We want to share a statistic from a major European soccer league with you. Tracking close to 150 games they measured the amount of 1v1 situations each of the teams won in a game. They then correlated the 1v1 success to wins, ties and losses. The results are:
The team that won the majority of 1v1 battles:
- won 48% of the games
- tied 23 % of the games
- lost 29% of the games
One way of looking at this statistic is to say that if you win the majority of 1v1 situations in soccer, you have a better than 70% chance of not losing the game.
We think this is incentive for coaches to train 1v1 situations. Our soccer drills and practice plans emphasize 1v1. Also, click on the soccer skills training link below to access the Coerver Coaching system and other soccer skill training resources.
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