Coaches will no doubt tell you that football management is much more than tactics, formations and cones on a muddy training pitch. The advances in technology and coaching techniques means standards are higher than ever before, and at top level the slightest weakness will be ruthlessly exploited. Click to continue reading...

Good news in Thailand yesterday. The Football Association there has announced that footballs will receive their own special coaching from the experienced Steve Darby.
Following on from a poor showing in the SEA Games last year the FA have appointed a new assistant coach to Bryan Robson Attapol Bussapakom to replace Darby after what the head of FAT described as an 'unacceptable' failure. Click to continue reading...

I have the great honor and pleasure of coaching my son's 13-under soccer team. I'm not the best teacher, but I do my best and we win our share of games, and certainly by the end of the season, there's a marked uptick in the quality of play from the start of the season. That's my benchmark.

Trust me, I'm competitive and I want us to win every time we're on the field, but I hold that back from my team.

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To be clear, this is just a rumour right now. Nothing more, and certainly nothing official. Plus Guus Hiddink is officially contracted to the Russian national team until July 2010. So let's not get carried away. But...

...There are whispers being whispered that the Argentine Football Association may approach Guus Hiddink and offer him a role coaching Argentina alongside Diego Maradona at World Cup 2010.

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If your one of the millions of fans of CRISTIANO RONALDO, thesespictures should bring a smile to your face, not to mention as wellas to the Real Madrid fans around the World.The player has begun to "touch" the ball which is an excellent signthat his ankle injury is progressing. Today a small "obstacle" coursewas set up for Ronaldo to test the ankle "sensations" as he dodgedthe cones with the ball Click to continue reading...

I'm sure everyone is familiar with the school yard game of kickball. Kickball is played just like baseball but with a soccer ball. My version of kickball is slightly different from the standard way kickball is played. My version incorporates a lot of ball control.

Field Layout

• Set up the field as you would a regular baseball field (see graph below).

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Morning everyone. A fantastic Tuesday to you all. Hope you all enjoyed the win over Birmingham at the weekend, which I missed because I was out of town at my cousin's first birthday party. Good result though, and we're right back in the title race with Chelsea losing. But on to other things.
A while back I talked about receiving an offer from SoccerPro. Click to continue reading...

This shuttle exercise combines a series of excellent soccer drills designed for improving the passing, receiving and conditioning skills of your players. It can also incorporate practising heading and other ball skills.
To begin, separate your players into groups of three. Two of the players should stand 20 yards apart, with the third player in the middle, in between two marker cones. Click to continue reading...

Rene Martinez, their new signing from Deltras, joined Persib's training session and was gobsmacked to see something like 2,000 fans there just watching players dance between the cones.
Ok, it ain't Real Madrid with their 80,000 who welcomed Ronaldo but it's more than attend most TPL or SLeague games. Click to continue reading...

One is Peter Reid. Stoke City say the Thai manager is as good as theirs. The man himself has said nothing but one story has quoted him as saying he is happy to be the number two with Stoke.
The other is Benny Dollo in Indonesia. In a wonderful example of compromise the FA said that no, he could not become the coach of Persija while he was still working with the national team. Click to continue reading...

The W-League's only independent club - freely going on its own without an A-League partner and also doing a pretty damn good job at it - announced another player and coach signing yesterday.
As mentioned here as a possible, Emily van Egmond has followed her former Socceroo dad to the ACT and will play for Canberra United this season. Click to continue reading...

Farewell Darren Bent. You were never our sort of player and as a consequence were never accorded the kind of respect which all players joining a club are entitled to .Had you been a total failure, refused to put the cones out at training, been disrespectful to Harry or Sandra, then this could arguably have been justified. Click to continue reading...

Following Alan Curbishley's rather harsh dismissal from West Ham early last

Much done, more to do

term, Gianfranco Zola came in to take over. The little Italian's previous managerial experience amounted to collecting the cones after training for Italy's U-21 side, but he has done a fine job at Upton Park.

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Im preparing for next season, and havent done soccer for awhile. If you have a wall then practice your kicking accuracy and you can also work on your trapping. Juggle alot...start with your thighs. If you have a yard..set up cones (or anything else like tshirts) and space them out in a straight line, then dribble [. Click to continue reading...

Hope this helps.... Doggies Objective Stop, turn and go. Drill Starting from the end measure outwardly 5 yards and place a cone. From that point measure another 5 yards (10 yd line) and place a cone. From that point walk another 5 yards (15 yards.) and place a cone. Continue this action until you have put all 5 cones [. Click to continue reading...

Host Tony Limarzi talks to the team about the tough loss in New England and the game ahead against New York (Thursday night at RFK Stadium, 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2). In the third segment, we take a look at a recovery day by mic-ing up our trainers as they put the team through the paces. Marc Burch especially loves the exercise where you have to pick up and put down cones.

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I am from australia and 13 years old.. I am just starting soccer and need to get better fast if I want to get into a team. PLEASE HELP ME! do simple things that will improve ball control, passing, and shooting. these are basic's which are most important. for ball control try dribbling around some cones and [. Click to continue reading...

http://www.jumpusa.com/agilityconehs.html Fun with Agility Cones: Agility Cone Hurdles for Soccer Training give you a variety of speed and quickness workouts. Use the cones by themselves for markers or use them with the crossbars. Available at www.JumpUSA.com the #1 sports agility training website. Duration : 0:0:28 Technorati Tags: agility, agility_cones, agility_cone_hurdles, agility_training, cones, jumpusa, Soccer, soccer_training, Training Click to continue reading...