By Decentric - 1 Dec 2011 8:54 PM
I was just reflecting on a number of useful things about football I've learnt from participating in the Performance Section of 442. Discussion with other coaches/players/stakeholders/fans in football has benefits. Sometimes I have reflected on something I do which can be improved.
Our football school is the better for my participation on here too.
The idea to create the Performance section of 442 was a good one.
1. Dirk Van Adidas posted a link to Rene Maulensteen's Man U Youth Academy. It presented some interesting corollaries to KNVB training. Maulensteen is Dutch and obviously KNVB trained. He had 1v1s and 2v2s added to the first two stages I use from KNVB.
It has helped cater for odd/any numbers of players that turn up to training. I just needed reminding.
2. Krones presented a training drill. Then he specified how he always uses every drill in the opposite direction, or opposite side to ensure both footedness. I realised how I've used some drills and not reversed them. I know the importance of developing both footedness, thinking I was doing it with all drills, when in practice I wasn't doing it with a specific few.
3. Arthur's junior articles thread. It has been interesting to see some coaching issues arising in other countries.
4. I can't remember who posted it, but one player was looking for specific exercises to develop his striking qualities. Ton Of Bricks suggested something about shutting eyes just before receiving and heading for goal. He also suggested other tips for a striker. It reminded me how hard it it is to play as the target player.
If a forward lacks pace, it is difficult to play in game plans that a lot of low level and middle ranging coaches devise for their team. Nearly all play balls over the top for forwards to run onto, with an expecation all forwards must be quick to be effective. Not enough coaches play to a target forward's feet.
5. Aussiesrus - with point 4 in mind Aussiesrus described that ASA used poles for developing forward play. I'd take a guess they are set up as a guide for players to learn to run diagonally, with clever, prescribed scaffolding to create angled passing lanes and hooked off the ball runs. If I'm in Sydney I'd like to take a look at ASA doing this exercise.
6. Aussiesrus also described the inside outside of the foot dribbling technique used in his training ground sessions. I've only seen Versleijen do it with the AIS and former Matilda Jo Peters demonstrate it with follow up drills with the Tassie NTC. Just about nobody does it here. I've used it for years after observing Peters and Versleijen. It is the fundamantal for developing the Matthews Cut.
6. Cardiff - I was searching for some sort of SSG to develop heading skills to complement a lot of 4v4 (5v5 with keepers) SSGs. Being a former CB he suggested soccer tennis. I used to do it as a player, but had completely forgotten it!!!:roll: It certainly worked well as an adjunct to the KNVB SSGs we've used at FFE.
7. General Ashnak- cut and pasted Gregory Parker's training ground practices. One drill Gregory uses was part of the Dutch passing square. I had used it with players and it didn't work out as planned. With 9 year olds he specified which foot to receive and which to pass. It worked a dream at FFE after that!
8. Gregory also specified a technique which emphasised a skip to enhance receiving. Barca4Life posted a video link. I found FFE players were doing it automatically if moving up and down on the spot on their toes. If they weren't moving up and down on their toes they were often flatfooted. I also reflected and learnt a bit from his well-presented drills for specific age groups with those excellent diagrams.
9. Distantfan entered an illuminating post describing the differences from a player's perspective about how the game changes to more elite levels. This was part of a plan to devise a programme for Krones' player who was needing to develop specific attributes for a higher level of playing (rep), whilst playing in a lower level of football at club level.
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Edited by Decentric: 1/12/2011 09:02:13 PM
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By Touchtight - 12 Feb 2012 12:10 PM
clivesundies wrote:Touchtight wrote:Look up Michael Beale Chelsea Academy Coach in high demand has written many books on Skill and other Is there a section in Micheal Beales books on how Chelsea spent 75 million dollars on there academy but failed to produce any players for the 1st team.
Hi did I say that this Academy coach is in charge of the purse ? No disrespect but are we talking about youth?
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