What's up this week? This week's focus was one-touch passing. This is a sometimes difficult drill that was suggested to us by our coaches. One-touch passing drills help soccer players learn and practice how to better maintain control of the ball. This drill is done by either passing a ball to another player or against a wall while only kicking it one time. This is difficult especially if a player is performing this drill against a wall. That's because if you do the drill against a wall, especially on a smooth surface, the ball can get too fast to keep up with and it becomes easy to lose control of it. How did this competition work? This week was a hard competition to plan at first because we didn't know exactly how to create a competition out of this simple drill. We eventually decided to do a three round competition where we each take turns passing the ball against the wall outside of North Davie middle school. We each counted how many times we passed the ball with one touch before we messed up in that round. Each round had a winner and the one who won the most rounds was the winner of this week's competition. What's the point of practicing this skill? One-touch passing is a skill that helps soccer players train themselves to be better with ball control. It does this by requiring a player to make a precise touch since they only have one chance to get it right. This skill can also be useful during a game when a player doesn't have time to make a lot of touches before passing due to an on-coming defender. Next week we will be working on two-touch passing which is a lot easier but just as important. Check out this week's video to find out who wins!
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Jackson Barrett
11/24/2023 11:26:08 am
Great job guys! This project is cool.
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