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Cape Town City Football Club was announced yesterday, adding a much needed boost to the Mother City

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thanks Gary

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The first football kit featuring a hijab: Afghanistan Football Federation and Hummel

In addition to creating a gorgeous shirt reflective of a diverse set of artistic styles and national symbols of Afghanistan, Hummel has designed the new women’s kit with an integrated hijab for female footballers.

‘We don’t sponsor the biggest teams in the world, but we make partnerships with teams and clubs with a story to tell, like Afghanistan,’ Hummel owner Christian Stadil said. Hummel’s mission statement is ‘Change the World through Sport’.

‘We try to meet the Afghan people where they are, and right now that is by helping the women play football with or without a hijab’.

Through official bans on women’s sports instituted before the fall of the Taliban, prejudice that has endured long since, and a lack of institutional support from both domestic and global sporting authorities—including the International Football Association Board (IFAB), who outlawed hijabs and religious head coverings until 2012—women’s football in Afghanistan has grown against all odds. 

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This is LA

Reminding the rest of the world that winter is a foreign concept in Southern California, the LA Galaxy released their new kit in the city they call home. Bringing in the whole squad for the shoot, Steven Gerrard, Gio dos Santos, Robbie Rogers, Robbie Keane, and some of the club’s supporters stretch across every corner of Los Angeles. They even found Landon Donovan in his element on Manhattan beach. The series was captured by Hana Asano, Robert Mora, and Albert Lanzillo. See more of LA here.

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Beast mode soccer

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How to be a midfield destroyer

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Pirlo on pressure: “I don’t feel pressure … I don’t give a toss about it. I spent the afternoon of Sunday, 9 July, 2006 in Berlin sleeping and playing the PlayStation. In the evening, I went out and won the World Cup.”

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Local game, Mitchells Plain United @NY49

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(Tip) Try maintaining correct balance whilst shifting

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Preseason

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Improving Speed, Agility and Reaction Time

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Try using various balls to improve coordination & reactions. (Sponge, rugby, smaller skill soccer balls, tennis etc)

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Reaction & first touch

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3 Drills to Improve Your Reaction Time

Source: http://www.coreperformance.com/daily/ An athlete’s reaction to a stimulus—like a sprinter’s response to the starting gun—is an inherent ability to ignite dynamic action. But that organic movement involves a variety of outside influences, including practice, experience, anticipation, strength, and coordination. Each athlete has a built-in, limited time range to react, but there is plenty of room for improvement. To do just that, try incorporating the agility and speed exercises below into your training regimen. “Providing a strong foundation of skill with pre-programmed movements is key,” says Craig Freidman, vice president of the Performance Innovation team at EXOS. That’s because such training will provide you with the confidence and ability to put you body in the right positions to take advantage of split-second situations on the playing field. Adds Mark Verstegen, founder of EXOS, “A person can have great reaction time, but it doesn’t help if his or her body can’t do anything about the stimulus.” 4-Cone Agility Drill Place four cones on the ground so that they form a square, 3 to 5 yards long on each side. Have your training partner randomly point to cones, moving as quickly as possible to them. As soon as a different cone is indicated, change direction accordingly regardless of whether or not the previous cone was reached. Utilize proper cutting angles, acceleration, crossover, and shuffling skills. Mirror Drill Place two cones 10 to 15 yards apart. Stand between the cones, facing your workout partner. One partner moves randomly between cones as the other mimics their movement as if they were a mirror image. Go for a predetermined amount of time. Utilize crossover, acceleration, and shuffle to cover ground. Don't turn your back to your partner, and keep your knees behind your toes and tension in your glutes. Decrease time for speed emphasis or increase time for conditioning emphasis. Chute Run Stagger seven cones 5 yards apart, 3 to 5 yards front to back, into a “chute” pattern. Crossover and sprint to the first cone, decelerating and crossing over and sprinting to the next cone. Repeat for the remainder of the cones. Accelerate with perfect posture and lean, driving your feet down and back. Decelerate by dropping your hips back and down, keeping your feet apart, and taking small steps until change of direction. Don't jump into cuts.

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