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Counting down to the new season [FFT Blog]


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By notorganic - 13 Jan 2011 4:32 AM

Could be worse - try 10 32 year olds on for size.


What do you think about the FourFourTwo blog Counting down to the new season?
So how do you prepare for the new season with 32 ten year olds to work with for 30 weeks from the end of February?
There will be four of us coaching this group for the season and just to reiterate ou...


Have your say.
By Andy Jackson - 17 Jan 2011 10:00 AM

Thanks distant fan - and you're right 1v1 attacking is a major part of their development at this age when they are learning the technique. When I was this age my right foot started to become dominant and without proper coaching this affected my whole game not just striking the ball but also my ability to turn was very centred on my right foot. This is something I'm very aware of with this group so will work hard on developing both feet and the ability to turn both ways.

I went for the catch all "range of skill moves" to incorporate turns and moves to beat players such as stepovers, feints etc

cheers

Andy