Skills & drills for women’s football

Contents

  1. Kicking

    Kicking

    The chip, Kicking technique, Volleying, Side-volleying, Lofted kick, and Bending the ball

  2. Dribbling

    Dribbling

    Dribbling technique, Dummying, and Dribbling tricks & flicks

  3. Footie_tricks

    Footie tricks

    Keepy Uppies, Around the World, Stepover, Maradona 360 Spin, Rai flick, Adriano, Ronaldo chop, Robinho stepover, and Leonardo

  4. Control

    Control

    Close control, Foot control, Thigh control, and Chest control

  5. Turning

    Turning

    Stop turn, Body swerve, Cruyff turn, Back heel, Outside hook turn, and Inside hook turn

  6. Tackling

    Tackling

    Jockeying, Block tackles, and Sliding tackles

  7. Heading

    Heading

    Basic heading, Defensive header, Attacking header, Diving header, Glancing header, and Flick-on

  8. Passing

    Passing

    Passing technique, Short passing, One-two, Crossing the ball, and Drive passing

  9. Shooting

    Shooting

    Shooting technique, Overhead kick, and Penalty kick

  10. Goalkeeping

    Goalkeeping

    Body shots, Catching crosses, Diving saves, Rolling the ball, Overarm throwing, and Kicking from hand

  11. Set_plays

    Set plays

    Throw-in, Corner, Free kick, and How NOT to play

  12. Prep_and_routine

    Preparation & routine

    Warm up for the match, How to warm down, Mental training, Peak performance, Football food, Fitness, agility and stamina, Avoiding injury, and Respecting the ref!

  13. Training

    Training equipment

    Soccer Wall and Global Goal

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Preparation & routine » Mental training

How?

“The first step in mental training is to decide what you want to achieve. Write down what motivates you, then develop a sort of mission statement that you can vow to follow. Goals should be set for the long term, short term, and daily. An example of a long-term goal is to get yourself in the starting squad for your team on a regular basis. A daily goal might be to improve your kicking, or throw-ins. A short-term goal might be to score a certain number of goals, or master new skills. After setting the goals, there are several perfomance-enhancing techniques to help achieve them – see Drills below: – Relaxation and breathing – Imagery – Concentration – Confidence building through positive self talk and team building”

Why?

“Mind over matter. If you want to play at your peak in every match, there are ways of improving your game mentally as well as physically. Mental training is no substitute for skills however, and should be done alongside physical training. ‘Becoming a professional footballer’ is a type of goal, but that’s not what we mean here. Mental training is about setting challenging but achievable short-term goals.”

Tips & drills

Mind over matter!