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The purpose of this article is to encourage recreational youth soccer leagues to ban slide tackling. The reasons are that there is too great a chance a player will get seriously hurt, young referees don’t know how to correctly interpret the rules regarding slide tackling, and players aren’t taught how to properly slide tackle.

Here are 2 examples of how dangerous it can be:

1. Years ago when I coached U12 recreational soccer a player slid straight into my son who was dribbling, went through the ball (contacted it but went on through it) and with cleats up hit my son in the shin guards and flipped him forward. It bruised his leg even through the shin guards and he could have been seriously hurt. The young ref thought it was OK because the tackler contacted the ball first. However, the FIFA rules say careless, reckless or dangerous play is a foul and «excessive force» is a Red Card.

2. I was watching a semi-pro game about 15 years ago and a defender tried a slide tackle, the dribbler jumped into the air and came down on his leg and broke both bones. The game was delayed for 30 minutes while we watched the player in agony and listened to him moaning in pain. Can you imagine how traumatic that would be for kids to see? Fortunately, my son wasn’t with me.

Honestly, I would have real concerns about allowing my child to play in a recreational soccer league that allows it. I will bet you that the adult recreational soccer leagues around your area don’t allow it, for obvious reasons. If a youth soccer league allowed it, I would talk to the opposing coach and ask if he would agree to tell his players not to slide tackle. If he wouldn’t agree, then I would tell him that I will have to tell my players to be watching for it and to jump into the air and don’t worry about coming down on the sliding player – the point being that if his players get hurt it is their coaches fault, because I have asked him to not allow it. I would also tell him that if there are any dangerous slide tackles I will pull my team off the field. I would print the page from the FIFA rules about «careless, reckless and dangerous play» and show it to the Referee and discuss what the Ref’s interpretation of the rules is. Specifically, a tackle can be «careless, reckless and dangerous» even if the ball is contacted – if the tackle is dangerous it should be a foul or even a Red Card if there is «excessive force».

If your league needs another reason to not allow it, here are two:

1. Kids aren’t learning to play soccer when they are on the ground.

2. Can you imagine what would happen if a kid was seriously injured in a situation where the league allowed it knowing it could be dangerous (which we all know it can be) and didn’t require players to be taught how to properly slide tackle and how to avoid being injured? The lawsuit would be huge.

As a parent I would not allow my child to play in a recreational league that allowed slide tackling. Anybody who thinks it is a good idea needs to go out and be slide tackled a few times (once would probably be enough). Slide tackling is OK for great athletes, select soccer teams and professional soccer players, but not for recreational soccer players.

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The top ten soccer players of all time should be based on greatness, popularity, impact and accomplishments. In the world today, determining the top soccer players is a hard task to accomplish. Such is the range of talented soccer players from almost every corners of the world, that it is very difficult to conclude who are the elite among the elite. With the rich history of soccer, there have been the all-time greats who usually ring a bell when their names are mentioned.

Our number ten occupied with Ronaldo of Brazil. And number nine falls to Ferenc Puskas, this qualifies him due to his astonishing record. He recorded 83 goals out of 84 internationals while playing for Hungary. He is considered as one of the all-time best strikers in history.

Number eight goes to Stanley Matthews. His career spanned for 33 years leaving a remarkable impact on the sport and showcasing his shear greatness. And Bobby Charlton takes the seventh spot. His stint for English team Manchester United earned England’s first championship in a European Cup. The other players’ reputations speak for themselves.

Number six falls to Eusebio and number five Johan Cruyff. Number four, Lev Yashin and third with Franz Beckenbauer and number two deservingly goes to Diego Maradona.

Last but not the least Pele at number one the most popular soccer player ever. Pele not only showed his stuff on the field but off it as well. He helped the sport grow to what it is today and that is saying a lot about all the accomplishments of this guy. He has become a constant ambassador of the sport and never wavered supporting it, even assisting it grow to greater heights. Pele’s undaunted greatness set him in a plateau that only he has reached.

So watch out for the next season of our top ten soccer players. Who’s going to be the number one and who’s going in and out in a rank?

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Indoor soccer formations are obviously very different from outdoor soccer formations, because you can only have six players on the field instead of eleven. Of course, in all indoor soccer formations, you have a goalie, but the other five players can assume a variety of roles. This article is about the three most used formations in indoor soccer.

The most classic formation is the 2-3, which means you have two defenders and three forwards. Generally, the center forward stays in the other team’s half in the center of the field. He is the one who should be scoring most of the goals. The two wing forwards should be spending most of their time on the sidelines in the attacking zone, but if there are unmarked men on your side, they should come back and pick them up. The wings have to do a lot of running from your side to theirs and back, so make sure to pick people with good stamina. The defenders should practice man-marking, where they pick a guy to mark and stick with him until he is no longer a threat. This formation works well for most normal teams who have a couple good defenders, a couple good midfielders (who play wing) and a good forward.

A variation in the 2-3 formation is the 2-2-1. In the 2-2-1, the forward roams all around the opposition’s half. He doesn’t score as many goals as in a 2-3, because he generally receives the ball from the defence, and then the two midfielders can make runs and receive the ball from him to score. In this formation, the midfielders try to stay right around midfield unless you’re launching an attack, in which case they advance with quick runs and try to score. The defenders play the same role as in a 2-3, and should man mark.

The hardest, and perhaps most effective, formation is the 2-1-2. In this, your two forwards should not be restricted to a side, but rather they should both roam around the opposition’s side. They will get the ball a lot, and should practice good quick passes and shots to try to score. The midfielder should be on your own side, but close to midfield. It is his job to receive the ball from the keeper or defence and dish it up to the forwards. It’s a technically challenging position, since you’re trying to pass from the middle of the field. The defenders and midfielder should practice zone marking when they can, but if the midfielder has gone up on the attack, the defenders can switch to man marking.

Now that you know the basic formations for indoor soccer, you should be all set to play! It’s a great game, so get out there and win some games armed with your new knowledge.

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I was recently asked, «Coach Hardy, why are you coaching youth soccer teams

to play a flat back four zone defense?» The perception being that a sweeper/

stopper system is a ‘safer’ defense for younger teams. First of all, any defense

will have its strengths and weaknesses. A knowledgeable coach will know those

weaknesses and will encourage their team to break it down. All disclaimers

aside, the flat back four is the preferred system of most modern teams. A

youth soccer coach should emphasize the development of players within the

context of modern soccer.

When properly executed, a flat back four will provide excellent

defensive pressure, cover and balance. Young soccer players should be

developed to play at their highest potential level and nearly all higher level

teams play a flat four or three system. Coaching a flat back four defense gives

players a foundation for future success in soccer. Even a team as young as U11

team can successfully play a flat back four zone defense. A team may give up

‘break-away’ goals in the short term, while they learn the system, but in the

long run they will have the ability to confidently step into a modern defensive

system.

A team can successfully play a flat back four after just a few training

sessions and a handful of games. I use the pre-season practices, tournaments

and scrimmages as a time for a team to learn the player roles and team shape

of a flat back four zone defense.

To help players visually understand the team shape of the defense I

call it the ‘Swoosh’ defense. As the back four defenders shift left and right

across the field, the shape of the defense unit looks like the Nike «Swoosh»

logo. If the players drift out of shape I can just say «Swoosh» and immediately

the players know where to position themselves. As the players feel comfortable

with the system they will remind each other to «Swoosh». Here are four basic

ideas to be aware of when coaching the Swoosh defense.

1. Swoosh Defense

The back four defensive shape will prevent the other team from having

‘break away chances’ by making sure the far-side outside defender and the

far-side central defender shift and cover diagonally behind the pressuring

near-side defenders. It sounds complicated but it’s actually pretty simple. The

defenders shift diagonally to the position of the ball.

With this correct positioning the ‘Swoosh’ defense is denying ball

penetration, the dangerous attacking players are marked and the covering

defenders will ‘sweep’ any ball that gets played through. If the ball is switched

to the far side of the field, the defending four players will shift the ‘Swoosh’

accordingly. I have found that young players can easily remember to ‘Swoosh!’

more that ‘Pressure, Cover, Balance’.

It is important for players to remember that the diagonal cover shape

is why the team doesn’t need a sweeper. The most common defensive mistake

is for the team to stand totally ‘flat’. This is especially common at the half-field

line when the team with the ball has been maintaining possession in the

opponent’s half of the field. Which explains why teams that are learning the

Swoosh defense will usually give up their goals from half-field breakaways.

If the defenders stand flat at half field then any ball played behind the

defense will result in a breakaway race without anyone to stop a goal but the

goalkeeper.

2. Marking A Man In Your Zone

In addition to the Swoosh shape, the four defenders need to become

aware of the attacking player in their area of responsibility. Young players

often focus all of their attention on the ball. This bad habit is called ‘ball

watching’. Young players will often ball watch until the ball comes near them

and only then will they try and get it. But getting the ball is only part of the job

of defending. The Swoosh defense requires that players be in a good defensive

position while marking the opponent ‘goal-side and ball-side’.

When defenders ‘ball-watch’, opponents will move into unmarked

positions. The basic rule for defenders is to mark the most dangerous player in

your zone and stay ball-side and goal-side of them.

The break-aways against the Swoosh defense usually happen when a

defender is «caught flat » and doesn’t react to the open opponent in their zone

until it’s too late. If a defenders waits until after the pass is played forward to

move towards the mark in their zone then there is often a foot race to the goal.

90% of good defense is positioning away from the ball.

(Note: Another reason I use the «Swoosh» term is to because young players will

often stay «flat» if the defense is called a «flat back four».)

Ball watching

is pretty normal behavior for young soccer players, however, a defender is a

very important position and that player must be alert and mature enough to

not ball watch. Learning to mark correctly is a skill that will come with

commitment to learning.

3. Line Of Restraint And Compactness During Transition

The basic principle of good defending is to create ‘compactness’. I

encourage the defense to create compactness when we transition to offense or

when the opponent passes the ball backwards. We do this because (a)

compacting the space that the other team has to work with creates pressure

and (b) we can catch them off-sides. I do not encourage a sophisticated off-

sides trap below U14, but moving up the field to create compactness will catch

unaware forwards off-sides.

If we are slow in our own transition to offense (for example, after we

just cleared the ball from the defensive third) and our defenders just stay deep

in our own half then we are giving the other team lots of room to move the ball

back towards our goal. The general rule I coach is if the ball goes up the field 5

yards then we move the defense up 5 yards – 20 yards up the field means we

move 20 yards up the field. This is true until we cross half field. At half field,

the back four step a few yards into the opponents half of the field.

If our defense stays back in our own half of the field then there is less

pressure and with less pressure the other team will spend the game in our half.

I believe it is a better idea to try and defend the half line than your goal.

The key to successfully compacting the space is that all of the

defenders must move up together. If just one defender stays back then the

other team will exploit that. The line of defenders moving up the field is called

our ‘Line of Restraint’. Our goal is to have our ‘Line of Restraint’ no more than

35 yards from our forwards until our defenders reach the half line.

Again, a secondary bonus of compacting the space during transition is

that the other team is often off-sides because their forwards are caught

standing around after the ball has been cleared.

4. Off-Sides And Referees

A common concern when playing the Swoosh defense is that referees

can make mistakes with the off0sides call and the other team will have easy

break-aways. As far as the referees missing offsides calls, well, that’s the

nature of the game. The key is to control the controllables. As coaches, we

can’t control the referee’s decisions but we can control the team’s ability to

have good positioning and marking. Furthermore, if a team plays good defense

and scores goals then they will not be in a position that will allow the referee to

determine the outcome of the game.

In summary, if we coach to have defenders compact in transition, get

in our proper ‘Swoosh’ shape, and mark their opponent goal-side and ball-

side, then I am confident that the flat back four zone defense can be successful

even with young teams.

Now that my current U11 team is comfortable with the

Swoosh defense, we have moved onto the role of the attacking outside

defender and their ability to move forward to join the attack.

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There are seven soccer secrets that any player can do that will increase their speed and agility and help them get stronger too. These Secrets should be learned by all soccer coaches. Speed kills on the soccer field and these seven secrets will help you race past your opponent.

The first secret is linear speed.

In order to put fear into a defense a player and a team needs to be fast. In order to be fast, there are two factors that can help increase speed for any player. The first factor is stride frequency. The faster a player moves his arms the faster his feet will move. The second factor is stride length. When running, a player should have her knee lift almost to belly button height.

The second secret is lateral speed.

Here a player is working on changing direction quickly. A player should be able to move in any direction and be able to do that at any speed…slow or fast. Important lateral movements include shuffles and side runs.

The third secret is stopping quickly and then exploding in a new direction

Many soccer players stop too upright putting a lot of stress on the knee plus when they do this they are not in a good position to explode into a new direction. Stopping quickly and safely requires players to drop their hips, bend their knees and take smaller steps as they attempt to stop.

The fourth secret is lower body strength

Getting stronger in their lower body will help all soccer players get faster and increase their speed through strength training. Lower body strength training should include strengthening a soccer players lower back, glutes, hamstrings and calf muscles.

The fifth secret is anaerobic fitness

Training soccer players to be anaerobically fit will enhance many aspects of your teams soccer speed and skill performance. To train anaerobically, soccer players should work on many explosive 15-25 yards burst. In addition, these movements should include both linear (north/south) movements and lateral (east/west) movements.

The sixth secret is flexibility

The more flexible a soccer player is the less likely that they could get injured plus flexibility enhances speed and agility.

The seventh secret is nutrition

For soccer players to run fast and be explosive, they need to be properly fueled and hydrated. Helping your players with their nutrition will pay excellent dividends for you players.

I have found that these seven secrets of soccer speed and agility help make all soccer players more athletic and thus more dangerous on the soccer field.

Have a great day!

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