Combine 21U Soccer Services
Test players in a free open combine those who reach the grades indicating prospect level professional development are offered the opportunity to enter the Regional Development Soccer academy training and conditioning semester.
Combine 21U test short speed and long speed of talent.
Standard Soccer Evaluation
Position Class
Positional Players
Goalies
Categories
Physical
Tactical
Technical
Character
Physical
Metrics (0-10)
Coordination
Speed
Agility
Endurance
Power
Communication
Decisions
Position
Use of Space
Support
Vision
Tackling
Passing
Control
Dribbling
Heading
Shooting
Concentration
Sportsmanship
Strength
Speed
Explosiveness
Balance
Agility
Fitness
Vertical (in.)
Distribution
Decisions
Play Reading
Attacking
Communication
1 on 1
Decisions
Distribution
Play Reading
Attacking
Communication
Shooting
Concentration
Competitiveness
Small-Sided Games
Regional Development Soccer Academy Institute also place field players on small teams, called ‘sides’ fewer than 11 participants are evaluated in skills. Teammates put on scrimmage training vests, and play on sides as small as two against one, six against six or in many other combinations. The players get multiple opportunities to touch the ball in the tryout setup similar to how pros train. The small-sided game is considered the established standard of RDS academy, tryouts, rather than drills per se, which are more allied to training sessions.
Rapid Fire
Unlike field players, goalkeepers selected for RDS go through drills to see who will make the academy school roster. These include Rapid Fire, a drill designed to test the fitness and range of goalkeepers. Each keeper takes a turn in goal, where they face a rapid fire of both shots and crosses. Seven offensive players bring the ball down, including two wingers on each side who are also being tested on their quality of crossing. Three central strikers try to receive the cross and take a shot from the edge of the penalty box. The drill continues until all the strikers hit their shots. “It is pretty exhausting for a keeper, but you go in once and you are done.
3 v. 2 v. 1
For this drill, two goals are placed on short field of 20 yards, with a keeper in each goal. “The keepers are not assigned to a team, and are generally allowed to switch goals after a designated time, otherwise they'd always be facing the 3 v. 2 or the 2 v. 1,” Start with two players defending one goal. Three players from the opposite team attack the two defenders’ goal. The person from the team of three who shoots or loses the ball immediately becomes the defender “1.” The two players who were previously defending are now on the attack, while the two remaining players from the original three stay as the next two defenders at the goal they were just attacking. “Since this drill involves small numbers, it conveys which players are very good at working off the ball, which players are capable of thinking quickly while they're on the ball and which players have confidence in their attacking and defending abilities.