitness needed for Team Success? The majority of the population, including the soccer community would argue yes. So the question still stands, is football fitness required for football success? Does anybody know? Scientists have conducted a few experiments to try and solve the puzzle. Researchers and sports scientists conducted an experiment, which involved…
Manchester United’s Three Ball Training Routine
Manchester United’s first team coach Rene Meulensteen developed the Three Ball Routine to increase team speed and mental awareness. Commonly used the day before a match, it’s designed to cultivate reactivity, passing quality, and quickness with the end result of producing that perfect final ball.
Welcome to Soccerlens Training
Welcome to the Soccerlens Training blog, where we’ll be sharing football training tips and videos with our readers.
Castrol Challenge Ronaldo
Do you have what it takes to compete against the world’s greatest footballer? Are you a speed demon or are you a step-over star? Your chance to stand up and prove yourself is here. Castrol, the lubricant company and sponsor of 2010 FIFA World Cup, is laying down the guantlet to football fans all over…
Becoming a real football manager
Instructions, mentality: attacking, passing style: short, tempo: quick. Ohh hang on a second, I can do this for real now. Last weekend I completed my Football Federation Australia junior coaching license, so am now a ‘proper’ football manager. Sure I’ll be coaching under 12′s, but thats not what counts, I can pretend to be educated…
Best Goalkeeper Training Tips & Goalkeeping Equipment
Following on our article on the art and science of goalkeeping, here are some of the goalkeeper training tips that I utilize with my students as well as what I think is the best goalkeeping equipment out there today:
The Art and Science of Goalkeeping
Goalkeeping is a special position that takes a special individual to play. I should know – I have been playing it for 15 years and currently train goalkeepers with a local club here in the US and several camps throughout the year. What most people outside of football/soccer do not understand is that to play…
MLS Youth Academies Signal Changes in U.S. Player Development
This article was originally published on American Soccer News and is reprinted here by their permission. Please visit their website for the latest American soccer news. As Major League Soccer (MLS) expands from 14 to 18 franchises by 2011 and more beyond, the league is betting on youth academies to supply the growing need for…
How can we help American youth training?
In part one, I looked at the differences between German and American youth training methods. In part two, I look at the different ways American youth training can be improved and what needs to be done in terms of investment and changing mindsets. Are American Youths Getting Proper Training? The biggest problem for American youth…
Youth Training – USA v Germany
Despite the fact that on any given weekend Americans drive through the suburbs and see lush green fields spattered with kids playing soccer, the popularity the sport has with America’s youth remains stubbornly slow to translate to American adults. As most soccer fans know, this is not the situation for other countries. Soccer there is…
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