Soccer Coach Weekly

Moritz Kossmann - Turning

Soccer Coach Weekly Season 2 Episode 70

Moritz Kossmann defines turning as: “A change of direction on the ball while you are in possession of the ball".

Moritz is a coach at Ubuntu Football Academy in Cape Town, where he coaches the U21s, who play in the third tier of South African football, and oversees the senior section, made up of U18s and U16s.


Having previously discussed receiving the ball, moving with it and finishing, he now talks to SCW about turning – why it is so important to the game, how players off the ball can support the player in possession while turning and what the building blocks of learning turning techniques are…

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