By FMVS - 6 Jul 2010 3:37 PM
Game pressure or more touches?
This may be like asking what the meaning of life is but I have been considering what the best way to develop technique is. Obviously there is no magic formula but I’m interested to hear some opinions and the logic behind these opinions.
These are the things I have been considering. - To teach or let the kids develop technique. (I chose to teach in the warm up but to let them develop for the rest of the training session).
- The next thing which is what I can’t decide on game pressure vs more touches. I’ll use an example to explain.
Say your topic was dribbling. What do you think is more beneficial? - 1 v 1 or 5 v 5 encouraging dribbling (a successful dribble past a player also equals a goal).
Passing 5 v 5 (5 passes also equals a goal, 2/3 touch) or 3 v 1.
At the moment I do a combination of both just but I’m starting to lean towards 5 v 5 as some players are becoming very good at 1 v 1 however some don’t use this in a game or in the 5 v 5. Also 5 v 5 develops better decision making (whether to dribble or pass, shoot or pass etc).
In a 5 v 5 however the better players tend to dominate and get more of the ball so therefore less touches for the less developed players.
I am very interested to hear some of the responses.
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By FMVS - 13 Jul 2010 4:11 PM
They are a club side with most of them it being their first year.
Its an ok training session and the kids are getting better technically. However I think one thing in I massively under rated before I got into coaching is mentalitiy.
Things like - Motivation - Never giving up
Us Australians are usually pretty good at however things like - Trying different techniques (e.g. step overs etc) in a game kids a very very reluctant to do so. - Their is a massive fear of stuffing up so they go back to what they can do and what is least risky.
If anyone has any tips on how to encourage kids to try step overs, keep possesion instead of booting it away etc would be much appreciated.
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