Mike Trusson – FA Coach Educator
Player Development
Football Coaching FA Level 2 in Kent Day 3
May 8th
Today we showed the football coaches a series of small sided football games. The basic organisation is to play 4 v 4 outfield players, with goalkeepers.
To really help the soccer coaches understand how to coach attacking topics within a small sided game, the coaches need to plan the size of the pitch related to the topic they are coaching.
For example, for a topic like Short Range Passing, it would help to coach the topic if the pitch was smaller than normal. This would also depend on the age and ability of the players being coached, but a pitch size of say 35 x 25 yards, would require the players to pass the ball consistently over a short range. The second thing is to try and manage both teams to play some kind of formation, say 2 – 1 – 1 and for the players to try and be disciplined to stay in that formation and play in their positions. Of course defenders can go forward, as can midfield players, but if they interchange positions, for two of the players to recognise the need to play as defenders and at least one of the them to play up front.
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Football Coaching F.A. Level 2 Day one
May 6th
Today I started a 6 day Level 2 football coaching course, with Alan Walker, Lead Tutor of Kent FA. There were 28 candidates with various experiences of coaching football. The ages ranged from 16 – to mid 50’s and there were two ladies on the course.
To develop a team spirit and for the soccer coaches to get to know each other, we started the practical content of the course, with a fun warm up game that all 26 coaches participated in. This also allowed Alan and myself to take a look at their playing ability. As you can imagine, the playing levels were very mixed, with a couple of professionals and non league players, to middle aged men who hadn’t kicked a ball in anger for more than ten years and many who seemed to have their boots on the wrong feet!!
The warm up game, was played on a full size pitch, with all 26 players and 6 balls. The idea was that the players had to pass and move, using all the players, the 8 balls and the full pitch. Below is a cut down version of the warm up game, using 12 players and 3 balls.
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Football Coaching – Techniques
May 5th
From a football coaching point of view, the first thing football coaches should understand is what is a technique and how to coach a player on improving and developing their techniques. A technique, with regards to football coaching is an action that a player performs that is related to a requirement to be able to play football. For example, the Technique of Ball Control. To master the technique of ball control, the players must first learn to work on their techniques in unopposed training sessions. This allows the players to progress without the pressure of opposition and to work solely on improving their technique.
The three graphics below, taken from the football coaching design software Coaches Chalkboard, which can be found at www.grassrootscoaching.com Using the Coaches Chalkboard software I have designed a soccer training session to improve the Technique of Ball Control.
ORGANISATION
- Organise the players into 3 groups of 3 with a ball for each group.
- Layout a series of squares with cones
- One of the players from each group makes a run into one of the squares, the player with the ball passes the ball to the player in the square, who must control the ball within the square they are in.
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Football and Soccer Coaching – Improve Ball Control – All Progressions
May 1st
This is the complete session on Improving Ball Control, click on the links to access the Coaches Chalkboard sessions and the downloadable PDF.
Intense Ball Control – Start Intense Ball Control – Progression 1 Intense Ball Control – Progression 2 Download PDF – Intense Ball Control
One of the fundamental techniques players need is to be able to control the ball effectively. As football coaches we should be constantly encouraging and helping our players to improve and develop their ball control techniques and skills.
Coaching ball control, starts at the beginning, with helping players understand the basic techniques of ball control. Players can then progress and start making technical decisions on not only how they control the ball, but where they control the ball and if they control it for themselves or for other players
Using the coaches’ chalkboard design facility on www.grassrootscoaching.com we have put together a progressive football training session soccer coaches can take to training to help their players improve the basic techniques of ball control.
Watch a video on Improving Ball Control - Intense Ball Control Session
Interactive, animated 3D drill on ball control – Improve Protecting The Ball from the defender
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Football and Soccer Coaching – Improve Ball Control – Progression 2
Apr 30th
This is the first second progression to the Coaches Chalkboard session – Intense Ball Control Start and Intense Ball Control – Progression 1
To download this progression, click on the link:
Coaches Chalkboard session – Intense Ball Control – Progression 2One of the fundamental techniques players need is to be able to control the ball effectively. As football coaches we should be constantly encouraging and helping our players to improve and develop their ball control techniques and skills.
Coaching ball control, starts at the beginning, with helping players understand the basic techniques of ball control. Players can then progress and start making technical decisions on not only how they control the ball, but where they control the ball and if they control it for themselves or for other players
Using the coaches’ chalkboard design facility on www.grassrootscoaching.com we have put together a progressive football training session soccer coaches can take to training to help their players improve the basic techniques of ball control.
This is the first of the Improve Ball Control football training sessions designed with coaches chalkboard. The final progression to this training session and a downloadable PDF will be added to the blog over the next 2 days.
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Football and Soccer Coaching – Improve Ball Control – Progression 1
Apr 30th
This is the first progression to the Coaches Chalkboard session – Intense Ball Control Start
To download this progression, click on the link:
Coaches Chalkboard session – Intense Ball Control – Progression 1One of the fundamental techniques players need is to be able to control the ball effectively. As football coaches we should be constantly encouraging and helping our players to improve and develop their ball control techniques and skills.
Coaching ball control, starts at the beginning, with helping players understand the basic techniques of ball control. Players can then progress and start making technical decisions on not only how they control the ball, but where they control the ball and if they control it for themselves or for other players
Using the coaches’ chalkboard design facility on www.grassrootscoaching.com we have put together a progressive football training session soccer coaches can take to training to help their players improve the basic techniques of ball control.
This is the first of the Improve Ball Control football training sessions designed with coaches chalkboard. The final progression to this training session and a downloadable PDF will be added to the blog over the next 2 days.
Coaches Chalkboard session - Intense Ball Control – Progression 1Watch a video on Improving Ball Control More >
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