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Coaches - Send your Tips to coaching@curlcurlyouthclub.com.au
#12 - Use the Web!
There are so many skills and drills available on the web and youtube is a great place to see them in action. Search for particular moves or inspirational clips from the professionals. Here is a nice one showinging one on one moves. How young can players learn these moves? Take a look......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t75UGioAsz4&feature=related
#11 - Which way to Dive (Goalkeepers!)
Our Club Vice-President and coach of the Under 11/4s, David Lavings, picked up this goalkeeping tip when he was chatting with Mark Bosnich the other day.....
Look at which direction the standing foot is pointing to give a big clue as to the direction a striker is intending to kick the ball.
#10 - Dribble at Pace
Also from David, use the outside of the foot for increased speed when dribbling (and also to keep the ball beyond the reach of a defender running alongside).
#9 - Composure on the Ball
Phil Sarkies is coaching the Under 7 Orcas and the Under 9 Panthers and has a great way of teaching the younger players to enhance their ball control and learn composure in a game situation. During small-sided practise games, Phil sometimes allows the kids a 2-3 second no-tackling window when they first receive the ball. In this way the players can focus on controlling the ball without distraction and learn to look up and consider their options rather than panic and try and hoof the ball up the field.
#8 - Rotation of Players
John Earl has progressed through the age groups from coaching Under 6s to this season’s Under 10/2s and is a strong advocate of rotating the positions of each player. All the kids should be given game time in all areas of the field and encouraged to use their skills, which hugely benefits their long-term development. Players that do not develop attacking skills in the early years, probably never will and attacking players also need to develop defensive awareness. This may have some negative impact on results, but until Under 10s there is not even a league table, which emphasises the importance of player development over results-driven coaching of younger players. Young players must not be consigned to guarding a goal for the entire season.
Footnote : Lucas Neill revealed on 'Stars of Tomorrow' that he started life in midfield as a junior, played up front for Manly in representative football, played on the wing when he was first professional, then moved to full-back before captaining Australia as a central defender.
#7 - Volleying Technique
The most common mistake when volleying a ball dropping in front of a player is hitting the ball too early. How many times have you seen a volley ballooned over the bar in a crowded goalmouth because the player has snatched at the ball. Expert players will sometimes jump in the air as the ball arrives in order to allow themselves to take the ball a split-second earlier. Go for accuracy over power as the pace that is already on the ball as it drops will ensure a spectacular result from a good contact.
As always, practise, practise, practise....these skills didn't come overnight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgXqEO5KKN8
#6 - Building a House with Arsene Wenger
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger was interviewed by Craig Foster on SBS at the weekend and likened player development to building a house. Until the age of 12 skills are the priority, from ages 12-16 work on physical development and only from 16 up concentrate on tactical awareness. In his opinion trying to produce a quality player from someone who hadn't developed their skills by the age of 12 was like trying to build a house without any foundations.......
#5 - Encouraging Keepie-Ups
Aaron Kemp has supplied a great way of encouraging the kids to develop their individual skills in their own time. Aaron coaches the U8 Kookaburras and plays for the Seniors.
Show the kids how to juggle the football. Get them to practice for as long as you can allow. Get them to go away and practice at home and tell them there is a prize for the kid who can do the most keepie-ups. Buy a little trophy. The next week at training get the kids to come out individually in front of the other team members and juggle. They get three attempts and the kid with the most wins the trophy for the week. Repeat next week. Encourage to practice at home. At the end of the season the kid who holds the trophy will get the big prize. This is not a roster based system - it is achievement based.
#4 - Actions Speak Louder than Words
Wherever possible get players involved when making a point.
If they are told, they may remember,
If they are shown, they should remember,
If they perform the action themselves, they will remember.......
#3 - Concentrate on Attacking Skills with Young Players
Coaching of young players should involve as many touches of the ball as possible with a priority on dribbling skills. Don't get too worried about a passing game as that can easily be rectified as the player becomes older. If a player isn't encouraged to take players on at the sub junior level, there is a good chance they will never become proficient in this area of the game. By using 1 v 1 drills, we give the player no option other than attempting to beat a defender. The skills won't come overnight, so encourage the kids to keep trying.
#2 - Don’t get too passionate!
Your voice should be used to emphasise a particularly important point or to inject a sense of urgency in an instruction, but players will become oblivious to a coach that continually shouts at the top of their voice and doesn’t leave themselves another level to go to. The same thing applies to coaching with a whistle – use it sparingly to attract everyone’s attention or for a specific instruction. Praise at every opportunity and try to suggest improvements in a positive way. Remember, a quiet word will often be more effective than an emotional outburst.
Our first coaching tip of the week comes courtesy of Phil Moss the MWFA Head of Youth Development during the 'Coach the Coaches' session he ran for us at Abbott Rd, at the beginning of March.
#1 - Don't Coach What You Don't See
Phil stressed not to go into too much detail before asking your players to perform a drill and risk boring them to death with something they already know.
Get them into it pretty quickly and then see where improvements can be made. When you see something that is not being carried out correctly, stop the drill, ask the player or group how it could be improved and get them to repeat the process in a better way. Don't try and correct more than one problem at a time.
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