Training on Tuesday 13 Nov

today's attendance 13. weiquan, jo, wilson, yujun, vincent, yuda, chengwei, mark, fong xiongkun, zeyan, raihan, nicholas yip, and russell. coach came today too, and we wore boots.

started off with a couple of drills in pairs:

1. as X backpedals, Y will pass the ball to him. X will then lay the ball off for Y, who will pass back to him again. changeover.

2. with X facing Y, X pass to Y, then X run ahead of Y to receive the return pass, turns, then passes to Y, and so on.

3. X and Y now face front, and alongside each other. X pass to Y, then overlap to receive the return pass. X then passes back to Y, and overlaps again this time on the other to receive the return pass. and so on. then changeover.

4. Same as drill 1., but this time, the lay off will be first to the right side, then to the left side. changeover.

5. shielding drill. as you dribble the ball, keep an eye on your marker behind you. make sure you're constantly shielding the ball i.e. if the marker is on your left, dribble with your right foot. executed correctly, the player with the ball will end up dribbling right, then left, then right, then left, and so on. changeover.

6. shielding drill. this time, the marker faces the dribbler. as the dribbler drifts to the right, you guard him with your right foot in front of your left foot. and vice versa. changeover. end of drills.

then, we did a 2-man crossing drill. X is nearer the centre circle, Y is closer to the touchline. starting from the halfway line, X will pass to Y. Y will then bring the ball towards the middle as X overlaps him. Y will then send the ball towards the corner flag, where X will cross for Y to finish. only did with the right flank, so this drill favoured the right footers.

then we did a 3-man crossing drill. start from halfway line again. X is on the left, Y in the middle, Z on the right. Z will pass to Y, who will then send a long ball to the corner flag for X to cross for Y and Z to finish. only did on the left, so this drill favoured the left footers.

then we did a variation of the 3-man drill. but this time on the right. X on the left, Y in the middle, Z on the right. X passes to Y, who passes to Z. Z then sends the ball down the line to the corner flag for X to run onto and cross for Y and Z. the key thing is for X to time his run so that the point of release is before he crosses the halfway line, in order to spring the offside trap.

then we did another variation of the 3-man drill, this time on the right again. X and Y are within the centre circle, with Y as the target man. Z is on the right. Z will pass to Y who will lay off to X who will send a long one to the corner flag for Z to cross for X and Y.

finally, we split into 6v6, full field, free touch, anybody can be keeper. "for you to enjoy" said coach. end of training.

so anyways, since i'm here i might as well just say it - thursday's training starts at 1800hrs, NOT 1830.

okay. seeya'll. rest well. God Bless.