little mozart
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cheers buddy, hopefully some of these drills can help people out. i am a strong believer of doing drills that involve getting touches on the ball to improve fitness, however sometimes it is necessary to make the boys do pure fitness for 30 mins to really focus on improving intensity for longer periods.
in the last 5 training sessions i have probably only done 1 hour of making the boys breathe out of their a**es and the rest has been involving touches on the ball trying to improve their movement in short sided games, short feet, 1&2 touch stuff.
a lot of drills involve a sufficient amount of fitness in them and that is usually enough to do the trick, however, sometimes it's good to work their a**es off in order to get them upping the tempo so when the time comes they can try to control the game and really know what they are capable of when they kick into gear, especially if backs are to the wall against a good team, fatigue causes poor turnover in possession which can be related to poor positioning, tired passing and lack of interest defensively while trying to recover.
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Good stuff, Little Mozart.
I have little knowledge of goalkeeper training, and, little interest. This is a poor attitude, I know.
The other drills are interesting. Sadly, I don't have the IT expertise to submit some training drills.
If you note, your exalted mentor, Chips, provides little useful football training drills for public dissemination, like you have.
I must admit, I'm keener on very small sided games. I've observed a lot of coaching lately, and think 4v4 and smaller is considerably better than 7v7. I know it depends which purpose the drill is being utilised for, but the touches are so much greater with the smaller sides in confined spaces.
I've just observed one coach doing specific fitness (without the ball) for training some under 16 squads for both genders. I believe this can be partially achieved by playing many small sided game variations, enhanced by all the extra ball technique work. Also, I think the youth players enjoy it more. What are your views on this, Little Mozart?
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little mozart
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4 defensive principles [size=6]Pressure, Push, Patience, Perseverance[/size]
Pressure
nice early pressure on the ball carrier, 1-2 metres away maximum. benefits of early pressure include forcing a poor 1st touch, not gifting the opponent much room to operate in.
Push
not to push the attacker over, but encourage defender to push the attacker wide, take him away from goal or force him towards the sideline, body positioning is essential in this instance, on the balls of your feet, body facing towards the ball. i.e. show him the line but don't have your feet positioned towards the centre circle. by forcing him wide you allow for another defender to come and close his space down entirely 'double team' forcing him to rush a pass, turnover posession, get tackled or go backwards to start again.
Patience
a key ingredient to defending, teaching players that 'jockeying' is a good form of defending, being intelligent and not 'diving in'. wait for an error, heavy touch for a moment to pounce and win the ball. 1 eye on the ball and 1 on the attackers eyes are good ways to outsmart your opponent.
Perseverance
never give up if the attacker gets past you, always show the determination to try win the ball back or get in a position to win the ball back.
this is very effective for teaching young players defensive duties. for me a good tackle is like a good pass, its an element of the game that needs to be addressed to younger players, everyone knows how to attack but not everyone knows how to defend
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little mozart
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here is a very fast 1 touch passing drill encouraging layoff, turning defender and running into space, small triangles using different players each time.  in case u can't understand the diagram player 1 -pass across player 2 - layoff, turn defender player 1 - pass to player 3 player 3 - layoff to player 2,turn defender player 2 - pass to player 4 etc
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little mozart
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ok a few more little drills. the first one is for small sided games, i always try to encourage small sided games, if you have too many kids playing, sometimes they never see the ball. 4 is good and it is a small space so plenty of touches on the ball and 2 goals to try score in & protect.  the next drill is 1 of my favourites. there is still an objective to score by stopping the ball on the line. this drill is encouraged to have plenty of width to try encourage players to stretch their opponents defence and use the safety zone(go back) if nothing is on infront, encourage patient play and build up.
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little mozart
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here is a good drill for teaching SHAPE. used by academy's world wide, "grids" is what this drill is called. i have outlined the basic shape. the blue points indicate where the men should be standing in a basic 4 man midfield. when you get creative and use your brain a little more, with a 5 man midfield, you may try other options of shutting down space outwide/closing the middle etc with 1 or 2 defensive mids.  and when your players understand the basic shape principle, move them into the grids with a 4v4 match using 2 strikers or other players at the end of the grids to try receive a pass, defense needs to try stop ball getting through.  each square in the grid should be 5m x 5m to begin with. i forgot to add that in the documents.
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little mozart
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ok here is some stuff as promised. some really good goal keeping drills here, i made a few of them up, the rest i have seen from ajax coaching dvd. as a goalkeeper my self, i find these to be awesome and excellent for any aspiring goalkeeper, so pass this info on to the young ones and get them training hard :) drill 1  drill 2  drill 3  drill 4  drill 5  drill 6  drill 7  drill 8  drill 9  drill 10
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little mozart wrote:post any information that may be useful to any aspiring coaches in this thread.
after the discussion in the other coaching thread that seems to be getting out of hand, lets try to keep this one positive.
myself, i currently coach 2 sides. 16 yr old Boys at North Sydney bears - Div 1 yth team at North Sydney Bears - B team - Div 2. both teams from Kdsa district. i have also coached state league level futsal last season for northern beaches breakers futsal assoc.
if you have information that may provide useful for people wanting to learn about the game please post in this thread, also post any training drills, coaching tips, improving technique etc, whether it be from rooball level to youth level.. all information will be taken on board for the purpose of better educating everyone who wants to look at this thread.
Futsal information is also acceptable material for this thread i will get some pics up etc in the next day or so. Gee, I've just posted a lot of information on the British coaches thread. Read some of the comments I've posted. At the moment I'm conducting individual skills coaching with a handful of players, who play for academy teams. I only have rudimentary knowledge of tactics, team technique and aspects of playing some positions on the pitch. However, I'm having resounding success from imparting individual ball skills and dribbling technique. My players are becoming known as 'surrogate Brazilians' even though some of them lack many other qualities. These players have come to the game late and want to make up for lost time. I quoted 'soccer tennis'. Really I mean two people juggling the ball, with each player only being able to have a maximum of 5 juggles before the ball is passed, with one bounce allowed to his/her partner, like tennis. Ferencz Puskas advocated this for South Melbourne players when he coached them. I can't explain how useful to players this drill is. Some players are great at dribbling balls individually, but struggle in matches. That could be because many balls don't arrive vertically, but horizontally. This two person juggling means the jugglers receive many horizontal balls analogous to a match scenario. There are a plethora of other invaluable skills players learn from this drill. Players can inadvertently oscillate between two and eight metres apart. The other coaching gem for intermediate and advanced players is the 'Play the Brazilian Way' DVD. Look at the details on the British Coaches thread. I have no pecuniary interest either. Some high level coaches think it is brilliant. I have one player in my mini squad, a big strong player currently being groomed as a forward, who is slow on the turn. By learning the Jairzinho turn, the player has turned a weakness into a strength. The player is now trying to master the more difficult Edmundo turn. The player has also invented his own turn now with the confidence of a fusion of other techniques. If you thought the other thread 'was getting out of hand', there is good news. Chips to his credit, has to an extent, elucidated some longstanding questions forumites have asked on another forum, where threads are ephemeral. In other words they disappear after a day or two. On this forum, threads can be revisited, which is much better. After some acrimonious exchanges, a degree of dialogue is occurring, which is desirable. My rationale for participating in forums is to learn more about the game, and, exchange views constructively.
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You do realise that there is a coaching sub-forum, Craig.
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little mozart
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post any information that may be useful to any aspiring coaches in this thread.
after the discussion in the other coaching thread that seems to be getting out of hand, lets try to keep this one positive.
myself, i currently coach 2 sides. 16 yr old Boys at North Sydney bears - Div 1 yth team at North Sydney Bears - B team - Div 2. both teams from Kdsa district. i have also coached state league level futsal last season for northern beaches breakers futsal assoc.
if you have information that may provide useful for people wanting to learn about the game please post in this thread, also post any training drills, coaching tips, improving technique etc, whether it be from rooball level to youth level.. all information will be taken on board for the purpose of better educating everyone who wants to look at this thread.
Futsal information is also acceptable material for this thread
i will get some pics up etc in the next day or so.
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