How To Get GOOD At Football

Summary

This video script outlines a two-step process to master football skills for a professional level. Step one focuses on mastering the basics through progressive drills to make techniques second nature. Step two involves unrestricted training to develop instinct-driven play, simulating game scenarios to enhance natural instincts and speed of play. The script shares personal experiences and offers practical exercises to help viewers improve their football skills.

Takeaways

• 🏆 The speaker discovered a formula at 16 that helped them jump three levels in football skill in a single year.
• 🔥 They went from a beginner to playing against the Canadian national team and being in a professional club's Youth Academy.
• 📚 The two-step process involves mastering the right technique to make it muscle memory and then increasing play speed through natural training.
• 🤔 Mastering the basics means acquiring the right technique so that it becomes second nature, like the best footballers in the world.
• 📈 The principle of Progressive Overall Through Difficulty is used to build muscle memory by starting with basic drills and gradually increasing difficulty.
• 🔁 The training involves 'football overload' to rewire the system and instill new techniques, replacing bad habits.
• 🌀 The progression starts with basic dribbling, then zigzag drills, plus drills with more changes in direction, and finally, a complex drill with 1v1 and many directional changes.
• 📅 A weekly schedule is suggested with monthly progressions to build a solid technical foundation.
• 💡 To compete at a professional level, one must increase the speed of play and rely on instincts rather than thinking during the game.
• 🏃‍♂️ Unrestricted training exercises are recommended to become instinct-driven, including unrestricted dribbling, positional play, and shooting.

Q & A

What is the primary goal of the training process described in the video?

The primary goal is to help players master basic football techniques, make them muscle memory, and increase their speed of play through natural training methods, enabling them to compete in a professional environment.

What is the first step in the training method, according to the video?

The first step is mastering the basics, which involves acquiring the correct techniques in various aspects of football and reinforcing them until they become automatic or instinctive.

What is meant by 'Progressive Overload' in this training process?

Progressive Overload refers to starting with basic drills and gradually increasing the difficulty to challenge the player's technique, which helps solidify the techniques into muscle memory.

Why does the speaker emphasize using laces while dribbling?

Using laces while dribbling is highlighted because it is the right technique to drive into space, and reinforcing this habit through drills ensures players perform the technique correctly and efficiently during games.

How does the speaker suggest players eliminate bad habits?

The speaker suggests overloading football by constantly challenging techniques and reinforcing the correct ones. This method helps eliminate bad habits while instilling new and better ones.

What is 'unrestricted training,' and why is it important?

Unrestricted training involves exercises where players don't think and instead rely on their instincts. This method is important because it helps players become instinct-driven, allowing them to react faster in game situations without overthinking.

How does unrestricted dribbling differ from regular dribbling drills?

Unrestricted dribbling takes place on a full field, allowing players to visualize game scenarios and defenders, letting their instincts take over as they perform various moves without consciously thinking about them.

What is the purpose of the 'unrestricted positional' drill?

The 'unrestricted positional' drill involves players practicing in their specific game positions (e.g., winger, striker) and visualizing themselves in real game scenarios. The goal is to reinforce instincts in these specific roles and situations.

What does the speaker suggest about incorporating this type of training into a weekly schedule?

The speaker advises doing these unrestricted drills on days without team training, as they are taxing on both the body and mind. The drills should be used to reprogram a player's instincts.

How does the speaker suggest players transfer these skills into real games?

The speaker recommends applying these principles in real games by playing small-sided matches and being part of a team. This ensures the work done in training translates directly into game performance.

Outlines

00:00

🚀 Mastering Football Techniques

The speaker shares his journey from a beginner to a professional football player, highlighting a two-step process to master football techniques. The first step involves acquiring the right techniques and turning them into muscle memory through a principle called Progressive Overload. This method starts with basic drills and gradually increases in difficulty to challenge and rewire the player's technique. The speaker demonstrates dribbling drills as an example, emphasizing the importance of using the laces to drive the ball into space. The goal is to make the game easier by relying on subconscious technical abilities.

05:00

🏃‍♂️ Becoming Instinct-Driven

The second paragraph delves into the concept of becoming instinct-driven on the football field, contrasting it with basic technique training that requires conscious thought. The speaker introduces 'unrestricted training' as a method to rely on natural instincts during play. This includes exercises like unrestricted dribbling, positional play, and shooting, where the player visualizes game scenarios and trusts their instincts without overthinking. The aim is to train the mind to operate on autopilot, similar to professional players like Neymar and Messi, who rely on their instincts rather than conscious thought during gameplay. The speaker suggests incorporating these exercises into a weekly training schedule to enhance performance and prepare for real-game situations.

Keywords

💡Mastering the Basics

Mastering the Basics refers to acquiring the correct techniques in football and making them second nature through muscle memory. In the video, the speaker emphasizes the importance of starting with fundamental skills and gradually increasing the difficulty to internalize these techniques. This concept is central to the video's theme of progressing from a beginner to a professional level in football.

💡Muscle Memory

Muscle Memory is the process by which certain physical tasks become automatic through repeated practice. The video describes how top footballers perform techniques without conscious thought, relying on their muscle memory developed over years of training. This is a key component in achieving a professional level of play.

💡Progressive Overload

Progressive Overload is a principle in training where the difficulty of exercises is gradually increased to stimulate muscle growth and improve performance. The video script uses this term to illustrate how to enhance technical skills in football by starting with basic drills and progressively making them more challenging.

💡Dribbling

Dribbling is a fundamental football skill where a player controls the ball and moves with it using their feet. The video provides a detailed progression of dribbling drills, starting from basic technique to more complex maneuvers, to demonstrate how to improve this skill through practice.

💡Technique

Technique in football refers to the way a player performs actions such as passing, shooting, or dribbling. The video stresses the importance of mastering the right technique to make these actions efficient and effective. It is highlighted as a crucial element for competing at a professional level.

💡Instinct-Driven

Being 'Instinct-Driven' means relying on one's natural reactions and intuition rather than conscious thought during gameplay. The video discusses how professional footballers often operate on instinct, which allows them to react quickly and effectively without needing to think about their actions.

💡Unrestricted Training

Unrestricted Training is a method where players perform exercises without overthinking, allowing their instincts to guide their actions. The video introduces several unrestricted drills to help players develop an instinct-driven approach to the game.

💡Zigzag Drill

The Zigzag Drill is a type of football training exercise designed to improve a player's ability to change direction while maintaining control of the ball. It is mentioned in the script as a progression from basic dribbling drills to more complex skill development.

💡1v1

1v1 refers to a situation in football where a player faces an opponent one-on-one. The video includes a 1v1 drill as part of the progression for dribbling, emphasizing the importance of being able to beat defenders and maintain control of the ball.

💡Instinctive Play

Instinctive Play is when a player relies on their natural abilities and reactions to make plays on the field without overthinking. The video encourages viewers to develop instinctive play through unrestricted training to reach a higher level of performance.

💡Weekly Schedule

The Weekly Schedule mentioned in the video outlines a structured plan for training, including both basic technique practice and instinct-driven drills. It serves as a blueprint for players to systematically improve their skills over time.

Highlights

Discovered a Formula at age 16 that helped jump three levels in a single year.

Went from a beginner to playing against the Canadian national team and being in a professional club's Youth Academy.

Two-step process to master the right technique and increase speed of play through natural training.

Mastering the basics means acquiring the right technique and making it muscle memory.

Best footballers don't have to think when executing techniques; it comes naturally from training and experience.

Right technique is part of their play style, making the game easier with speed and precision.

Progressive overload through difficulty to rewire the system and execute patterns with the right technique.

Overloading football to reprogram the system with the right technique and play style.

Dribbling is the first group targeted for technique improvement.

Level one dribbling drill emphasizes technique using laces to drive into space.

Zigzag drill reinforces right technique with added element of changing direction.

Tier three dribbling drill introduces more changes in direction and creativity.

Fourth progression includes 1v1 with many changes of direction.

Four-step gradual progression for dribbling demonstrated.

Need to build a solid technical foundation with a weekly schedule over 5 months.

Professional footballers are instinct-driven, not thinking when they play.

Instincts work faster than the thinking state of mind.

Unrestricted training method to become instinct-driven.

Three exercises for unrestricted training: dribbling, positional play, and shooting.

Unrestricted dribbling uses full field for game-realistic scenarios.

Unrestricted positional play visualizes game scenarios to trust instincts.

Unrestricted shooting focuses on creating shots and scoring.

Apply these principles in small side games and team play for real-game application.

Transcripts

today you're going to learn how to

master the basics and get yourself to a

level where you can actually compete in

a professional environment it is a

Formula I discovered at the age of 16

which helped me jump three levels in a

single year which eventually got me to a

level where I can compete in a

professional environment how I went from

a complete beginner to playing against

the Canadian national team and being in

a professional club's Youth Academy I'm

going to take you through a two-step

process that ens show you master the

right technique and have it become

messal memory then drastically increase

speed of play through natural training

that'll get you to the professional

level but before I do earlier this year

I made a video that broke down exactly

how I went from being 12 and a refugee

in a brand new country to playing for

one of the most elite clubs in the world

at the age of 18 but more importantly

how I played against Alonso Davies with

the Canadian national team came to train

with us let's go first is mastering the

basics mastering the basics simply means

acquiring the right technique in all

aspects and having you become muscle

memory you don't think you just do and

it just comes naturally to you the best

footballers in the world don't have to

think when they're EX exting a technique

they just do simply based on their

training and their experiences that

they've acquired over the years of

playing the game the right technique is

simply part of their play style this

makes the game a whole lot easier as

your body subconscious knows how to do

what you want with speed and precision

overall it's your technical ability so

let's build that we're going to do this

through a principle called Progressive

overall through difficulty which means

simply starting with the very Basics

then gradually making it harder to

challenge technique so it becomes muscle

memory this is a football overload as we

are rewiring our system to execute

patterns in a specific different way

than what we have been taught before so

we need to overload football to rewire

our system and reprogram it the way we

want it to be with the right technique

and program it into our play style to

make the game easier and more effortless

plus while we're overloading football is

to get rid of bad habits and instill new

ones let's go for this demo we're going

to be targeting one group which is

dribbling and this will be level one of

dribbling very basic fundamental drill

just emphasizing technique so here I

would just dribble with laces which is

the right technique to drive into space

with let me show you just use your laces

I'm going to go with my right foot there

left foot back remember to work on both

feet very important so right foot laces

just dribbling with speed going there

stopping the ball and coming back with

the left foot just like this stopping

the ball and I'm going to repeat this

for however many sets I wish to do now

the next progression in difficulty is

going to be the zigzag drill which again

we're reinforcing the right technique

which is driving to space with laces but

now there's an element of changeing

Direction This is to gradually make the

exercises harder so the right technique

becomes muscle memory so again driving

with laces right technique change

direction again driving laces right

technique change direction same thing

again and again obviously go faster than

I am but this is just an example now the

next progression which I like to call

tier three is going to be the plus Dr

many different changes in Direction and

more element of creativity added into

this one which is gradually more

difficult

than the zigzag drill let me show you so

you go in this order a much more

challenging much more difficult and

different elements added and

Incorporated in it whilst maintaining

the driving into space with laces which

is the right

technique remember the main element of

these drills is to drive the ball with

laces always always reinforcing the

right technique otherwise even though

you're doing the drill you're not really

getting the most out of it finally the

fourth and last last progression for

this demo is going to be this I don't

know what it's called but it's something

I created and there's an element of 1 V

one into this one plus many changes of

Direction so let's get into it so right

here One V one go through

it

back again just going through it as fast

as I

can and when you get to the beginning

it's going to go

around all the way

around

and you repeat going the other way at

the end always working on both feet but

this will be the last progression for

dribbling now I just showed you a

four-step gradual progression for

dribbling you'll do the exact same for

passing receiving One V ones and

shooting this is what a weekly schedule

will look like in the week you have 5

Seconds to

screenshot then every month you go into

the next step I like to break it down to

5 months and if you do it correctly 5

months is enough to build a solid

technical Foundation this alone isn't

going to get you to a level where you

can compete with professionals or kids

who have been in the system simply

because their speed of play is much

faster than yours and it is because of

this these footballers are Instinct

driven meaning they do not think when

they play they just do and after looking

at the study it clearly stated that

instincts work faster way faster than

the thinking State of Mind even prime

Hazard talked about it just watch this

video what you're telling me is what you

do most of the time is instinct in yeah

he's Instinct even Man City Riad

morz um never trained it's just like

since I'm young uh yes like instinct I

know how to control the ball since I'm

young that's why I have the best touch

in the

world there's also a study done on

Neymar by Japanese neurologist that

stated that he's on autopilot meaning

he's Instinct driven even Messi stated

himself I do not think about the player

visualiz anything I do what comes to me

at that moment instincts it has always

been that way so what does that mean for

you first stop the basic cor ju as that

reinforces a thinking State of Mind as

you're are thinking throughout the drill

the opposite of what we want to achieve

let me show you guys how to actually

become Instinct driven I found a

Training Method called unrestricted

training which is gism exercises where

you do not think and you just rely on

your instincts letting your Natural

Instincts flow and learning to trust

your body and mind to trust your

instincts here are three exercises I do

now every time I go out to train let's

go first I'm probably the most helpful

says is unrestricted dribbling which I

like to use the full field because it's

more game realistic as I can visualize

myself in different situations you can

use visualization to your advantage here

visualize Defenders coming at you and

beating them and just let your instincts

flow do not think that is very important

I'm going to visualize the fer right

here beat him with the one step over

another one right here double step over

driving to space

now reverse elastical cut back go for

however long you want but remember this

drill is only as effective as the effort

you put into it don't think just

visualize different scenarios and just

let your Natural Instincts flow very

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second is literally the most game

realistic drill I can think of which is

unrestricted positional so you go in the

position that you would find yourself in

a game for me I'm a Winger so right now

I'm on the by line so I'm a Winger I'm

on the by line I visualize myself in a

game literally going through game

realistic scenarios visualizing myself

in these scenarios beating a player

Crossing it searching the ball taking a

shot beating a player and cutting in and

finishing literally whatever comes to

mind you may need a couple balls for

this

but let me just show you guys a little

demo so right now I'm a right winger def

right here I'm going to beat him there's

another def right here cut in take care

of him one V one I'm approaching I'm

approaching beat him and then finish

wo have fun with it that's the whole

point of this but learn to trust your

instincts and just let your instincts

flow don't think that is not what we

want like I said with the basics

training you have to incorporate the

right technique but for this the right

technique would be just letting your

instincts flow that's how you make the

most out of these

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sessions now into the third drill let's

go third is unrestricted shooting

whichever position you're in you have to

be able to score and not just score open

Nets but be able to create your own shot

and score and finish pretend as the

defender right in front of you visualize

him coming in and you're GNA beat him

based on that visualization so pretend

the defender right here he's forcing me

out wide I'm just going to cut in and

finish it I'm going to do the same thing

on the left and right side to work on

different aspects of my game get many

balls and do this a lot because this is

what's helped me get to that next level

especially when I was 18 years

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when trained this way you only want to

do this on days you don't have team

training because this is very taxing on

the body and psychologically as well as

we are reprogramming our mind to rely on

instincts remember what I said in Basics

training football overload now we're

emphasizing on performance this is my my

weekly schedule now you have 5 Seconds

to

screenshot anyways this type of training

Al L will not get you to a level where

you can compete at a pro environment you

need to be applying these principles

against real people so play small side

games and be on a team so this work

transfers directly to the real game I

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