Hello guys, Coach Fernando here. Today's video is going to be a full training session. This is a friend of mine, his name is Homer. He's a very, very good soccer player, quite technical, very quick. He's got a pretty decent shot. So we'll be walking him through a bunch of exercises to try to help him with this game. This first one, he's just warming up doing some agility side to side, quick fit through the ladder and give him some volleys right and left. Then we're going to move on, as we can see here, into thigh volley, same pattern through the ladder. We're trying to hit about 10 reps with each foot at least, but good reps. So if it's a bad rep, we don't count it, make sure all the reps are good, only count the good reps. Try to build some consistency, be comfortable with your technique. Make sure that every single rep is a good one. You cannot allow room for mistake. On this one, we're going to do chest volley. This one's a bit more complex, especially for young players. As you get older, this gets actually pretty, pretty easy. You actually learn how to master your ball with your chest. Try not to go for the very middle of your chest, the bones there. The ball bounces a bit higher. Try to use your pecs. The side chest a little bit is easier to give some cushion to that ball, so it doesn't go too far out. This one's actually kind of challenging. I'm just tossing the ball at him and he has to control it with his chest, then with his thigh, and then he has to give me a volley. So as you can see, he's doing one with his right, then one with his left leg. He's making it look kind of easy. It's actually not that easy. Just make sure to take your time, start nice and slow, then try to build some speed. If you take a bad touch, try to fix it, not let the ball drop to the ground, and I just give it back. We are moving on to the first passing pattern, still with agility incorporated. He told me he's trying to get a little quicker, so we are going to try to keep the agility component into the exercise that way he coordinates as well. I think one of the things he struggled a bit with was his coordination. He's getting so much better. I remember we had a session a couple months ago, now he's doing much better. His passes are sharp, make sure that passes are firm, no sloppy passes, make sure everything is nice and tidy. Each rep should be about 30 seconds long. It's actually a pretty, pretty tiring drill. I know it's short space, but he's moving actually very quick, and he's really not taking any rest in between. He's actually resting about 10, 15 seconds, and he goes right back at it again. We went for about four sets of this. We did, yeah, four sets of 40 seconds each, and we rested 20 seconds in between. So it was actually very, very exhausting. For this progression, the pattern is going to be the exact same as the last one. Now, instead of passing, he's doing ballies. He's going to be back to me, he's winning with his right on the right side. He's doing it with his left on the left side. See how quick his feet are moving? He is not getting sloppy. He stays on top of it. He's going as fast as he can. He's really, really focusing on this drill. Now for this progression, we are going to do a volley right after you get done with the ladder. Then you go back, and as you're checking forward, I'm going to send the ball a little lower, as you can see, so he can do a half volley. The half volley technique is actually very good to master the ball. He's a lot of times bubbling during the game. So you're going to make sure you adjust on how to deal with a ball that is bouncing. Make sure that if you're going to pass it, your pass of great goals, if you want to finish it, you finish it in the right place. Make sure every single touch is a good touch in the game. The last mistakes, the better player you'll be. This pattern is actually a bit more game realistic. He's trying to turn, playing a 1-2 with the board, then checking out to the right side or the left side. He can go either way. He has the freedom to go whichever way he wants. He's trying to adjust his body according to my pass, which is looking a pretty good job at it. It's way tougher than he looks guys. Don't be deceived. They're like, oh yeah, this is an easy drill. It's actually not easy. Make sure all the touches are sharp. One little pass, if you pass the ball at a right at the wrong angle, then you will mess it up. You start knocking down cones. It's not good. We moved right after to some shooting. We are using the board as a rebounder to play the 1-2. He's just trying to work on that finishing from the side. He plays mostly as a winger. So this is pretty much his signature movement. He's dribbling, taking on players, plays the 1-2 with a target striker, gets the ball back, tries to get a finish from the side. He's actually doing pretty good. As you can see, he's not going as fast as he can. We're taking this round a little easy. You know to get leg warmed up, but you'll see on the next round, the speed improves quite a bit. On this one, he's driving down the line, doing a skill calling through the gate, finishing on the far post. That was actually a pretty good finish. Very good skill learned from Homer. Finish not the best, when you can see that you got to get creative, got a think of new skills, new ways to try to take on defenders. On this one, he just plays a 1-2 with the board, finds me, and acting as a target striker. We're making sure that every shot's a good shot, more than actually looking for speed, we're working on shot accuracy. On this one, he's playing the pass of the board, and I'm forcing Homer to take a good touch, trying to put himself in a good place so he can get a quality finish. Make sure that that touch is a touch that you intend to be perfect to set up your perfect shot so you can actually score. Lastly, we did a quick round, just about five, six balls, I'm just crossing the ball on the ground. He's trying to hammer it hard into the bottom corners. Thank you guys so much for watching. Any more good videos coming in 2019. Stay tuned. Thank you guys for supporting Afterbie Soccer. I'll catch you on the next one. Peace.