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COPA SKILLS CHALLENGE

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We are excited to unveil the Copa Skills Challenge!  FC Copa Academy Players have been doing a tremendous job staying engaged at home and keeping up with their training during the Covid-19 outbreak through all our offerings on the Virtual Training Portal.

 

Our Coaches recognize the desire for our players to compete, and in response we have developed the Copa Skills Challenge.  Over the next 9 weeks, we are rolling out a new competition in two stages.  
 

Copa Weekly Skills Challenge: Players will be tasked by their coaches to submit a video of a weekly Techne Futbol inspired challenge. We'll share the videos to see how we measure up within our teams and recognize everyone's efforts.

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Copa GameDay Competitions: Based on the Copa Weekly Skills Challenge, each FC Copa Academy team’s coach will select one player to represent the team.  

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Saturday is Competition Day:  The selected players from each team will have until Noon that day to record a new Copa Skills Challenge video and submit (or keep the video they already submitted).  Our panel of FC Copa Academy coaches will view the videos submitted, critique and select a winning submission from each Group.  Those group winners will then face off in the SuperGroup categories.

 

Sunday is Selection Sunday:  We’ll post the best videos on FC Copa's Social Media Channels matching up Group A, Groups B-C, Groups D-F and Groups G-I.  The SuperGroup Winners will be posted here weekly.

SEE RESULTS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS

FC COPA SKILLS CHALLENGE

Week #10 (2014-2001)

Week of  Monday, June 8th - Sunday, June 14th

 

We are pleased to announce the Copa Weekly Challenge for Week #10.  This week we are letting the players loose and challenging their personal skills with the ball.  Show us some of the moves, turns and dribbling techniques covered in the Thursday Virtual Training Sessions!!! & Add your own too!!!

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GROUPS ABC DEF GHI (2014-2001)

20 Second Freestyle Video

  • Each player has 20 secs to demonstrate as many moves as possible

  • How many Stages below can you include in your video

  • Stage 1: Dribbling, Scissors and Stepovers

  • Stage 2: Shoulder Checks, V Cuts and L Turns

  • Stage 3: Covering Space, Turns (Outside, Inside, Sole, Cruyff etc)

  • Stage 4: Speed of Play & Quick Change of Direction

  • Stage 5: ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD!!!

TIPS: Do not stay in one place, do not face the same direction the entire time, combine moves without letting the ball stop rolling, is your head facing down the entire time, did you give yourself a big enough area to cover, did you do anything to WOW the coaches reviewing your video.

 

VIDEOS ARE DUE: FRIDAY 06/12 by 6pm.

Submit to your FC Copa Academy Coach for review.

WEEK 9: Juggling

To find the exercise, go to: Techne Futbol Time Trials

2014-2007 Players: Right Foot Thigh (#5)

2007-2001 Players: Criss Cross (#7) 

Make sure to check what group you're in!

Videos Due To Your Coaches Before 6pm on Friday, June 5

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GROUPS ABC (2014-2007)

RIGHT FOOT - RIGHT THIGH OR LEFT FOOT - LEFT THIGH

  • How many consecutive juggles can you complete in 30 seconds

  • Using the following pattern: 

    • (Right Foot - Right Thigh OR Left Foot - Left Thigh)

  • If you drop it! Pick it up and continue!

  • If you NEVER drop it! Time will stop at 30 seconds

  • Coaches will review your video and count how many you got

 

GROUPS DEF & GHI (2007-2001)

CRISS CROSS

  • How many consecutive juggles can you complete in 1 minute

  • Using the following pattern:

    • (Right Foot - Left Thigh - Right Thigh - Right Foot)

  • If you drop it! The time will stop and that will be your score!

  • If you NEVER drop it! The time will stop at 1 minute.

  • 1 point for every pattern completed.

WEEK 9 GROUP WINNERS

WEEK 9 SUPERGROUP WINNERS

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