In my latest piece I highlight why Spurs had particular trouble penetrating Leicester's defensive shape thanks to poor build-up/positional play.
http://www.thetottenhamway.com/2015/08/25/tactics-leicester-1-1-tottenham-sluggish-spurs-should-drop-davies-and-dier/
From the opening minutes...
All sounds very promising, and it's fantastic to hear you stepped up to coach the team when they needed you.
What I would stress however is that if games are becoming too easy or some players are struggling to get on the ball perhaps think about trying players in new positions or set targets...
One thing we have to consider is, what IS a "successful outcome" when coaching players so young. Would it be more successful if that player booted the ball upfield which led to a goal? or if he controlled the ball and beat his challenger 1v1 but lost the ball later on? or if he played the ball...
This is so true nowadays when you look at so many players with young families and when you have players like Lamela for example, a young 20-something who has moved from Argentina to Italy to England in the space of 3 years. Too many players are treated like pieces of meat nowadays and the price...
It's a delicate issue always and I do think it was inappropriate that you suggested to the u7 to play the ball long into the channel etc mainly because you were interfering with another coaches team and perhaps undermining that coaches authority by doing so which challenges the kids views of the...
I'm the exact same way mate. As I mentioned briefly in my piece, I played for really poor teams who were constantly under pressure due to issues with getting enough players on matchday so I was alsways encouraged when I cleared the ball or just tackled an opposition player. As soon as I spent...
Thank you so much for your comment. Whilst my work's success is based purely off my players' development, it's so encouraging and motivating to hear someone else outside the team is at least enjoying the idea of what I'm doing. Thank you again for your response.
I attended a coaching course...
He was one of the team's siblings and he was enjoyed playing my assistant so I'd usually let him help me serve balls into the playing area or referee a game.
I agree with you, hence as I said in my piece:
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Free play:
The last 10-20 minutes of my sessions I allowed to be dictated by the players for a period of free-play where they would decide what they did for the last part of the session. Most of the time the players just wanted to set-up a...
it may appear intense but anything tactical was coached implicitly i.e. when it came to counter-pressing I would challenge the players to "close down the player who robbed you of the ball and the next closest player stand off your teammate who's challenging" therefore making the language simple...
I do think in general we care too little for football. Our government doesn't see it as an opportunity to create leaders for tomorrow/as a place to learn life lessons. Half of my coaching is based around "developing a child's character as well as their talent".
Too often as you say we see, "No...
I think most coaches are "passionate" otherwise we wouldn't sacrifice anywhere near the amount of time and all the heart/headaches that come with it.
I just think we need more help, the FA courses (at least the level 1 & 2) are pretty dire and generic. The attitude certainly needs changing...
Here's a brilliant and thought-provoking interview from a British coach who works in Spain as he compares aspects of British and Spanish youth coaching: http://rinusphilosophy.com/kieran-smith-the-other-brit-abroad/
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