| Training a team correctly involves planning practices | | | | clearly not educational enough for players to learn and |
| that are both fun and informative for players. If players | | | | progress. |
| are not entertained, they are not likely to pay attention, | | | | Compare this to Coach Bo Ring, who spends 95% of |
| which will obviously make it very difficult for them to | | | | practice time doing drills that do not inspire creativity, |
| learn. However, the drills must involve a skill element in | | | | and do not give players a chance to learn by doing. |
| order for players to improve their game, which are | | | | Avoid the pitfalls of each and structure your soccer |
| repetitious, and can be boring. The objective is finding | | | | practices in a way that mixes both fun and work. |
| the right mix for your team, which is dependent on the | | | | Educational skills drills, followed by high energy small |
| age group, competitiveness and other important | | | | sided game element drills give players a chance to |
| factors. | | | | work on what they have learned. If you focus players |
| Take the example of Coach Wing Init. He never plans | | | | attention on improving during the game element what |
| practice beforehand, and instead spends the entire | | | | you have previously worked on in the skills drills, pretty |
| practice scrimmaging. While practice may be fun for | | | | soon they will do it without even thinking. Quality |
| the players, this is not going to get the players high | | | | soccer practices are designed with the intention of |
| numbers of touches on the ball, and the uninterested | | | | evolving the play of your players, both individually and |
| players will surely disengage. These practices are | | | | collectively. |