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[quote=asksoccernova]For your U11 player with a DA program -

Definitely no treadmill... I don't think kids should even worry about any kind of pure endurance training until 9th grade at the very earliest.

Order yourself a copy of "Soccer Fundamentals For Players and Coaches" by Weil Coerver, and have your son start working through each section.

There are 5 sections in the book. Each section has 15 different ball control moves (so there are a total of 75 different moves in the book)

1) Controlling the body and the ball
2) Agility & Flexibility
3) Quickness with the feet
4) Feints (fakes)
5) 1v1 moves

In one practice session, spend 10 minutes on each move. 3 minutes at "learning speed", 3m faster speed, and 3m as fast as possible, just round it out to 10 minutes.

He should be able to complete 3 moves per session (30 minutes total).

After 25 of these sessions, he will have worked through the entire book and will have greatly improved his foot skills. I actually recommend repeating each section twice in a row to really ingrain the movements into the long-term memory, which means 50 sessions to complete the entire book. Then repeat.

This is great training for any player regardless of age or ability level. 
Scale up or scale down on the amount of time spent per move based on age and commitment/motivation level of the player.[/quote]

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