By Decentric - 29 Jul 2011 12:02 AM
Tonight I watched state league club A senior team at training, coached by coach R.
Club A
Exercises.
1. Passing on the ground opposite each other at about 20 metres apart. Passes were hit hard.
2. Dutch passing square /diamond.
PPo___________________________PP
PP____________________________PPo
P denotes player
o denotes ball
I can't draw the downward lines, but there was a square 20 metres x 20 metres.
There were 2-3 playeres at each corner.
Players were asked to take the ball away from their imaginary defender with their first touch.
Second touch was passing to the player at the next corner. After passing the player ran to the next corner.
Two balls were used simultaneously.
The drill was reversed in the opposite direction.
3. The same drill was done, but the cones were moved in to about 10 metres apart for the square. There was more emphasis on completing passes and moving at a quicker rate.
4. For a minute players did some short sprints.
They had to sprint for 5 metres and return after quickly turning. It was devised as a race.
5. Passing square/diamond.
20m x 20m.
PPo 1___________________________PP 4
PP 2____________________________PPo 3
P denotes player
o denotes ball
This time when player 2 received ball they had to play the ball back to player 1 with one touch who ran towards him.
Advancing player 1 passed ball diagonally past cone for receiving player 2 to run around cone and receive and first time pass, whilst running to cone 3 to player3 on cone 3.
It continues with players making a bounce pass then a running forwards first time pass each time. This is a standard Dutch exercise.
Krones, this is in Dutch Soccer Skills 1or 2 or 3, I can't remember.
6. There was a shooting drill, I've seen the former state under 16 coach use it.
................L........K..........L
D D
D Do
...................P..........P
....................P.........P
...................P...........P
Ldenotes goal post.
K denotes keeper
D denotes defender
P denotes player
o denotes ball
One of the defenders passed the ball to one of the two players. They had to beat the active defender as a duo and score in a 2v1. They usually crossed over, moving diagonally.
The drill was switched to the other side after about 10 minutes.
I think defenders and attackers also swapped roles.
7. The shooting activity was the same, but instead of one defencder there were two defenders. It became 2v2.
8. Crossing and shooting exercise.
----------L--------K--------L
----------------P----P---------------Co---W
----------------P----P-------------------W
----------------P----P--------------------W
Same key as before except:
C denotes coach.
W denotes winger.
Coach rolls one ball to winger so winger has to sprint almost to by line to reach the ball and cross to the near post for forwards to try to score. Forwards have to time runs.
Winger sprints back to coach who rolls second ball so winge has to sprint to by line.
Each time the winger sprints, the two forwards sprint with him to try and score, then run and sprint back to the starting position in line with the coach.
Second ball is rolled for winger to cross to middle of goals, then third ball is for winger to play to far post to score.
Most of the team is inactive whilst active players perform drill.
The same drill is done on other side of the pitch for left foot crossing.
9. Another shooting drill.
Players have to sprint 5m towards coach about 20 metres from goal.
Coach rolls the ball as they turn for them to play a 1v1 as they race and sprint for the ball against each other to shoot for goal.
Players wait inactively line for their turn.
10. Some complex goal square that FFE coach C picked up from Evertion Academy. Coach R was also a futsal state coach and he visited Everton Academy with coach C at world championships.
Kids really like the SSG apparently, but I wasn't sure about these adult players. I thought it had little football value, but FFE coach C says kids love it.
11. Slow jog for one lap round oval to finish.
Player I focused on touched the ball 230 times.
All touches were in active SSGs or drills.
Session lasted 90 minutes. Players worked much harder at Z than at other clubs. The session was intense. Players seemed very respectful towards coach R and keen to work on the training track. They are second on the ladder in the state league.
Some of the early passing drills were standard Dutch practice.
Coach R from state league club A will attend a FFE session, may take one, and may recommend it to some of his under 19s as an adjunct to their training.
Edited by Decentric: 29/7/2011 12:23:54 AM
Edited by Decentric: 30/7/2011 04:52:56 AM
Edited by Decentric: 5/3/2012 11:18:59 PM
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By Decentric - 7 Mar 2012 4:04 PM
mltezr wrote:thank you for this, as this is very useful.
im taking my first coaching position ever, granted its as a player/coach and for an all age men division 5 team, so not professional. the core of the team has been together for 5 or so years now, and this is the first season that we dont have a coach. its still pre season, and due to the wet weather we havnt had a trial game yet, and only 2 outdoor training sessions. with the called off training sessions and called off game, we went and played indoor football, splitting the team into 2, and only shooting once your in in the GK circle so there was no GK's.
Mitezr.
These are samples from these teams. I'm checking out a lot more.
Next time I speak to the state FFA TD I will know exactly what is being performed in nearly all split state league clubs, state youth programmes and NTC programmes.
I'm actually horrified by a lot of what I've seen. A lot of training has no relation to the new National Curriculum. Or if it does, the NC has little relation to the Dutch KNVB which it is supposed to be based on. A lot of the training I've seen in split state league clubs has no relation to what occurs in games either.
To look at some sound training practices, look at the thread on academy sessions which Dirk Van Adidas has posted.
Gregory Parker's articles are informative and well set out in the Performance section or in this section of the forum.
Alfred Galustian's 8 skill drills are a good reference too in this section of the forum and Performance.
If you sift through some of the other threads you might pick up some idea too, like the Pre-Season thread. A coach can conduct all training with the ball at any level, although it is a rarity in this state.
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