Kiwi Chick, since we the UEFA site seems to have a few older videos that have been discontinued, I have a found another source for the same drills, but it isn't as good.

Click on the sticky thread at the top of the Performance page that says Academy Sessions posted by Dirk Van Adidas.

https://sites.google.com/site/youthsoccerlessonplans/executive-docs

Go down the page to the the third club site. It is called Atletico Maneiro.

I don't think it is as good as the Ajax, Arsenal and Chelsea academy sites, but it has what you want.

If you go to Thursday August 23rd on page 6 there is a Warm up and Technique drill.

It has two players standing about 3 metres apart. They simply pass the ball backwards and forwards with one touch of the inside of the foot.

Do this until you get 100 touches, at least, for each player.

Remember to:

Point your non-kicking foot straight towards the direction you want the ball to go.

Pass with the inside of the foot through the top third of the ball towards the direction you want the ball to go.

Don't lean back.

Remain light on your feet at all times, like you would be if you were skipping. Failure to do so means faulty footwork.

I wish I had the UEFA video!:(


Go down to Partner Juggling at the top of page 8.

Juggle it with a partner, but bounce the ball if you can't get it into the air.

Again remain light on your feet like you would if you were skipping. Sometimes it might be easier to juggle the ball a little yourself before trying to pass it to your partner. Don't worry if the ball bounces once when the ball goes to your partner. Stay about 2-3 metres away, it gets harder as the distance increases.

If you do these two things for five minutes or so at the start of every session, your skill will increase the more you practice.






Edited by Decentric: 17/5/2012 07:27:05 AM

http://www.bettersoccermorefun.com/dwtext/knvbgmes.htm


These should all be good, except the one asking players to cross and head the ball.

Ask players to get into a diamond shape in each game. This is a 1-2-1. There is depth and width. There are also two triangles.

If you have two goalkeepers you have 5 players versus 5.

Those relays are a good bit of fun as a start. Every player should have a ball.

If they do, have them tapping the ball inside to inside of the foot whilst waiting for their turn to race. You need to be participating yourself , so I'm not sure who could start the the races?

That UEFA Training Ground site passing video seems to be one of a number of old ones on the site they've stopped running. As yet I haven't an adequate replacement.

I'll post a number of small sided 4 versus 4 games in the next post.

So how are you guys going?

Just got the book in the mail today :D !!!! Thank you!!!

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=70031


I think there is a fair amount of info in this thread, Kiwi Chick.

Now you have to update us on how you get on

Thank you so much!!!

The book is on the way.

Later check your PM for collection details.

I enjoy doing this sort of thing. I like to foster interstate and international communication and camaraderie in football. If I hadn't had it, I'd be living in the Dark Ages.

The relays are good at the start of the book. Don't show the diagrams of young kids to your teammates!


At least you can refer to a specific page and exercise that we can discuss on here.

Norm Boardman, one of Football Federation Australia's top staff coaches, sometimes uses it as a reference when he constructs sessions for older players.





Edited by Decentric: 30/4/2012 11:32:02 AM

What sort of problems do you mean? Offield or onfield?

It was very short term (few weeks) and it was for fun. There was one player who didn't agree with the position of where I wanted to put him, however that player was also quite stubborn and thick. There was no need for yelling or anything like that, in the end I convinced him that this position was the best for him, and I had the other players backing me up. Worst case scenario I was going to kick him from the team if he refused to agree, but it didn't need to come to that. The other thing is that most of these guys were my friends or mates, so I'd imagine it's quite a different situation to yours.

Edited by Axelv: 27/4/2012 04:59:25 PM

Check your PM.

I'll send it on Monday.

Good luck!

I hope UEFA Training Ground videos start to work again soon.

Did you ever have any problems with the team?

Mutual respect is the key and the hardest thing to achieve and maintain.

When I was in year 12 I managed an indoor soccer team with my peers.

I wanted to be a manager, but I didn't choose them, they chose me. It was just a fun comp, but people were taking this very seriously. It was an indoor Soccer league that was played during lunchtimes between the teachers, year 12's and year 11's, the stands were also full every lunch time and it had an atmosphere. There were 6 teams and my team finished on top of the league with 5 wins and 1 draw, including a 5-0 win against the defending champions.

Before it started no-one rated our team and tipped others, afterwards though they were pointing it out as if it were obvious and the only reason why my team was winning is because it had the best players :lol:

The difference is I knew my players, knew their strengths and gave them a team structure. The rest of the teams were a rabble and other than goal keepers had zero organization. On top of that I knew how talented some of my players were and used them in positions that school coaches were never able to see, getting maximum benefit out of these players.

It was also difficult because these players were my friends and were of equal age, but equally they fulled respected my knowledge and what I had to say, they all followed my instructions.

Sorry :lol:

No, we don't have an extra year, we just number the years differently, so the age of school students are 5 to 17/18, which I assume is about the same as Australia.

I'm not sure whether or not to take that as a compliment :lol:

Girls actually tend to want to be midfielders. That's actually a really good idea, I think I'll do that, and it'll be good preparation since the game is the next day, and some of them wouldn't have been playing between the end of last season and now.

Thanks Decentric, I'll send you a PM :)

My friend and I.

And they have an extra year a school?!



Edited by munrubenmuz: 25/4/2012 10:32:46 PM

:lol: :lol: Definitely older, thought you would've been in your twenties/thirties. Oh well, that's the internet for you.

Another thing I'd suggest for the first training, and I've done it myself when I didn;t really know the group, is to just take down everyone's positions at the start of training (impress first that they can't all be strikers, not sure if girls are the same as boys in this...). Once you have their positions just split them and play a game. That way you'll get to see who can play and who can't, and who is best suited to what position. Devise trainings for the future accordingly once you've got a handle on that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0LNI2kzIfw&feature=related


In this video have you r player dribbling in a grid about 20 metres x 20metres.


Use what the woman in the video is doing in the first part of the video.

Just use the outer front of the toe/instep to dribble teh ball with one foot, trying to avoid all the other players in the grid.

Try with the to her foot.

She also does inside of the foot tap taps - inside right to inside of the right foot and repeat and repeat.


All the time keep players moving. The tap tap is great if players have to stop and wait in line at all. It keeps them active all the while developing technique.. Try and keep the head up.


If you send me your address via PM, I'll send one of the FFA Grass Roots handbooks.

You don't need to provide a name, just an address.

Or alternatively I can send to it to your school, or to a specific teacher/principal in it, care of the soccer/football team for girls in year 12 and 13.

Our club should have a website soon with training modules.

Another source is to look at Gregory Parker's training modules in the performance section (not forum) of 442.





Edited by Decentric: 25/4/2012 09:02:11 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om1iQUZ-pfg&feature=related

This is brilliant, but probably far too difficult, apart from your good players. At least there is a video for you to follow.

Reduce the distance between the players to 2-3 metres.

These guys in the video, some of the best in the world, are standing about 15-20 metres away from each other.

I'm really frustrated because we are running a football community programme, specifically to cater for teams/players like yours. You could have brought the whole team to our training centre, or we could have come to you if you were in this state.:cry:

Get a ball and pass it with the side of the foot to a wall. Try and pass it back with one touch, softly at first. Repeat and repeat.

At training do it in pairs about 2-3 metres apart trying to accrue 100 passes per player.
peat

It should come back straight if you are doing it right.

Key points.

Keep light on toes. (I'm having massive problems with cumbersome teenage boys doing this).

Non-kicking foot should be facing direction of the pass. (This is very important).

Keep head still and eyes on the ball.

Strike through the centre of the ball.

I'll have another go at trying it later on :)



Thank you :D

There's not much organisation around school football, which is unfortunate, so I just wanted to help out in any way I can.

It is a shame. It is outstanding as an instructional tool. I can't think of another video that demonstrates the same technique.


I don't know why it isn't working. It must be a problem with their website.

I thought it might have been something to do with an update Flash Player that I haven't downloaded to my Mac computer because it is too old.

You said you were still at school a long time ago. You also spoke about trying out for the school team without having played before.

You seem a lot older and more mature from what I've seen you post. Embarking on this venture demonstrates considerable initiative on your part. It is admirable.

Good stuff.=d>

Video isn't playing :(

http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/training/skills/video/videoid=903004.html?autoplay=true


Just try the side of the foot passing demonstrated in this exercise. Don't try the outside of the foot unless players are pretty experienced.

For some reason I haven't been able to open it for the last few days. I don't know whether it is the site.

Have the players accrue 100 passes.

Trainings and games will be held after school, so the players should all pretty much arrive at the same time, but yeah, juggling would be a good way to just sort them out as a group at the start.

I don't know too much about the ability level of most of the team, but there are a couple of players who are really good. We've got our first training session on Monday, so I guess I'll keep the drills pretty general so I get a decent assessment of the ability of each of the players.

We've got a teacher who's helping out, so he can do the subs during the game so we can focus on playing.

The main thing I'm worried about is that players might not take so kindly to criticism, or if we point out areas they need to improve, especially the better ones. Clearly me and my friend aren't complete players, and we're not going to be the best at everything, so we don't want players using this as an excuse to not listen to us.

Thanks for replying, your post contained a lot of useful information :)

Did you think I seemed older or younger?

I'm assuming the players are not very experienced.

When they arrive, usually at different times, ask players to juggle the ball. If they can't suggest they pick up the ball and bounce it first to project the ball in the air.

Then have two players juggling the ball together from two metres apart.

See if they can juggle it a few times before passing it in the air to their partner.

In terms of player/coach management issues Thuper has probably given you sound advice.



As for training ground exercises try this thread.

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=70031


Wardman was looking for ideas to improve as a coach.

Edited by Decentric: 25/4/2012 08:06:49 AM