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Videocoach Vogelsinger's Dribbling & Feinting (Soccer Series) [VHS]

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The Dribbling and Feinting tape of the 6-tape series is the best of the lot - but only for an adult who is willing to use the fast fwd btton a LOT, with occasional use of the rewind and slow-fwd buttons. There are a lot of techniques shown, but unfortunately without any underlying or organizational framework. It needs some thematic organization - such as "Sheilding - Feinting - Sole Work etc." to give principles that can be generally applied. I took some of the simpler skills to show my U-10 boys with some limited success. I can't imagine any child under 15 having the patience to sit through the many long boring, and repetitive scenes of the kids at his camp doing these drills with varying degrees of success.

This was a good video. I know the one person who reviewed it didn't like the repetition but I think that was one of it's strengths. He showed you the move over and over again adding as he showed it. He didn't really go into the mechanics but just showed you how it was done. The moves were really ingrained into your head. He showed about ten moves which ranged from beginner to advanced. On the negative side the video must be 20 years old and the quality of the film wasn't the best or I would give it five stars. Until I see something like it in a more current version I would recommend it.

Teaches 28 Dribbling & Feinting skills for beginners through professional level. Each skill is shown full speed, in slow motion, and in an instructionial walk-through; alone and against a defender. Testimonial: I started playing soccer 3 years ago at age 44, and dribbling has been the hardest skill for me to learn. Yet, this year I learned advanced skills including the 4 kinds of stepovers by watching a little of this video, practicing, and repeating this until I had gone through the video several times.

-I like the Vogelsinger tapes simply because they portray the proper way to perform the soccer skills from the slowest, most simple touch, to the faster complex moves.
-Yes, it is repetitive. No, he doesn't delve into discussions and descriptions. He simply shows the absolute correct motion and repeats it. Soon he adds to the progression, and repeats it. This is how we learn physical movement, by watching and copying, (not reading or listening). And who cares if the "highlight" footage is old? Are we going to forget about Pele, Cryuff, Rivelino, Zico and Beckenbauer, because they are from the past?
-This tape (in my opinion), is for coaches, not for kids. I don't know many kids even up through college who have the discipline to sit through any soccer tape. Believe me, I've tried. The coaches need to repeat the skills on this tape until they can accurately perform them and then teach them at their next practice session. That's when the kids will learn.
-I have played competitive soccer through college, and now have coached for over a decade. I have reviewed many other training videos including Coerver and Stahl. They all have their strong and weak points but the Vogelsinger series is still one of the best. When it comes time to teach your group of 10 year olds you won't care that the highlight footage was a little old, and the movie a little grainey, but you will find yourself slowly demonstrating the moves in a deliberate fashion, adding a little to each progression, and then correcting obvious errors...... just like the tape.
-I will add that although the tape does a great job demonstrating the feints from a variety of angles, it doesn't address how to have the kids practice the newly learned feints. He only shows his players milling around in a large grid. I would like to see him go to the next progression, add some passive defense, increase the speed and then add game conditions. For this reason, I only gave it 4 stars.
-But, besides that, anyone who thinks they can upload soccer skills to kids, like some sort of a "computer" driver, without extensive demonstration and practiced repitition (just like the tape), probably hasn't taught a lot of dribbling skills, or truely learned the proper techniques, themselves. :-)

I am new to the game and I needed some type of advice that you can only get from a coach. It's hard to find someone to teach you things if you are over 30, like me, and not part of a team. This video breaks down, by way od slow motion, what you need to develop fainting and break-away skills. I learn from this video and literally amazed people with my new techniques. I highly recommend this video.

THIS VIDEO IS GREAT. THE DRILLS GO FROM EASY TO ADVANCED AND THEY EXPLAIN EVERYTHING VERY WELL. I HAVE WATCHED THE VIDEO WITH SEVERAL FRIENDS AND WE ALL AGREE THE VIDEO WILL HELP US IN PLACES WE LACK.

The video provided several excellent examples of drills which progressed from simple to complex. My under - 8 rec. team kids have really responded to them and even started trying to use them in games!

This video is low budget and outdated. The audio quality is very poor, the video is poorly shot and edited, and the instruction is mindless. "Coach" Vogelsinger's instruction amounts to simple directions which he demonstrates. But all you hear is his garbled, high-pitched voice saying "There... and there.... and there..." which is supposed to highlight some technique. He never looks at the camera and the audio seems dubbed. After his demonstration there is footage of students trying the moves.

It contains grainy old footage of NASL and World Cup matches. This video is at least ten years out of date.

The video has Vogelsinger teaching skill drills at a soccer camp. The detail is good for understanding the dribbling moves. He repeats the commands over and over so that the student gets the message. It is long and not a good "movie" video. You will learn something to teach to your players that are at least 10 and over.

The video has Vogelsinger teaching skill drills at a soccer camp. The detail is good for understanding the dribbling moves. It is long and not a good "movie" video. You will learn something to teach to your players that are at least 10 and over.