By the end of the session participants will have:
- Talked over the previous game
- Discussed what they want to work on
- Work together and increase team cohesion
Session Evaluation
This session style was new to the manager, me and the team as we had not worked this way before. We started with an evaluation of the previous game and decided what we needed to work on together. Moving from defence to attack quickly was our only weakness, we felt as we won comfortably 4-1 but missed a lot of changes to get our fast forwards involved quickly rather that walking it around the pitch.
Team cohesion is important in football to avoid collapse of team commitment, team dividing and characters thinking the team success is because of there skill.(Beswick, 2000) Everybody responded well to this approach and we progressed the session quickly. I worked with the defence and attack separately whilst the keepers where getting coached by the manager. I asked both groups to give me ideas on how they think we could improve the quick ball over from defence in to attack. The defence decided they found it easier to pass out wide in to the channels and the attackers liked the ball to be played through the middle. I suggested passing the ball in a diamond formation as this shape provides more depth and width and creates more opportunity for the team in possession. (Luxbacher, 2005) I set up a drill 7v7 on a full size pitch, the team attacking had four defenders, two wingers and one centre forward. The idea was for the defence to pass the ball out to the winger and then in turn they would feed it in the middle for the centre forward to run on to and shoot. The defending team where asked to stand off, still putting defence under pressure, the team worked well at this drill and now where ready for a match.
Finally I let the boys play football, it was nearly a full game situation at full speed apart from the wingers had to stay in a marked out area along the wing. The ball had to be played to the winger before a goal could be scored. This was to encourage the formation we had been working on through out the session.
Beswick, B (2000) Focused for Soccer, Develop a winning mental approach.
Luxbacher, J.A. (2005) Soccer: Steps to Success.
1 comment:
I am really pleased with the quantity and regularity of your blog entries. You make useful and well considered personal comments and reflections. Your work is still a little short on academic reflection. You might like to have a look at coachmatty.blogspot.com. This is by no means a perfect example but does give a better picture of what is required from an academic perspective. Keep up the good work, some excellent coaching is taking place.
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