SoccerAbility

Summary:  This article examines the optimal training regimen for young soccer players, challenging ideas like the "10,000-hour rule." It emphasizes scientific research over anecdotal evidence, highlighting the importance of periodization—balancing intense training with adequate recovery—to maximize development and avoid burnout. It stresses quality over quantity,...

Reading Time: ~15 Minutes Audio: Listen Video: Knowledge Base Article: Summary: Tactical skill goes beyond simply following coach-prescribed strategies and involves the player's ability to detect certain cues and patterns of movement during a game that tell them how to act. This involves processes of individual perception, decision-making, and execution based on real-time...

Reading Time: ~10 minutes Audio: Listen Knowledge Base Article: A holistic approach to technical skill in soccer Summary: Technical skill in soccer is a complex web of interrelated factors that must be trained together, rather than in isolation. Technical skill is not simply the result of exceptional ball mastery, but rather the ability to perceive, decide,...