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.