How To Play Soccer Under Control | RSC Accelerated Passes
Athletes often struggle to translate soccer drills into game like situations. It can sometimes be difficult to simulate the high intensity of a soccer game in training sessions. Soccer drills that mimic game speed, tempo, and intensity will help athletes take the soccer tactics and skills they learn during soccer training sessions and translate these tactics into game winning scenarios.
Training for the incredible pace changes that occur during a soccer match is one of the hardest game like situations to create in a training session. Athletes are often required to make quick stops, while quickly restarting and redirecting their momentum multiple times throughout a match. Athletes who are just learning how to play soccer can use soccer drills like the RSC Accelerated Passes, or the RSC Touch Pass to gain great body control, balance, and coordination to learn or develop these skills.
Setting Up soccer drills
To perform the soccer drills RSC Accelerated Passes soccer players will need one Reactive Stretch Cord, one soccer ball, 2-4 Speed and Agility Cones, and a partner or coach to anchor the Reactive Stretch Cord. Advanced athletes can also attach Kbands Leg Resistance Bands just above their knees to improve the intensity of the soccer drills.
Athletes will place two of the Speed and Agility Cones at a starting point for the soccer drills as another set of Speed and Agility Cones is placed 12-20 feet away from the originally placed Speed and Agility Cones. Soccer players will then attach the Adjustable Belt around their waist so the 360 D-Ring is on the front side of the athlete performing the soccer tactics drill. Soccer coaches or partners assisting in the soccer drills RSC Accelerated Passes will line up at the opposite line of Speed and Agility Cones, facing the soccer player performing the soccer drills and placing the Reactive Stretch Cord Safety Strap securely around their wrist. Soccer coaches will place the soccer ball 3-5 feet in front of the line of Speed and Agility Cones.
When setting up soccer drills performed with the Reactive Stretch Cord it is important to keep the stretch capability of the Reactive Stretch Cord in mind. When the Reactive Stretch Cord is completely stretched out it can reach distances ranging from 8-20 feet. Athletes will want to work within these parameters to help increase the life of the Reactive Stretch Cord, prevent injury, and to not make the soccer drills to long and exhausting. Although there is a time to perform soccer conditioning drills, like the Soccer Circuit For Conditioning, athletes should keep soccer drills which focus on balance, agility, and top end speed at a shorter distance. Performing soccer drills at these distances will allow athletes to focus on soccer tactics and form while completing the soccer drills, without becoming overly exhausted. Over extending soccer drills can cause bad running and body movements to develop in soccer players. It is always easier to learn something right the first time than to reteach something to an athlete.
Execute Perfect Partner soccer drills
After athletes and soccer coaches have the Speed and Agility Cones in place the soccer player performing the RSC Accelerated Passes will line up at the Speed and Agility Cones farthest from the soccer ball as the coach or assisting partner will line up behind the opposite set of Speed and Agility Cones. The soccer tactics drill will need to start quickly after both the soccer player and coach reach their respective Speed and Agility Cones because there will be a fair amount of tension built up in the stretched out Reactive Stretch Cord. On a verbal signal given by the assisting coach, athletes will sprint forward, perform a touch pass to their soccer coach, backpedal to the starting Speed and Agility Cones, and then repeat the process. Athletes can perform the soccer tactics RSC Accelerated Passes for 10-12 repetitions, or can perform the soccer drills for 30-40 seconds. In both formats athletes will take a 40-50 second rest between sets of the soccer tactics drill. Athletes should perform 3-5 rounds of the RSC Accelerated Passes before moving on in their soccer training session.
Soccer Coaches And Partners Make soccer drills Successful
Coaches and partners need to execute great passes back to the soccer player, as well as control the resistance and length of the Reactive Stretch Cord, in order for soccer players to achieve positive results by using the RSC Accelerated Passes.
When approaching and kicking the soccer ball, soccer players should be performing touch passes directly to their coach or partner. A main component of these finesse soccer drills is an athletes ability to control their speed, body position, and the power used to strike the soccer ball. The Reactive Stretch Cord challenges all of these soccer tactics and skills by accelerating the athlete toward the soccer ball. As athletes reach the soccer ball it is important they use short, choppy steps to slow their body, touch pass the soccer ball to their partner, and redirect their momentum back to the start of the soccer drills.
Coaches and assisting partners need to control the tension and direction of the Reactive Stretch Cord throughout the entire soccer tactics drill. This means partners may have to move slightly forward and backward during the soccer drills in order to keep the proper amount of tension in the Reactive Stretch Cord. If coaches and partners are not executing their responsibilities properly it will be difficult for soccer players performing soccer drills to achieve the full range of benefits provided by the soccer tactics RSC Accelerated Passes and could cause injury or a tripping hazard with the RSC.
Athletes and coaches should go to the Sport Training Section or the Soccer Training Section to discover other great soccer drills to improve strength, core stability, soccer specific skills, speed, agility, and recovery. Fitness tools like Kbands Leg Resistance Bands will be great for helping soccer players add hip flexor strength and leg drive strength, while tools such as the KB Duo, or KB PowerBands will help add overall body strength.