1. Sprint Dribbling: - How: While dribbling a soccer ball, perform short, explosive sprints. Focus on maintaining ball control while accelerating and decelerating quickly. - Benefits: Improves agility, ball control, and burst speed. 2. Ladder Drills: - How: Set up a ladder drill and perform various movements, such as in-and-outs, side shuffles, and crossover steps. - Benefits: Enhances footwork, agility, and quickness. 3. Hill Sprints: - How: Find a hill and sprint up it, focusing on pushing your legs as hard as possible. - Benefits: Develops explosive power and strength in your legs. 4. Plyometric Jumps: - How: Perform exercises like box jumps, depth jumps, and frog leaps. - Benefits: Increases lower body power and explosiveness. 5. Interval Training: - How: Alternate between high-intensity bursts of activity and periods of rest. For example, sprint for 30 seconds, rest for 30 seconds, and repeat. - Benefits: Improves cardiovascular endurance and speed endurance. Remember: Always warm up before exercising and cool down afterward to prevent injuries. For best results, incorporate these exercises into your training routine regularly.

With the new Champions League group stage, we will be seeing more “Juggernaut” teams going up against one another, but with more freedom of tactics. In todays match we saw both teams play the way they normal do and while it turned out to be a nil-nil draw it had the energy of a knockout match. With the new system both teams didn’t have to worry about a second leg or overcoming a deficit while playing away. Both, Inter Milan and Manchester City still have plenty of matches to find themselves in the top 8. I’m curious as to what you all think and if this format will indeed be better or worse for the sport.

We will talk about tactics from the Premier League along with what you can do to help read the game better, become a better coach/player and how to break down certain tactics!