THEBETTER 2WEEK - Beast Mode Soccer

THEBETTER2WEEKDEVELOPMENTGUIDE

DAVID COPELAND-SMITH

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THIS EBOOK HAS BEEN WRITTEN WITH ONE GOAL IN MIND: TO MAKE YOU ABETTER SOCCER PLAYER! THIS EBOOK WILL SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN MAKE AMARKED IMPROVEMENT IN YOUR SOCCER SKILLS IN ONLY TWO WEEKS. ALL YOUNEED IS THE DESIRE!

THIS EBOOK CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO BECOME ABETTER SOCCER PLAYER IN TWO WEEKS. WHETHER YOU PLAY AYSO, CLUB, TRAVEL,HIGH SCHOOL OR ABOVE, THIS GUIDE CAN MAKE YOU A MORE CONFIDENTSOCCER PLAYER.THE ONLY THING THAT I ASK OF YOU IS TO GIVE IT 110% TO ALL OF THE DRILLSAND READ THE ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION.

BECOMING A GREAT SOCCER PLAYER IS A LONG PROCESS, AND DON’T GET MEWRONG, IT WILL BE TOUGH. THIS GUIDE IS MERELY MEANT TO GIVE YOU A KICKSTART AND POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE GUIDE FOCUSES ON WHATWE AT BEAST MODE SOCCER BELIEVE TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT BASE OF ALLSOCCER TRAINING- GREAT TECHNIQUE. IN OUR FOOTWORK PROGRAM YOU WILLTOUCH THE BALL OVER A THOUSAND TIMES, AND THEY ARE QUALITY TOUCHES.

AS I SAID BEFORE, ALL WE ASK FROM YOU IS THE COMMITMENT! A COLLEGE LEVELSOCCER PLAYER PUTS IN AN AVERAGE OF THREE HOURS OF WORK A DAY. FOR THETOP LEVEL PLAYERS, THAT’S NOT ENOUGH. THEY STAY AROUND AFTER PRACTICEAND PLAY WITH THE BALL ON THEIR OWN. IT’S A KNOWN FACT THAT WHEN ATMANCHESTER UNITED, DAVID BECKHAM STAYED AFTER PRACTICE FOR ONE HOUREVERY DAY, JUST TAKING FREE KICKS... HE WAS NOT BORN WITH AN INSANELYGIFTED RIGHT FOOT, HE CULTURED IT TO WHAT IT HAS BECOME. IF YOU READABOUT ALMOST ANY TOP CLASS ATHLETE, THEY ALL SAY THE SAME ABOUT THEIRCHILDHOOD- THE THING THEY REMEMBER THE MOST IS PLAYING THAT SPORT.MARTA REMEMBERS PLAYING SOCCER WITH THE BOYS, MESSI REMEMBERSKICKING A BALL AROUND BREAKING THINGS IN HIS HOUSE AND HIS MOTHERGETTING MAD! THEY ALL HAVE AN INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC!

INTRODUCTION

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THE ERA OF GREATNESSWE ARE IN A FANTASTIC ERA FOR SOCCER. WORLD CLASS PLAYERS ARESCATTERED AROUND THE TOP LEAGUES, AND THE PLAYERS ARE BETTER

THAN EVER. TODAY’S PLAYERS ARE TECHNICALLY SKILLED, FASTER,STRONGER, QUICKER, SMARTER AND MENTALLY TOUGH. THE BESTPLAYERS EXCEL IN ONE POSITION BUT ARE CAPABLE OF PLAYING INANY. THEY UNDERSTAND THE GAME BETTER THAN EVER, BUT WHAT

MAKES THEM BETTER THAN THE REST? IS IT INNATE QUALITIES? NATURALTALENT?

THE DEBATE RAGES ON, BUT EVERY PIECE OF RESEARCH POINTS IN ONEDIRECTION... EVERY SOCCER PLAYER AT THE ELITE LEVEL HAS PUT ANENORMOUS AMOUNT OF HARD WORK TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE.WHETHER IT’S PLAYING STREET SOCCER FOR HOURS ON END, GETTING

TO PRACTICE AN HOUR EARLY AND LEAVING AN HOUR LATE,THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES THEY HAVE JUST WORKED HARDER THAN THENEXT PERSON, AND THEY ALL AGREE, THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE REACHED

THE PINNACLE. INNATE TALENT ONLY TAKES YOU SO FAR.

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TECHNICAL SOCCERDEVELOPMENT

DRIBBLINGSTART TAKING THE BALL EVERYWHERE WITHYOU, AND I MEAN EVERYWHERE! DRIBBLE THEBALL AROUND YOUR HOUSE, DRIBBLE THEBALL BETWEEN CLASSES. THE ONLY THINGYOU NEED IS A BALL... YOU DON’T NEEDYOUR SHIN GUARDS, CONES, FULLUNIFORM... JUST A BALL. GOING TO MAKE ASANDWICH AT HOME? TAKE YOUR BALL WITHYOU! IF YOU START DOING THIS ALONG WITHTHE DRILLS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THISBOOK, YOU WILL BECOME MORECOMFORTABLE WITH THE BALL IN NO TIME!

BALL CONTROLJUGGLE A TENNIS BALL, YES, A TENNIS BALL.DO THIS EVERY DAY, KEEP TRACK OF YOURRECORD, AND TRY TO BEAT THAT RECORD BYTWO AS THE DAYS PASS. YOU WILL SOON BEABLE TO COMPETENTLY CONTROL THE TENNISBALL IN THE AIR... THEN THAT SIZE 5 WILL BE ABREEZE! DO NOT FORGET TO ALTERNATEYOUR FEET, USING YOUR RIGHT AND LEFT. IFYOU CAN USE BOTH FEET AS A SOCCERPLAYER, YOU ARE A DUAL THREAT! AGAIN,DO THE JUGGLING ALONGSIDE OUR BALLMANIPULATION EXERCISES.

PASSINGOUR PASSING EXERCISES ARE A GREAT WAYFOR YOU TO NOT ONLY GET BETTER ATPASSING, BUT ALSO TO HELP YOU DEVELOP AGREAT FIRST TOUCH! FOLLOWING THESEEXERCISES YOU WILL TOUCH THE BALLTHOUSANDS OF TIMES A DAY... AND GUESSWHAT? EVERY TIME YOU TOUCH A BALL, YOUGET BETTER!

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WEEK 1

EACH DRILL IS DONE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, REMEMBER, THERE IS NOOFF SEASON IN SOCCER!

EVERY SESSION STARTS WITH YOUR REGULAR WARM UP. AFTER THATYOU GET STRAIGHT INTO JUGGLING, IT’S PART OF YOUR WARM UP.

5 MINUTES WITH A TENNIS BALL (BOTH FEET)5 MINUTES WITH A SIZE 1 BALL (BOTH FEET)5 MINUTES WITH A SIZE 5 BALL (LEFT FOOT ONLY)

RECORD YOUR HIGHEST EVERY DAY.

BALL MANIPULATION FOOTWORK DRILLS PHASE 1100 BMS TOE TAPS100 BMS BELLS100 SIDE SWIPES100 PULL BACK-PUSHES100 PULL BACK PUSHES BEHIND100 ROLLS26 STEP OVER TOUCHES150 BRAZILIAN TOE TAPS25 SNAKES25 SEKANS100 CRUYFFS

WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE YOU WILL BE USING BOTH FEET. FOR A VIDEOSHOWING SPECIFIC MOVEMENTS GO HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCFsyvrcNTY

BALL MANIPULATION

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BASIC CONE DRIBBLINGLEFT FOOT ONLY

INSIDE FOOT ONLYOUTSIDE FOOT ONLY

LEFT FOOT ROLLSRIGHT FOOT ROLLS

REPEAT 10 TIMES WITH A TENNISBALL

REPEAT 10 TIMES WITH A SIZE 1BALL


CROSS DRIBBLINGLEFT FOOT ONLY



REPEAT 10 TIMES WITH A TENNISBALL



CHANGE OF DIRECTIONDRIBBLING

LEFT FOOT ONLYINSIDE FOOT ONLYOUTSIDE FOOT ONLY


3, 90-SECOND SETS WITH ATENNIS BALL

3, 90-SECOND SETS WITH A SIZE1 BALL

3, 90-SECOND SETS WITH A SIZE5 BALL

CHANGE DIRECTION WITH EVERYTOUCH!

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WALL PASSINGRIGHT AND LEFT FOOT ONLY- REALLY FOCUS ON THE LEFT FOOT. THIS IS THE BEST

WAY TO DEVELOP YOUR LEFT FOOT TOUCH... JUST KNOCKING THE BALL BACK ANDFORTH.

1.) APPROX. 5 YARDS AWAY FROM THE WALL, PUSH PASS THE BALL TO THE WALL,RECEIVE WITH OPPOSITE FOOT. REPEAT THIS, FOCUSING ON THE FIRST TOUCH.

YOUR FIRST TOUCH SHOULD ALWAYS BE INTO SPACE.

FOR ALL OF THESE START BY USING YOUR INSTEP TO CONTROL WITH, THEN THEOUTSIDE OF YOUR FOOT (BRAZILIAN STYLE) AND YOUR SOLE.

2.) REPEAT THE ABOVE, THIS TIME ABOUT 15 YARDS AWAY FROM THE WALL. VARYTHE SPEED THAT YOU PASS THE BALL WITH. TEST YOURSELF.

3.) APPROX. 20 YARDS AWAY FROM THE WALL, START DOING SOME DRIVENPASSES INTO THE WALL. REALLY TEST YOUR FIRST TOUCH. RIP THE BALL 100 TIMESUNTIL YOUR FIRST TOUCH ALLOWS YOU TO COMFORTABLY CONTROL THE BALL.

4.) CHIP AND LOFTED PASS, AGAIN AGAINST THE WALL. START CONTROLLING THEBALL WITH DIFFERENT SURFACES; CHEST, THIGH ETC.

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WEEK 2ADVANCED BALL MANIPULATIONAGAIN, EACH DRILL IS DONE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

EVERY SESSION STARTS WITH YOUR REGULAR WARM UP. AFTER THATYOU GET STRAIGHT INTO JUGGLING, IT’S PART OF YOUR WARM UP.

5 MINUTES WITH A TENNIS BALL (BOTH FEET)5 MINUTES WITH A SIZE 1 BALL (BOTH FEET)5 MINUTES WITH A SIZE 5 BALL (LEFT FOOT ONLY)

RECORD YOUR HIGHEST EVERY DAY.

BALL MANIPULATION FOOTWORK DRILLS PHASE 2ADD THIS ON TO PHASE 1 TO MAXIMIZE GOOD, QUALITY TOUCHES!50 FLUID BELLS50 FAKE CRUYFF50 STOP-GO-GO50 STOP-GO-RONALDO50 RABANHA50 BEST50 ROLL AND GO50 DIMARTINO’S

WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE YOU WILL BE USING BOTH FEET. FOR A VIDEOSHOWING SPECIFIC MOVEMENTS GO HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2LzGfgAK5s

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MESSI DRIBBLINGLEFT FOOT ONLY


REPEAT 3 TIMES WITH A TENNIS BALLREPEAT 3 TIMES WITH A SIZE 1 BALLREPEAT 3 TIMES WITH A SIZE 5 BALL

PLACE ABOUT 20 CONES RANDOMLYABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL.PERFORM 50 TOUCHES AT SPEED,QUICK CHANGES OF DIRECTIONS,STEP OVERS, SCISSORS, BESTS,

MATTHEWS ETC ETC. ON THE 50THTOUCH, BURST OUT OF THE GRID ATTOP SPEED AND SLOT THE BALL INTO

ONE OF THE CORNERS OF THEGOAL.

MESSI DRIBBLING 2LEFT FOOT ONLY



PLACE ABOUT 20 CONES RANDOMLYABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL ANDREPEAT ABOUT 15 YARDS AWAY.PERFORM 50 TOUCHES AT SPEED,QUICK CHANGES OF DIRECTIONSETC ETC. ON THE 50TH TOUCH,

BURST OUT OF THE GRID AND HEADTO THE SECOND GRID, MAKE SUREYOUR THIRD TOUCH OUT OF THE

FIRST GRID IS LIGHT ANDCONTROLLED. MAKE ANOTHER 30TOUCHES, BURST OUT AND SHOOT

INTO THE CORNER.

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2 BALL TOUCHESGET 2 BALLS, AND SET 4 CONES IN

5X20 YARD GRID

‘BABY TOUCH’ THE BALLS WITHYOUR LACES AT A GOOD PACE

CONTROLLING THE BALLS ALL THETIME. TAKE A TOUCH EVERY STEP.


GOOD QUALITY TOUCHES EVERYTIME.

2 BALL DRIBBLINGGET 2 BALLS, AND SET 4 CONES IN

5X50 YARD GRID

THIS IS WHERE IT GETS HARD. RUNAT 80% SPEED WITH BOTH BALLS ATYOUR FEET. THE GOAL IS TO KEEPTHEM BOTH IN THE 5 YARD WIDTHOF YOUR GRID. ITS TOUGH BUTGETS EASIER AS TIME GOES BY!


GOOD QUALITY TOUCHES EVERYTIME.

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WALL PASSING

RIGHT TO LEFT FOOT- REALLY FOCUS ON THE LEFT FOOT. THIS IS THE BEST WAY TODEVELOP YOUR LEFT FOOT TOUCH... JUST KNOCKING THE BALL BACK AND FORTH.

APPROX. 10 YARDS AWAY FROM THE WALL START DRILL PASSING THE BALL. THISDOES TWO THINGS: -INCREASES YOUR REACTION TIMES

-FORCES YOU TO MAKE DIFFICULT LEFT AND RIGHT FOOT TRAPS.

DRILL THE BALL WITH YOUR RIGHT, CONTROL WITH YOUR LEFT AND VICE VERSA.

YOU LITERALLY NEED TO DO HUNDREDS OF THESE EVERY DAY! NO MATTER WHATPHASE YOU’RE ON, TRY TO DO AT LEAST 30 MINUTES OF THIS ALONE EVERYDAY-

DO YOU WANT IT BAD ENOUGH?

START CHIPPING AND LOFTED PASSES WITH BOTH FEET. FOCUS PURELY ONTECHNIQUE, NOT POWER... GET THESE BASICS DOWN AND YOU WILL BE AN

AWESOME PLAYER!

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