Learning Football: A definitive guide to cooling down and recovery By Santosh Kashyap Published on: Begin with slow jogging. Include knee ups, arm rotation and other dynamic movement. Sitting on the ground, shake your legs in both directions. Raise your legs and lightly tap the other leg a few time...
Learning Football: Condition your body to become a stronger player By Santosh Kashyap Published on: There are three types of jumps to practise – knee jumps, sideways jumps, twist jumps. Next, one player passes the ball, while the other completes a certain exercise and then heads the ball. We also h...
Learning Football: Exercises to improve coordination and agility By Santosh Kashyap Published on: We begin with the ladder exercise, but with obstacles/markers around the path. The players have to run across the ladder, change direction and run around the markers. Repeat but while dribbling the bal...
Learning Football: Be quick and learn to accelerate on-field By Santosh Kashyap Published on: While slow jogging, practise raising your knees. Repeat the same drill but by bending your legs backward at the knee. Now switch to hand rotation while continuing with the slow jog. Proceed to sideways jum...
Learning Football: An attacker’s guide to free kicks and penalty kicks By Santosh Kashyap Published on: Maintain an optimal distance from the ball, else you won’t be able to generate sufficient power as you run and kick. Stay slightly across/diagonal to the ball. Focus on the ball, then watch the t...