Have you tried this? My favorite training tip - High...

Melissa Ortiz, text's publication from 2019-01-29 17:34:01 :
Have you tried this? My favorite training tip - High Low Controls -
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What is it good for? Controls out of the air, kicking technique, lobbing, and reaction.
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How? Make sure you lock out your foot (pointing toe completely out). When you kick up for your HIGH ball, make sure its a strong flexed out foot. Kick up with leg locked out and with the help of your hip flexor / quad.
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For the LOW ball, as the ball is dropping...lock that foot out again. As its about to make contact you make a "dead" foot (with no power kick up) giving it less power and a lower control / touch.
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My club coach when I was 14 would make us practice this for hourrrssss. Before training sessions we would start with skills (which I loved) and this was one of my favorite ones that always stuck with me. You can always switch up the patters: High Low... High High Low... Low Low High... etc. Its challenging and keeps you on your toes.
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When I train youth players this is one of the skills I teach and for many it is difficult. For that reason I wanted to share this so it can be put to practice.
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Enjoy and happy training!

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Melissa's fanpage of the Women's Colombian National Team. Forward. Represented Colombia in the 2012 London Olympics. Placed 4th with Colombia in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. BS in International Business, MBA in Marketing from Lynn University

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