Skill Training

Drills Practice

Collection of tasks that require repetition of movements in order to take a skill from the acquisition stage to an autonomous mastery stage.
Drills differ from sport to sport based on the skills required.
Often carried out together in a team or individually.
Drill practices should include a variety of tasks to be performed to prevent boredom and lack of creativity.
Short and frequent drill sessions provide more outcomes.

Modified and Small-Sided Games

Modified and small-sided games should be carried out along with drill practice to simulate a real game play scenario in order to assess how athletes are using the skills.
Modified games work exactly like an original sport would do, but with slight changes to the rules.
Modified games are an effective way to identify gaps in training as well as improvisation.

Games for Specific Outcomes

Decision-making
- Modified games that mirror real gameplay can indulge athletes into directed thinking and decision-making under different game conditions.
- The 3-on-2 game can be used as an example to provide a real game scenario and compel the athlete to think his steps through without consuming much time.
Tactical awareness
- These games are designed for skilled actions taken in order based on situations to reach a target.
- Effective for team sports where athletes have to keep changing their strategies based on what the opponent team is doing.
- An example of a game for tactic awareness is recreating corner kicks during a football match, where crossing, creating space, defending and shooting skills work in order towards scoring a goal.