by Tom Sauder | Jan 30, 2023 | Speeds of Soccer
Today I will introduce the concept of the seven speeds of soccer. It is a German concept and credit must be given to the inventors – Gero Bisanz, Gunnar Gerrisch, Jurgen Weineck, and those who expanded it with relevant soccer drills and wrote a book on it. The book is...
by Tom Sauder | Jan 15, 2023 | Speeds of Soccer
Just to level set you, when we discuss speeds of soccer, we are talking about thought processes that take fractions of a second and action processes that don’t take much longer. Improving these speeds then is an exercise in making small improvements as well as in...
by Tom Sauder | Dec 31, 2022 | Speeds of Soccer
Soccer anticipation speed describes a player’s ability to predict the probability and end result of a game action situation. Because they can predict what will happen they can execute their own response/move that much faster. For example, if an outside defender can...
by Tom Sauder | Nov 30, 2022 | Speeds of Soccer
Let’s review some typical scenarios you will likely have encountered during a soccer game: Youth Game Situation 1 Seven year old boys play in a league game on Tuesday evening, 5 a-side including a goalie on a small sized field. One player is very aggressive and always...
by Tom Sauder | Oct 30, 2022 | Speeds of Soccer
Soccer reaction speed is defined as the ability to react to a previous action as perceived by the player.. We typically think of reaction and its speed in the context of goaltenders making saves. And that is true as goalkeepers are trained to react to the motion of...
by Tom Sauder | Sep 15, 2022 | Speeds of Soccer
Vern Gambetta of Gambetta Sports Training Systems said it best: “Game analysis has shown that the average player will be in possession of the ball only 2% of total match time. What happens the other 98% of the time?” The answer is that players move, or at times rest....
