Mike Trusson – FA Coach Educator
Defending Tips
Soccer Coaching – 8 v 8 small sided games
May 9th
Football coaching a team in a small sided game, with the coaching topic of defend as a team.
We try to get the football coaches to understand the basic principle of defending. Once possession is lost, the team look to get behind the ball, get a defensive shape, which is narrow and compact and allows players to adopt positions in relation to where the ball is.
Defending in team play starts from the front. So when the ball was in possession of the opposition defence, we worked with our two strikers, to get them to understand how to react quickly when the ball was lost, to recover behind the ball and to work and defend as a pair. They needed to recognise if the player on the ball had good possession, then there was no point in trying to pressure the ball as they would easily be passed by. Their roles were to try and stop the ball behind passed forward into key attacking areas and to try and force play across the pitch and to keep the ball in front of them. They had to work as a pair communicate and react together as the ball was passed across them.
Once the strikers More >
Football Coaching – The Youth Award
Jul 5th
The Football Association Youth Coaching Award is a groundbreaking new football coaching course designed to help football coaches understand as much about their players as they understand about the game.
Sir Trevor Brooking explains why the FA have developed the Youth Module football coaching courses and how he hopes these will transform football at Grassroots level. The FA hope that the qualifications will enable coaches to better understand the needs of young football players and improve the base level of players in this country.
Goalkeeping coaching with Rob Green
Jul 1st
Rob Green talks about his goalkeeping coaches. Goalkeepers need coaches with specific goalkeeping knowledge to help them develop. Take a goalkeeping coaching course with the Football Association.
Developing the right football coaching environment
Jun 26th
Fabio and Ashley Cole talk about creating the correct football coaching environment for young players to learn. Players must feel safe, motivated, happy and free to express themselves. This is down to the football coach. Learn more with The FA Youth Award coaching course.
THE NEED FOR PROGRESSIONS AND CHALLENGES WHEN COACHING SOCCER – PART FIVE
May 27th
This is the fifth part of the topic that I presented at the recent Soccer Coaching in Porto, Portugal. This involves progressions and challenges when coaching players.
In these examples, again taken from www.grassrootscoaching.com, the coach has organised a rotating close range shooting game. The objective is to provide the players with lots of opportunities to have realistic, match like scenarios to practice close range shooting and finishing opportunities.
Diamonds Progression 3 – Introduce defenders
THE PROGRESSION
- Introduce a defender to create a 2 v 1 situation
- Strikers to be aware of defender and create realistic shooting opportunities that by pass the defender, through movement and support for the player on the ball
- After shot 2 strikers rotate with 2 fielders
- Further progression – introduce two defenders
THE CHALLENGE
- The winning team are the first to score 4 goals. If a defender wins the ball, one goal is deducted from the score
FINAL PROGRESSION / CHALLENGE – The players play a 4 v 4 game with goalkeepers on a small pitch. The small pitch promotes lots of shooting and finishing opportunities. Encourage the players to adopt a formation of say 2 – 1 – 1 or 2 – 2 and let the players play a game and see if they More >
FOOTBALL TRAINING – TRIANGLE SET FOR ANGLED PASS
May 7th
FOOTBALL TRAINING – TRIANGLE SET FOR ANGLED PASS
ORGANISATION
Lay out a triangle of cones or discs, with 10 – 12 yards between them. The distance can be adjusted to suit the age and ability of the players. Place two players, with a ball on the first cone and a player on the other two cones. This practice is adaptable and by setting out other triangles, it can accommodate more players.
To start the practice, the player with the ball passes to player on the cone to their left. The pass should be along the floor, accurate and well weighted. It should be to the outside of the cone. The player receiving the ball should check away from the ball, then check back to receive the pass. The receiving player should set the ball back inside the triangle for the first player, who has made a supporting run. The supporting player then passes diagonally across the triangle to next player. After setting the ball, the player makes a timed run, round the cone to support the pass. After passing, the passing player moves to the next disc. The practice is repeated around the triangle.
KEY TECHNICAL ASPECTS
Focus on the technique of the push pass, More >
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