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Best way to improve junior team in possession of the ball? To dictate the speed of the game
Hi Joe,
The best way to get your junior team to keep possession of the ball is to keep the practices fun and enjoyable, awarding them points for keeping the ball, rather than giving them a goal to shoot in.
By taking away the goal to shoot, they will not be so set on selfish play to try and score a goal for themselves.
You can then gradually incorporate their passing and possession skills into a more game specific scenario to teach them how to dictate play in order to create space to attack in.
My favourite drill is below. It encourages the players to keep possession without focussing on purely scoring a goal, yet also teaches them about creating space to make goal scoring opportunities.
Hope this helps!
Tom
Hi Joe,
The biggest thing when teaching kids about possession is to develop their patience, rather than looking to be direct and shoot straight away.
This drill is perfect to encourage them to keep the ball and pass at the right times then to increase the speed of passing when the opportunity is there to penetrate the defence and get a shot off.
I hope this helps!
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