How To Improve Foot Speed
I was watching a video clip of highlights from a professional
tournament the other day. It’s fun to do isn’t it?
The camera angle focused on the feet of the players
as they dribbled around their opponent.
The feet would barely touch the ground, tap the ball one
way, roll it another, and when the defender’s legs were tied
up in knots, they speed off towards the goal.
It was an amazing display of how quick the players are.
And it got me thinking about how would you train that
kind of speed. And that kind of technique.
The first step, would be do work on very fast feet with
out a ball. I would start off making sure that the athlete
had a good basic athletic stance:
1. Stand tall
2. Bend knees
3. Curve in lower back
4. Weight on the balls of the feet
From here, the athlete would work on
tapping their feet in various directions; front, side, back, variable.
There are lots of games you could do to encourage faster and
faster feet. You could try competition with a partner or to see
how many taps you could get in ten seconds. Be creative.
The next step would be to throw body/head fakes into the tapping
and then a short sprint.
When the athletes are proficient at this, add a ball with out
a partner.
Finally, add a defender. Be sure to slowly increase the intensity
level of the defenders so each athlete can work on work on the
skill instead of “beating” the defender.
So many soccer skills can seem overwhelming. But when broken
down into smaller increments they become very teachable.
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