German Football Association

Authors: Ralf Peter, Gerd Bode Length: 104 minutes   Modern Youth Training - Part 2 Playing and Practicing with Six to Eight-Year-Olds   Building Blocks for training sessions - General movement training - Soccer-oriented movement training - Soccer specific technique training   Indoor and Outdoor Sessions - Free play, welcome, solo exercises with the ball  - Exercises for better dribbling  - Partner exercises and competitions  - Motivational game: Fish and the fisherman  - Ball gymnastics  - Movement exercises with the ball  - Simple soccer games    Key concepts  - Tag games - Dribbling  - Faking - Passing - Shooting

Presenter: Ralf Peter (DFB coach and educator)  Editorial Direction: Erich Rutemöller (former DFB Director of Coaching)  Length: 57 minutes   Ball-oriented Defense Introducing Basic Defense Formations This eVideo shows how to start teaching the basics of ball-oriented defense (providing support, covering teammates, double teaming on the player with the ball) at the 11- and 12-year-old age level. For more advanced players, it also present a step-by-step procedure for introducing defense formations, using the back four as an example. The third part of this eVideo contains exercises developed specially to teach individual and group defense tactics.  eVideo includes: - Using small-sided games to teach tactics (games in which one team outnumbers the other) - Teaching the back four step by step; basic movements, back four against attacking formation with two forwards cooperation with midfield and goalkeeper. - Teaching ball-oriented defense step by step: basic individual tactics, defending in pais, fending in groups of three.

Length: 130 minutes   This eVideo about dribbling moves show you how to systematically expand your players´ repertoire, regardless of age or skill level.What´s unique: You can see how 12-year-olds learn the techniques, 17-year-olds refine them, and German national team players execute them perfectly. Content: Scissors and step-overs the importance of moves in soccer Training objectives for different age levels Detailes technical explanations: step-over, double step-over, scissor, double scissors Eleven systematic steps for introducing and teaching the scissors and the step-over Age-specific training information for 12-year-olds and 17-year-olds Former german national team players Mehmet Scholl and Bernd Schneider demonstrate the scissors and the step-over

Length: 57 minutes   Training Programs for Solo Practice   Scoring on a volley or bicycle kick, successfully dribbling past multiple opponents, creative tricks and fakes - thease are the things that make soccer so fascinating and get the fans excited. It all comes down to having a good feel for the ball. The "Ball Magic" eVideo from the DFB (German Soccer Association) is designed to motivate young player to practice on their own, so they can start developing a broad repertoire of techniques. In this eVideo, you´ll find more than 100 exercises that can help you become a "ball magician" too! Index: Dribblings and stunts Dribbling Fast footwork Coordination exercises Fast changes of direction "Magic tricks" Juggling, Ball Controll, Passing and Shooting, Partner Exercises Juggling Ball control Passing and shooting Partner exercises

Authors: Ralf Peter, Gerd Bode Duration: about 94 minutes     Modern Youth Training Part 3 Playing and Practicing with Eight to Twelve-Year-Olds   Building blocks for training sessions - General movement training - Soccer oriented movement training - Soccer specific technique training   Learning basic techniques - Dribbling, faking, passing and receiving, shooting and heading   Dribbling games - Exercises to improve dribbling skill - Changing directions while dribbling  - Slalom dribbling and shooting  - Creating a session on dribbling   Tips on organizing a session - Using a single setup for multiple exercises  - Line exercises and rotations  - Competitions for two teams playing simultaneously - Station training  - Simple soccer games in a 3 v 3 setting

Length: about 102 minutes Authors: Ralf Peter, Gerd Bode    Modern Youth Training - Part 1 Playing and Practicing with Five- to Six-Year-Olds   Building blocks for play session - General movement training  - Soccer-oriented movement training  - Playing soccer   Indoor and outdoor play session samples - Tag games and relays - Age appropriate games 4 + 1 and 5 + 1   The role of the coach  - The coaches job - Player guidance: Problems and how to solve them  - Working with parents