Fisayo Adarabioyo

Football, also known as soccer, is one of the most popular sports in the world. It is one of the most rewarding sports to get into as well. This sport offers a lot of health and fitness benefits. It is also one of the best character-building sports that place emphasis on proper teamwork as well.   Career-wise, professional players can also find football lucrative. The best players are usually paid millions of dollars and they won't have problems finding a good team or club to play for.   To be a good, professional football player though, you need to get tutelage and training from the right football coach. And what are the qualities you should look for in the right football coach to work with? These qualities include the following:   • Patience. This is one of the most important characteristics every football coach should have. 12 players (sometimes even more) require a lot of attention. The ideal coach is one who doesn't expect everything to run smoothly on th...

Conditioning: Quick step crossing   Football is all about action and reaction, and those that practice reacting quickly in a variety of directions will dominate the field. This drill will help players quickly change directions on the field. The drill takes place in small four corner area that you can draw out or use the lines of the field. The drill starts by having a player stand in one area or box, and has them jump diagonally, laterally, frontwards, and backwards from one area to another. Coaches should encourage one foot jumping to increase further strength and reactions on the field.   Playbook Practicing   Practicing the plays is fun, and also very important. When you master your part of the play it will strengthen your team and yourself. In order to start learning a play, make sure that you first pay attention to the instructions when they are given. As you start to practice the play make sure to slow it down, there is no sense in practicing errors. Rem...

The most important skill for wide receivers to possess aside from confidence is knowing how to catch a football. Don't not be mistaken, catching a football is not as easy as it may seem. If it were, there would be less defensive backs out there in the world of football - trust me. Imagine, a bullet pass being thrown to you by Michael Vick at just a few yards out; Something "simple" suddenly becomes a bit more challenging and requires ample focus. If you aim to be an electrifying wide receivers with the ability to snag any ball out of the air on command, here are the fundamentals to catching a football you must first learn:   Hand eye coordination Hand strength Focus Proper hand placement Tuck the ball in and protect it Hand eye coordination is the foundation to learning how to catch a football and is simply the coordinated control of eye movement with hand movement, and the processing of visual input to guide reaching and grasping. In this case we're working on hand e...

  Drive Block Driving and blocking are the bases for a good lineman. The drive block is the most fundamental and should be practiced often. This drive block means that you are going to push the opponent in the direction that they are aligned. The first step of this block is the scrimmage alignment, in order to drive to the right or left this basic block will push your opponent in the way that they are aligned, so if they are aligned to the right the drive will push them to the right. When driving start with your play side foot. Move quickly and in a speed bursting motion, make solid contact with your opponent to drive them off in the direction that you want. Running will increase performance Endurance is the name of the game when it comes to football, and running will help you endurance grow. Though dull and sometimes boring, these running drills will help you play your hardest until the end of the game. Though running drills can be a big help to your game, many people complain the...