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ZenFooty Blog
Getting Your Daily Touches
Published on Sun 11/22/2009 | 6 total comments
Hey Folks, Yes ZenMaster is back with another blog!! Sorry for the dark period. The season got the best of me!! So how many touches are you getting on the ball each day now that the season is over? Are you juggling, working on your turns, shooting, practicing your sole rolls, or working on step-overs? I hope all of the above.....and more. How about one-footed tic-tocs, slap-cuts, cross-overs, and back 90s? Are you practicing these moves? I really think you should be! If I could estimate how many touches on the ball each player should get each day, it would be about 5,000 touches. As Americans, we like to count stuff (like money, cars, fantasy football points, and so on). So there you have it. You should be touching the ball 5,000 times every day. What touches should they be? Pick a skill area and go from there. You can select from: Passing, receiving, dribbling, shooting, heading, and goalkeeping. If you choose passing for example, simply find a wall or the side of a school building and start by using all surfaces of the foot to strike a ball to a specific spot on the wall. Then move farther away to test your accuracy from longer distances. You can move closer and play at higher speeds to test your reactions. Move left and right to practice passing and receiving on the run. Before you know it, you will have touched the ball hundreds of times. Switch feet, do some behind the leg, alternate feet, use the outside of one foot and the inside of the other, juggle off the wall playing one and two-touch juggling without letting the ball hit the ground when it comes off the wall. Do this on the run to build aerial passing and receiving skills. There are hundreds of variations. Above all, pick a few goals for yourself this winter, set your mind on improving in these areas, and put the time in to working on your skills. Remember, your body is getting bigger and stronger and your skills must keep pace so that your overall game gets better. Also remember that you are racing against time and the other opponent. How much better can you get before the next try-out? Will you be ready to play at the next level when the call comes? If you have any questions about skill building activities, just put them out here on the blog and I will give you some things you can do!! Are you going to make the commitment? What say you?
Tags: Skills Training, Practice, Setting Goals
Reader Responses
 | ZenMaster says:
Sun 11/22/2009 12:16:33 PM
| | Well, I am headed out for my 5,000 touches!! It is such a
nice day here in Chicago!! There is a pick-up game at 2:00
at Ty Warner Park!! Make sure you get there if you are
free!! Last week was fun!! | |
|  | ZenMaster says:
Tue 11/24/2009 7:19:57 AM
| | Well, I have driven by the field 10 times over the past two
weeks only to find the Canadian Geese!! Sad to say our
players are not out there training or playing pick-up games.
Where has everone gone since the season ended?? The game
waits for no one. Somebody somewhere is getting better by
practicing. Are you? | |
|  | jb says:
Tue 11/24/2009 4:42:10 PM
| | i have been playing outside and inside. My mom has a fit
when i dribble the ball around the house, but i keep going.
Every last touch counts! | |
| | ZenMaster says:
Wed 11/25/2009 10:31:36 AM
| | Totally agree!! Get every touch in!! I just finished
playing with the Iceman up in the courts. He probably got
10,000 touches today in the 70 minutes we played. He's only
10 but he will be a good one when he grows up if he stays at
it!! | |
| | ZenMaster says:
Wed 11/25/2009 10:32:12 AM
| | Who is up for a juggling contest?? | |
|  | soccerdad says:
Sun 11/29/2009 1:49:40 AM
| | Is there a pick-up game on Sunday? | |
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