It was a great event and below is the post from our sister site www.coervercoaching.com to give you some more information on what happened, our new logo for the year and plans of future posts we will be sharing. Have a read and let us know your thoughts.

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Really appreciate you taking the time to read this….

So, Coerver Coaching is 35 years old in 2019 (est. 1984).

1990’s vs 2019 Coerver T Shirt

We asked ourselves what we could write that would be interesting, helpful and entertaining for you. What have we learned over these 35 years that can be of benefit to you. That is the aim of our blogs.

So in January we are going to blog about how football has changed since 1984 (the year Coerver Coaching was founded) and 2019. We’ll write about our favourite players and teams over the decades. We’ll discuss our favourite goals in 80s/90s/2000s. Well write about the revolution in goalkeeping since 1984. Oh yeah, we’ll have some fun too, and look at football haircuts through the decades. PLUS much more….

Coerver Coaching adidas Balls over the years

Co Founder Alf Galustian at Juventus – November 2018

85 Coerver Coaching Staff from 33 countries in Italy – November 2018

p.s. to kick us off (pardon the pun:) we wanted to share our 35th anniversary party with Coerver coaches from 31 countries that took place in Milan last week. It is an absolute privilege to work with so many great people and share ideas from all around the world.

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Soccer coaching for players. Coerver Coaching Ball Mastery with Coerver Kid, Luis. Luis at aged 9 is perfectly comfortable with the soccer ball using both feet and all parts of the foot.

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Listed below are some of the benefits which include:

• increases aerobic capacity and cardiovascular health
• lowers body fat and improves muscle tone
• builds strength, flexibility and endurance
• increases muscle and bone strength
• improves health due to shifts between walking, running and sprinting.
• is generally a non-contact sport
• teaches coordination
• promotes teamwork and sharing
• teaches you to ‘think on the run’
• helps to increase skills in concentration, persistence and self-discipline
• is a great way to meet people and exercise with friends
• can provide an opportunity to increase your confidence and self-esteem, and help to reduce anxiety
• requires very little equipment so it can be played in the backyard or park
• is relatively easy to learn, so beginners can easily join in the fun and play basic soccer for recreation is an international sport.

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JOHN GALLUCCI, JR.

The development of core strength is important for all athletes. The core is where balance originates and is what helps a player stand up, change directions, stop at a moments notice and breathe through it all. Core muscles are important for a soccer player — core strength is needed for endurance … that burst of speed and ability in the 90th minute that can win games. Core workout usually refers to the abdominal muscles but it can also include other muscles like the gluteus maximus.

John Gallucci Jr., MLS Medical Coordinator for more than 600 professional soccer players and FOX Sports medical analyst discusses the importance of core strength for an athlete.

What is Core Strength?

The core, by definition is the center or most important part of something and this definition holds true when speaking about a core in terms of the human body. The core, simply put, involves all muscles located within your torso; the body minus the arms and legs.

Why is Core Strength important?

When we think about a core — whether it be in an apple or in the human body — we are talking about the central, strong stabilizing aspect of the object or being.

The core is where power, strength, endurance and balance originate. It is what helps us stand up, stay standing, propel forward into a walk, run or skip, change directions, stop at a moment’s notice and breathe through it all.

The strength of the core also plays an important role in determining a soccer player’s quickness, not only in terms of sprint speed but also in the ability to change directions and is vital in winning the ball when shoulder to shoulder with another player.

The core, although commonly thought to only include the abdominal muscles, also includes the muscles in the back and the upper hip. As mentioned above these muscles are responsible for continual spinal stabilization and rotational stability which play a major role in coordination of movement for the soccer athlete.

“Core” Facts for the Soccer Athlete:
Improved Posture — Strengthening the stabilizing muscles in one’s back can greatly improve one’s posture and endurance. Proper posture during physical activity will lead to mechanical efficiency and decreased energy expenditure allowing the athlete to perform at a high level for longer.

Increased Power — Strong core muscles are essential in generating fast, powerful, explosive movements that define a soccer player. The core musculature is responsible for distance and curvature on a corner kick, distance and height of a goal kick, quick footed dribbling and the last minute cut and fake out of an opposing defensive player.

Increased Coordination — Developing the core muscles will aid in coordinating whole body movements. Soccer players must be able to dribble the ball, run and keep their head up and eyes forward. Without coordination the most basic elements of soccer would not be possible.

Decreased Injuries — For all the reason listed above, a strong core will decrease one’s risk of injury. Proper posture and increased endurance, strength and coordination lead to a healthier body that is efficient in movement.

Exercises to Strengthen the Core: Perform 2 sets of each exercise at 10 reps and with a 30 second break in between each exercise. As strength develops sets and reps can be increased.

• Perform these exercises 3-4 times per week.
• Plank (side, front)
• Supermans
• Bridges (Single and Double leg)
• Flutter kicks
• Bicycle Crunches
• Mountain Climbers
• Russian Twists

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Southampton’s director of performance Mo Gimpel explains how you can take the guesswork out of training by using this simple piece of technology a heart rate monitor.

When Sam Allardyce introduced heart rate monitors at Bolton Wanderers in the mid-1990s, his cutting edge approach to sports science had mixed results.

While most of the squad embraced his methods, veteran striker Ian Marshall strapped his monitor to his pet dog in a bid to avoid additional fitness training.

He was later forced to admit the canine was responsible for the bizarre readings on the device after being quizzed by Allardyce, who thankfully saw the funny side.

Heart rate monitors have since become a staple piece of wearable tech used by professional clubs, amateur sides and even Sunday League players trying to get in shape.

But how exactly can you use one to improve your fitness? We spoke to Southampton’s director of performance, Mo Gimpel, to find out…

Work out your maximum heart rate

“First of all what you’re trying to do is work out your maximum heart rate,” says Gimpel. “You can do 220 minus your age, which is a bit old school and isn’t accurate for everyone – but it will give you a rough idea. From that you will be able to work out where your 90%, 80% threshold is and all the way down.”

Get a sweat on

“When you train you’re looking to get a stimulus that makes you fitter. To do this you need to be working at 80-85%. Interval training such as repeated sprints will ensure you reach this zone and get you fit fast.”

Use the numbers

“If you have a system that means you can see your heart rate live, you can see how hard you have to work. If you have to work harder to reach that zone, then so be it – run harder or reduce your rest time so you don’t allow your heart rate to drop so much.”

Reap the rewards

“When you get used to reading the numbers you get in tune with your body and how hard you need to work. We’re all busy trying to fit in training so let’s get the best quality training we can – a heart rate monitor is a great way of trying to do that.”

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This passing drill from Coerver Coaching will help you improve your passing accuracy and allow your team to string passes together.

Set up

Get four players to form a square by standing 25 yards apart. Instruct the remaining players to fill in the gaps between the original four to form a circle. Mark out a five-yard square inside the circle. The players forming the outer circle have a ball each. Position four players in the middle square.

Drill

Playing out of the square, players exchange a one-two pass with a player from the outer circle. Then sprint through the cones marking out the square, bending their run towards a different perimeter player, where they play another one-two.

The four players that started in the middle must count the passes they complete in 45 seconds. To advance this drill, you can introduce two additional players inside the circle. Their job is to try and intercept passes and put pressure on the passers in the middle.

How this will help

It will help your footwork as you dart in and out of the cones and in between the other passers, while also helping build some basic fitness and recover your passing range.

For more drills designed by Coerver Coaching visit www.playgreatsoccer.com.

by: Ben Welch

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By: Ben Welch

Are you left chasing your first touch like a piece of paper in the wind? If the answer to this questions is yes, then we have the remedy for your problem: Ball mastery with Coerver Coaching.

In this particular offering, it’s not just your foot control that counts, but your head and chest. Work on this drill in training and the ball will become your team-mate rather than your opponent.

For more drills and games from Coerver Coaching visit Play Great Soccer.

Stoke City under-15s demonstrated the drills.

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Learn how to dance with the ball at your feet. Try introducing this Coerver Coaching drill into your training sessions and see how a simple ball mastery drill can help you improve today.

FourFourTwo Performance has teamed up with Coerver Coaching to design a set of drills aimed at improving ball mastery.

No matter how old you are or what level you play, it is never too late to improve your skill. And this drill will help you transform into the Sunday League Xavi.

Stoke City under-15s demonstrated the drills.

By: Ben Welch

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VIDEO: Pre-season training for soccer: First touch drills
Use this Coerver Coaching drill to get the ball under control in an instant

By:Ben Welch

How do I set this drill up?
Use three discs to create a 4 x 4 yard triangle. Use different coloured discs at the base of the triangle to emphasis the use of the left and right foot. Set up another triangle up eight yards away with a supply of balls.

How to do this drill?
0 > 1.05 minutes (see video): Start at the orange disc in triangle one, with your partner on the blue disc in triangle two with a ball.

Your partner passes the ball to your right foot and moves laterally to the orange disc (left). Receive the pass coming through one side of the triangle and use your first touch with your right foot to break out the other side before passing it back to your partner with your right foot.

Now start at the blue disc in triangle one with your partner on the orange disc in triangle two. Reverse the actions so your first touch and pass are performed with your left foot. Repeat the pattern until three first touches on each foot – left and right – have been completed.

Progression one (1.06 minutes > 1.50 minutes):
Start at the pop-up cone and shuffle back left or right to create space to receive the pass from your partner.

Progression two (1.51 minutes > 2.44 minutes):
Develop your ball control by using your second touch to execute the pull-push skill. If your first touch is with your right foot use your left to drag the ball back inside and out the other side of the triangle before returning the pass with your left.

You can also try…
Challenge yourself to receive the ball using different parts of the foot i.e. control the ball with the outside of your foot and pass with the inside of the same foot, receive with inside of one foot, pass with inside of the opposite foot etc.

What are the key coaching points?
Call and show for the ball and open up your body to receive the ball with yours have hips and shoulders facing the target. Make sure your first touch carries you out of the triangle. When performing the pull-push technique create a V shape with two quick touches. Keep your eyes up so you can see the target before passing.

How will this drill help?
This drill will help to develop first touch direction and speed, which will help you keep hold of the ball when defenders close you down. It develops ball mastery skills so you can change the angle of attack when a defender shuts off space. It also encourages you to play the right pass – i.e. giving a teammate a ball they control into space away from a defender.

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Use this Coerver Coaching pre-season soccer training exercise to pick out a team-mate every time.
By: Ben Welch

How do I set this drill up?

Use three discs to create a 4 x 4 yard triangle. Use different colored discs at the base of the triangle to emphasis the use of your left and right feet. Set-up another triangle 10 yards away with a supply of balls. Use four pop-up cones to create two passing gates, both two yards in width, at the halfway point of the grid, diagonally facing the top triangle.

How do I do this drill?

0 > 1.11 minutes (see video): Start at the pop-up cone in the top triangle with your partner in the centre of the grid, between the two passing gates. Once your partner takes a touch and feeds you the ball, look back over your left shoulder and shuffle back to the left cone.

Use your first touch on your right foot to break out of the triangle on the other side, before performing the pull-push skill with your left foot to bring the ball back through the other side of the triangle. As your partner moves behind the left passing gate, pass them the ball.

Repeat this for a further two passes. Now switch to the opposite side so that you’re checking back to the blue disc, taking your first touch with your left foot, performing the pull-push with your right foot and passing through the opposite gate. Repeat this for a further two passes.

Progression one (1.14 minutes > 1.42 minutes):

Stand on the right cone (orange) and have your partner start behind the left passing gate. Check away, out of the triangle, before darting back inside to receive the pass with your right foot.

Your first touch should take out of the triangle. Now use the pull-push skill with your left foot to bring the ball back through the other side of the triangle. At the same time your partner should move across to the opposite passing gate (to your left) to receive your pass.

Repeat the above steps on the opposite side of the grid – left foot first touch, right foot pull-push, right foot pass to partner.

Progression two (1.44 minutes > 2.38 minutes):

Using the same set-up as the one used in progression one, you now start on opposite side of the triangle (blue cone) and receive the ball on your left foot, before performing a push-pull with your right foot and dribbling to the right passing gate.

As you reach the gate execute an inside left foot cut and drive back to the top triangle, where you perform a right foot twist off and then pass it back to your partner through the passing gate with your left foot.

Switch sides and repeat on the other side – start on the orange cone, right foot first touch, left foot push-pull, inside right foot cut, left foot twist off and return pass with right foot.

You can also try…

Positioning the target gates further away to increase the range of passing and reduce the width of the gates to demand more of your accuracy. See how many successful passes you can make in 30 seconds, keep the score and have a competition with your partner.

What are the key coaching points?
Make sure you call and show for the ball – communication is key. Movement has to be late and fast so you arrive just as the ball does. Before you receive the pass, make sure to check over your shoulder to see where teammates, opponents and the space are.

Try to get out of the triangle with one touch. When you’re playing a pass keep your eyes up with your hips and shoulders facing the target so you deliver the ball to the correct foot. Play at game speed – punch the pass back to your partner.

How will this drill help?

This drill will help to develop first touch direction and speed, which will help you keep hold of the ball when defenders close you down. It develops ball mastery skills so you can change the angle of attack when a defender shuts off space. Most importantly it improves passing, which is crucial to keeping possession when marked tightly i.e. – hitting your teammate’s furthest foot from the defensive pressure.

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