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KNVB methodology compared to FFA NC/Clairefontaine


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By Decentric - 3 Dec 2012 12:15 AM

It seems that the 4 phase match analysis from the FFA National Curriculum must be Clairefontaine in France.


The KNVB has a match analysis/training ground methodology like this for youth players upwards:

1. Specific technique work exercises designed to improve weaknesses identified in the last match the team played.

2. 4v4 SSGs

3. 7v7 or 8v8 done incrementally, depending on how one coaches the identified weakness from game observation. This is the team keeper and defensive and midfield lines usually playing against the attacking and midfield lines. One does a lot of structural work here.

4. 11 v11 reinforcing the coaching point/identified weakness.


Clairefontaine/FFA

1. Warm up (passing practice).

2. Positioning game.

3. Game training

4. Training game.

This is considerably more prescriptive than the KNVB.


Both rely heavily on breaking down the game into four main moments of the game.

Ball Possession (BP), Defensive Transition, Ball Possession Opposition ( BPO) and Attacking Transition.

I've been thinking this way for years. FFA wants coaches to make coaches' half time address much more concise, by breaking down the game into these four main moments.

I'll add to this post bit by bit over the next few weeks.

Edited by Decentric: 3/12/2012 12:16:13 AM
By Decentric - 14 Feb 2013 12:25 PM

There is another difference between the FFA NC C Licence and the KNVB.


KNVB advocate learning technique slowly at first. In an exercise the emphasis must be on technique acquisition first and foremost. In a passing exercise to reinforce accurate passing, the KNVB put considerable weight to run through the exercises with movement, but the quality of the pass is paramount. The intensity of the drill is secondary to the specific technique focus identified as a weakness from the previous game.

FFA NC coaches keep telling us to make it real. They don't agree with technique being acquired slowly at first. For them, everything is supposed to be acquired at game speed to simulate match conditions. These are FFA instructors I rate highly too.They disagree with the slow acquisition of techniques, advocated by KNVB. There is merit in this, but I prefer the KNVB approach to technique acquisition.

I'm very much in support of the KNVB process. Techniques can be acquired slowly at first. As players become more confident with techniques they can speed them up. The next stage is to start using them against limited pressure (passive defenders). Eventually limited pressure can become active pressure.

Edited by Decentric: 14/2/2013 04:46:12 PM