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Teaching Football Skills Modifications and Adaptations

Mental Preparation and Training

Mental training is important for athletes, whether striving to do their personal best or competing against others. Mental imagery, what Bruce D. Hale of Penn State calls “No Sweat Practice,” is very effective. The mind cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined. Practice is practice, regardless of whether it is mental or physical. Ask the athlete to sit in a relaxed position in a quiet place with few distractions. Tell the athlete to close their eyes and picture performing a particular skill. Each is seeing him/herself on a large movie screen on a football pitch. Walk them through the skill step by step. Use as much detail as possible, using words to elicit all the senses - sight, hearing, touch and smell—soft foot, cushion, deep it close, toe down, light touches. Ask the athlete to repeat the image. Picture rehearsing the skill successfully, even to the point of seeing the ball going in the goal. Some athletes need help to start the process. Others will learn to practice this way on their own. The link between performing the skills in the mind and performing the skills on the football pitch may be hard to explain. However, the athletes who repeatedly imagine themselves correctly completing a skill and believing it to be true are more likely to make it happen. Whatever goes into one’s mind and one’s heart comes out in their actions.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Football

Football Attire
Football Attire Dartfish
Butt Kicks
Butt Kicks Dartfish
Push-Ups
Push-Ups Dartfish
Control-Receiving: Feet
Control-Receiving Feet Dartfish
Control-Receiving: Thigh-Chest
Ctrl-Receiving Thigh Dartfish
Dribble Line Drill
Dribble Line Drill Dartfish
Dribble Cones
Dribble Cones Dartfish
Dribble Cones
Dribble Cones Dartfish
Passing Drills
Passing Drills Dartfish
Passing Static
Passing Static Dartfish
Shooting
Shooting Dartfish
Tackling
Tackling Dartfish
Heading
Heading Dartfish
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper Dartfish
Goalkeeper Dive
Goalkeeper Dive Dartfish
Football - Cover
Football - 1
Football - 2
Football - 3
Football - 4
Football - 5
Football - 6
Football - 7
Football - 8
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Football - Football Attire Dartfish
Football - 25
Football - 26
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Football - Butt Kicks Dartfish
Football - 45
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Football - 47
Football - Push-Ups Dartfish
Football - 49
Football - 50
Football - Control-Receiving Feet Dartfish
Football - Ctrl-Receiving Thigh Dartfish
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Football - 54
Football - 55
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Football - Dribble Line Drill Dartfish
Football - Dribble Cones Dartfish
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Football - Passing Drills Dartfish
Football - 64
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Football - 67
Football - Passing Static Dartfish
Football - 69
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Football - Shooting Dartfish
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Football - Tackling Dartfish
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Football - Heading Dartfish
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Football - 95
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Football - 100
Football - Goalkeeper Dartfish
Football - Goalkeeper Dive Dartfish
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Football - QS-27
Football - QS-28
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