| Limiting the amount of consecutive touches players | | | | attentively and their quick thinking skills and decisions |
| can take during a practice scrimmage is one of the | | | | under pressure will improve, which is essential for |
| oldest coaching tricks in coaching. Touch limitations are | | | | anyone who is serious about improving their soccer |
| a great way to guide your players play towards | | | | skills. |
| specific ends while they may not even realize it. By | | | | Finally, when you run a full sided scrimmage, some |
| limiting the amount of touches players are allowed to | | | | players get involved more heavily in the game and get |
| take, you essentially accomplish a few valuable | | | | more touches on the ball. By limiting the number of |
| objectives: | | | | touches, you can assure yourself that players pass |
| First, by limiting touches, you force players to make | | | | the ball more often, which leads to everyone getting |
| sure their first touch is a good one, because they have | | | | more touches on the ball, an essential goal of your |
| no touches to waste. Over time, this will improve their | | | | soccer practice plans. |
| trapping and ball handling skills. | | | | Spend time scrimmaging at practice with touch |
| Next, touch limits force players to think about what | | | | stipulations. Your players trapping and thinking skills will |
| they are going to do with the ball before they receive | | | | develop further, and their decisions of what to do with |
| it. If they only have 3, 2 or even 1 touch to control the | | | | the ball will improve. These soccer practice ideas will |
| ball and get rid of it, they will be paying attention more | | | | give you plenty of drills to work on with your team. |