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.

i also do have some ball work sessions that would replace the pairs work each week.
so the plan is to have the fitness work every week as well as the end game. and each week introduce a different session involving ball work

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.
training is based on this, and any suggestions would be helpful as im learning the trade and basic atm:
this was week 2 training:
arrive

kick the ball around while players arrive and get ready

stretch

4 laps of the field

pre game warm up (consisting of half the width of the field, run half the width, turn and come back sideways, back up jumping, back down touching the grass, back up knees up, back down heels up, back up backwards, sprint back down, do this 3 times)

short rest

then i have already prepared a square (with a cone on each corner of the square), not sure of the length, but guessing about a quater of the field longways, and a quater of the width of the field for the sides. players are to jog to one cone, sprint to the next, jog to the next and sprint to the last cone. doing this 3 times. then quick rest. and three times again.

then i have already prepared 6 cones in a zig zag pattern going (Note all the cone work was prepared before the players come to training).
there are too groups of these cones in the exact same pattern and the team is split into two groups also.
one player from each group is to run to one cone, touch it, then the next in a zig zag pattern until they get to the last cone and sprint back, then the next person goes. its not a race but players take it as one. each player does this 5 times.

then i moves these cones into a straight line, using only 3 cones, and making the gap between each cone a little larger. players stay in their same group. players sprint to the first cone touch it and sprint back, then the next further cone and back, and then to the furthest cone and back. then the next person goes. players do this 3 times each.

then they grab a drink and rest for 2 or so minutes
NOTE: we are located on the half way line on the side the field.

then they are to do 2 laps. but not just jogging. they are to do this:
jog to the end of the length of the field, sprint the width of the field, jog the length of the field, sprint the width of the field, walk to the starting spot. and do it again.

that is the fitness work for the session and i will probably do this fitness session every training session.

each player is to grab a partner.
each pair stands facing their partner about 5 meters apart.
one player throws the ball and the other player heads it back, doing this 10 times, then switch.
next one player throws the ball and the other chests it down and control volleys it back, doing this 10 times then switch. next one player throws the ball and the other volleys it back, doing this 10 times and switch.

then split the team into two teams and a possession game with no goals. the field is about a quater of a normal field. start off with 2 touch football then unlimited. i try to make it so its defenders against attackers.

after this exercise we play a game.

training last rougly from 6:15 to 8:15 so 2 hours.



Edited by mltezr: 7/3/2012 03:40:14 PM

Edited by mltezr: 7/3/2012 03:41:44 PM

Split stae league club Mn's for senior women.

The coach had to caoch prsenior woen, reserves and social team.

300 odd players at trainng.


1. Stretches over 100 metres (not one of my strong areas of knowledge).


2. When they reached the end there was a line of balls. Each player selected a ball and dribbled back to the beginning.

There was a grid 30mx30m. Players initially dribble the ball coach emphasised avoiding and dribbling around each other.


3. Players had to dribble and try and kick other players balls out of the grid. Players fetched balls , dribbled back and joined in again.



4. Coach organised two lines opposite each other half way along a 30m x 20 rectangular grid with two metre wide goals at each end.

He called, "Go".

Front player from each line ran around grid to and through the goals facing each other. Players still kept running as the coach served a ball exactly so players would arrive at same time.

Players had 1v1 until one scored a goal or coach called time. This went through until all players had a go. The 7 players in each line watched until their turn.

Then players did the same in 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4.



5. Players stationed around big 35m x 35m grid.

In the middle 4v4.
Players on outside were boundary players, stationed at equal distances around grid.
Alternating players were allocated to one of the two teams in the middle.
4v4 played each other but could use players from their own team around the grid to pass to and back. It amounted to 4 players in middle of grid with about 11-12 players on outside of grid. This made 15-16 players per team Players looked at their best in this drill.

The 4 players in middle were rotated with teammates so all had a go in the middle quartet.




6. 15 v15 in penalty box with one team defending and other attacking. Coach was keeper.

Variation on this was a selected play sent a free kick into box to start play.


Picked a SSG coaching exercise from watching this drill.




7. 15 v15 game on full pitch.

Player watched recorded 310 touches of the ball. About 170 came from the dribbling drills 2 and 3 in the 30m x 30 m grid.

Duration of training was 90 minutes.




Thoughts?

The female split state league senior and reserve team from Club A's pre-season training and preparation for pre-season cup was studied.


Warm- up stretches - 10 minutes.

A long run doing laps around the ground for 15 minutes.

Burpees.
Push ups.
Sit ups.
Tuck jumps (knees to chest).
Squats.
Step ups.

Repeated, over and over for about 15 minutes.

Running up and down the banks for another 10 minutes.

Sprint races over about 80 metres for another 20 minutes.

All of the aforementioned session so far was done without touching a ball.

15 v 15 game for 30 minutes.

PLayers touched the ball 10-25 times in the 15 v 15 game, which was their total for the whole training session..


Three coaches took the session.

One was a former eggball coach.

One is the strength and conditioning coach for the team.

One is coach X who has coached them for the last four years, usually sacking/marginalising the assistant coach about half way through the season. A different assistant has been appointed at the start of every season.

The club finished well down the ladder last season. Club sacked coach X. Then he was reappointed to the position and successfully recruited a lot of players from other clubs and elite programmes. No questions were asked by the committee about X's training methods. Usually coach X thinks players aren't big enough, strong enough or fast enough.


Has anybody seen any senior state league coach sessions in other states?







Edited by Decentric: 5/3/2012 03:33:09 AM

I'm going to bump this before it disappears, as I intend to add to it next season.

Judy, I'm most surprised you haven't taken this opportunity to put into practice all that expertise you acquired from that enclave of Sydney with excellent football methodology. Unfortunately, it was unknown to the rest of the country in the early nineties.


Judy, if you wanted to introduce players to the passing square or diamond, how would you start?

Which receiving technique would you initiate first? With what emphasis?

What would be the explicit teaching point be for the first exercises?

How would you make it more difficult as players became confident?

Which receiving techniques would you use for more advanced players?

With two players at each of the four points of the square, how would you get players to receive more touches in the same period of time?

What is an advanced ball technique for players not involved at any given moment in the passing square to perform and watch at the same time whilst they await their turn?

Edited by Decentric: 29/12/2011 01:50:05 AM

There is the question of how one uses it in incremental stages.

How do you use it in incremental stages to develop technique, Judy?

I'll wait for four days for you to reply before I respond.

Dutch passing square diamond?

Why the reference to "dutch" ?

Strayan suburban park coaches, from Bankstown to Bunbury, have used this as a staple since Cryuff was in nappies.

Club O.

Senior coach F and O has also been state under 15s coach and a senior coach at another club.

Session.

Before some players did juggling with ball in a circle as a warm up. Not prescribed by coach..

1. Warm up by running and technical sports science exercises.

2. File passing.
I like this drill (and have used it a lot as a coach), but have devised a modified version for more touches. If I can find file passing on the internet as a video, I'll post it. This drill was stopped intermittelntly whilst players did push ups and sit ups.

3. Sprints with the ball. About 80 metres at a time.

4. 9v9 SSG.

5. Circuit sprint exercise drill without a ball.

6a. 6v6 SSG with keepers. Shooting game with big goals on pitch 25metres x 25 metres. It is set out in KNVB SSGs.

6b. Players not involved in 6 v 6, which was rotated, performed a dribbling around cones.

7. Half a pitch with 10 v 10 including keepers.

8. Flash sports science type running , warm down drill.

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes

The player I focused on touched the ball about 250 times in the session.


Edited by Decentric: 29/7/2011 12:07:39 AM

Given it takes to long in a short time to delineate/respond to training session for senior state league clubs in one thread, I'll add a new thread each time I view one.

This was with club NE tonight.

The NE head coach S is a good mate of FFE co-coach C.


Club NE


1. Warm up done with 7v7 SSG in about a 30mx 30m grid. No specific instructions given to players apart from one touch where possible.

2. 7v7 SSG on half a full size pitch. 4 senior players away with the flu. No specific positional play instructions. Coach S wanted to play on this bigger pitch for more accurate passing over distance.

3. Crossing drill. Players ran down right wing, and crossing into two forwards. The two forwards were supposed to cross over. One going to near post and one to far post. Coach had to keep reminding players. Coaching point was timing of runs.

Duration: 1 hour 45 min

Touches: Player chosen touched the ball 130 times. Nearly all of them were made in a match scenario under some sort of defensive pressure.


Edited by Decentric: 29/7/2011 12:06:45 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

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Edited by Decentric: 5/3/2012 11:18:59 PM