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[quote=Anonymous]There's more than one person pointing out the issues with unopposed drilling here . . .

When parents ask me about outside training, this is what I tell them:

Very focused small group training with expert coaches, as mentioned above, is the type of training that's absolutely worth the time and cost. You will see 10x improvements or better than individual training.

With individual unopposed training, the player gets better at the drill (so improvement seems to happen) but there is little relative game transfer when you take into account the effort required.

You must watch like a hawk for negative transfer from cone drills with players younger than about 13.

Unopposed drills on a very limited basis are absolutely critical for building player confidence and giving them easy successes that they can use as a foundation for advanced technical training.

Unopposed technique work is extremely good for practicing ball striking because you play a cross when the defender is body lengths away or you strike a free kick when the wall is distant.

Unless players conspicuously lack coordination, balance, and core strength, they should smoothly master unopposed cone drills very quickly. At that point, you let them compete! Again, small group training is best.

There is a tendency by soccer parents today to want to hide players from competition during training. They like to watch orderly cone drills where players aren't stressed. What players of every age need for accelerated development is to be placed under defensive pressure, very nearly at all times.

Lecture over, let the angry comments continue.

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