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POSSESSION UNDER PRESSURE IV

by Billy Elias January 12, 2011 Coach Development

 
Possession Under Pressure
Part IV
Billy Elias
 SINGLE LEGGED STRENGTH
This really is where the rubber meets the road with Possession under pressure. It is about strength, width, and center of gravity, all of which is dependent on an athletes ability to be strong and balanced.
When you really start to think about it, soccer is a single legged game, [...]

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POSSESSION UNDER PRESSURE III

by Billy Elias January 2, 2011 Coach Development

Possession Under Pressure
Part III
Billy Elias
First I wanted to begin by Wishing all of you a Very Happy NEW YEAR! I hope the coming months will be prosperous for all of you and your families. I know we’re still digging out here in New Jersey, but in just a few days we will be back in [...]

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POSSESSION UNDER PRESSURE II

by Billy Elias November 25, 2010 Coach Development

Possession Under Pressure
Part II
Billy Elias
With the winter months upon us, this is a great time to get those Speed, Agility, and Quickness chores taken care of. One of the best weapons you can give to your team through S.A.Q. during the winter is POSSESSION UNDER PRESSURE.
It is one of the most important aspects of the [...]

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POSSESSION UNDER PRESSURE PART I

by Billy Elias November 11, 2010 Coach Development

Possession Under Pressure
Part I
Billy Elias
This is one of those crazy projects that catch people in a bad way! It was inspired back when my 11 year olds were U8. We were by far the dominant team in the flight, and were winning every game by four or five goals. We were not supposed to be [...]

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ANAEROBIC RINGS PART III (Off the Mark)

by Billy Elias October 16, 2010 Coach Development

Anaerobic Rings Part III
Off the Mark
By Billy Elias
 
One of the hardest things I have found with younger youth soccer players, and even some older ones, is their ability to not only Mark, but react to the ball. We have far too many “ball watchers” on our pitches today. By that I mean they watch the [...]

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Anaerobic Rings Part II (Offset Starts) Billy Elias

by Billy Elias October 4, 2010 Coach Development

Anaerobic Rings (Offset Starts)
Part II
By Billy Elias
 One of the great things about using Speed Rings for developing players is that they are very easy to carry, set up, and are cheap. You can get a quality set of twelve rings from Kwik Goal for $33.00 American.
They are likewise one of the best tools that we [...]

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ANAEROBIC RINGS (Part I)by Billy Elias

by Billy Elias September 27, 2010 Coach Development

Anaerobic Rings

Part I
By Billy Elias
At its heart Speed, Agility, and Quickness, is not only about making a player faster and more agile on the pitch, but it is about REDUCTION OF WASTED MOVEMENT. If you had to choose from two players to play on your All American Team, both the same size, weight, skill, and [...]

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SPEED, AGILITY, and FITNESS, (Part IV)

by Billy Elias September 21, 2010 Coach Development

 Speed, Agility, and Quickness and Fitness (Part IV)
While I hope that the understanding from these exercises and S.A.Q. drills are that these are great Anaerobic exercises for your players, I again want to point out that the idea behind using S.A.Q. with the ball is to stress the Central Nervous system to enhance muscle memory [...]

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