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Foot-Tech Academy
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The official CZcams Channel of Foot-Tech Academy; the children's football coaching school in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Our focus is developing young footballers from ages 4-14 into technically advanced, two-footed, intelligent players in a fun and enjoyable environment.
We promote an inclusive setting for all ages and abilities. Children can use football to make friends, learn new skills and increase their overall athletic ability.
Here we will post our instructional homework videos, interesting football content and snap shots of our players in action.
For more info on booking your child a place please get in touch via foot-techacademy@outlook.com, www.foot-techacademy.co.uk or call 07732 865 677
Our focus is developing young footballers from ages 4-14 into technically advanced, two-footed, intelligent players in a fun and enjoyable environment.
We promote an inclusive setting for all ages and abilities. Children can use football to make friends, learn new skills and increase their overall athletic ability.
Here we will post our instructional homework videos, interesting football content and snap shots of our players in action.
For more info on booking your child a place please get in touch via foot-techacademy@outlook.com, www.foot-techacademy.co.uk or call 07732 865 677
The Realities of Running a Grassroots Team
'I would like to live in a healthier, happier world and I believe in using the power of sport to positively drive the changes to make this a reality.' - Jordan Liburd.
We sat down with Jordan Liburd who has the very unique experience of running a grassroots team, being on a club committee, coaching at Foot-Tech, refereeing and also undertaking leadership roles within the FA.
On top of that he also works in biomedical research...a very busy man!
He's been there and done it when it comes to grassroots football and he talks openly about the ups, downs and everything in-between.
This is a good one for football parents to really understand the amount of effort that goes into running a junior team and for grassroots coaches to take some ideas on how to create the right environment for your players.
Don’t forget to subscribe for more football training and football coaching videos.
Foot-Tech Academy is a children’s football coaching school in Leeds.
For more about what we do visit our website - www.foot-techacademy.co.uk
Join our football classes in Leeds:
5-14 year olds - www.foot-techacademy.co.uk/football-sessions
2-4 year old (pre-school football) - www.foot-techacademy.co.uk/3-4-year-old-football-training
121 football coaching - www.foot-techacademy.co.uk/1-2-1-coaching
School holiday camps - www.foot-techacademy.co.uk/school-holidays
We sat down with Jordan Liburd who has the very unique experience of running a grassroots team, being on a club committee, coaching at Foot-Tech, refereeing and also undertaking leadership roles within the FA.
On top of that he also works in biomedical research...a very busy man!
He's been there and done it when it comes to grassroots football and he talks openly about the ups, downs and everything in-between.
This is a good one for football parents to really understand the amount of effort that goes into running a junior team and for grassroots coaches to take some ideas on how to create the right environment for your players.
Don’t forget to subscribe for more football training and football coaching videos.
Foot-Tech Academy is a children’s football coaching school in Leeds.
For more about what we do visit our website - www.foot-techacademy.co.uk
Join our football classes in Leeds:
5-14 year olds - www.foot-techacademy.co.uk/football-sessions
2-4 year old (pre-school football) - www.foot-techacademy.co.uk/3-4-year-old-football-training
121 football coaching - www.foot-techacademy.co.uk/1-2-1-coaching
School holiday camps - www.foot-techacademy.co.uk/school-holidays
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Brilliant video, my son is a goal keeper and has been in a PDC for six months now and this confirms a lot of what I have been seeing and thinking. Zero feedback and little to no communication from what I am sure are over worked coaches. Watching this has made me realise we have a decision to make as the time spent at the PDC could be used to develop his game further and with much less travel time for us!
Glad the video has been useful. Some places will be great but some just use the power of the badge and there's little to know 'development'. Good luck with what ever you decide
Great video, as a new U7's coach to grassroots football it's great to hear the insights of another coach and for them to share their experiences. The podcasts have really helped me out in preparation for my first season. Funino being a massive one and once which I am trying to push on to the other coaches at my club. Cheers!
Appreciate the comment and glad to hear you're giving Funino a try! Are there any other topics you're particularly interested in that you'd like us to discuss?
Have to disagree. Playing out from the back is absolutely brilliant idea if you have sharpness, space and angles recognition and idea what you want to do with a football.
It’s only a brilliant idea if it’s the best decision at the time
There's alot of misinformation in this video. I'll break it down on Twitter soon
Great experience for the boys 👏
Ive noticed with our u8s the majority of them can scan quite when they are on the ball, but they struggle alot when they need to scan prior to receiving the ball, they tend to turn into trouble alot as they havent checked over their shoulder behind them. Donyou have any variations of the drill or others that would help for this scenario.
Might need a spirit level on some of your background frames 👍🤣
Good call! Hopefully better at coaching than DIY 🤣
Very good, perfect for the beginning of the session as an activation activity! What would the progression from this exercise be?
We don’t really use this one anymore as we’ve learnt a few more things since then. Here’s an update version which is more realistic to the game - czcams.com/video/4Get6r03mFE/video.htmlsi=x0mI_zMjyzum6ur6
Used to coach Luke, great lad! Also played Sunday league with you and remember your grandad and his big Mercedes
Haha he loved that car!
FODEN ON THE WAYYY!!! MAN CITY LOSING EVERY SINGLE MATCH EVEN THE FA CUP FINAL AGAINST MAN U!!!!!
Rudolph - Santosh Avula
reply if u can?
thanks foot tech because i joined btw im santosh
Also agree with this 100%
100% agree
Stupid video. You can’t see for the text 🤷♂️😩
Easy to explain
Malcom Gladwell’s book “Outliers” explains why and this effect is in most sports
1st quarter start from January?
For most European countries. For England it’s September-December
What about parents who just don't care or have an interest in football but you need their support to ensure their child is fully committed?
Best thing you can do is open up communication with them and explain how they can support but unfortunately some parents still won’t care. You control what you can control and that’s at least speaking to them
Interesting that in Europe kids are grouped by birth year rather than school year like we do in the UK.
Yeah. Not sure why we do it like we do but the RAE is still a problem whether birth year or academic year it seems - really interesting topic!
Teach them to not care when they lose, like i know the england national team will lose every tournament they enter, thats guaranteed
Great interview. Curt was some striker!! ⚽️
I think it depends on the scenario you are in. Why are kids not being taught how to play with both feet though and shot with both feet
Follow up from my last message, My message to my players now days is "Take as many touches as you need, not as many as you want"
There is always 2 sides to the coin. I always grew up on 2 touch football, growing up in England. I coached for many years using the 2 touch rule. My mind was changed one day by a coach I was working with, said what if you restricted Messi and Ronaldo to 2 touch when they were kids, they wouldn't be as creative as they are now. So I scrapped the two touch rule until a couple years later when I realized that players were dribbling into trouble and not reading the game fast enough. So I went back to using the 2 touch as an exercise to help players with quick decision making. This season I have a u14 team that does not like to do drills, passing sequences, they just want to play games. So I came up with a modern 2 touch rule, in small sided games 5 v 5, where they had to take 2 touches (No more, no less) this was a little messy at first, but then I started to see the results of quicker decision making and helping the speed of play. On top of that it was working on their first touch and how to play out of trouble and tight spaces. This also had the players of the ball moving and looking find space to support each other. If 2 touches were not taken a free kick was given, I would allow advantage if the ball was turned over to allow less stoppage in play. I would always leave time at the end for the scrimmage to be open play. To Recap, 2 touch should be used as a training exercise not a style of play. Because we are training the players to think for them self.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Jamie 👍
Stumbled across your channel recently, some really refreshing ideas that I'm now using with my u10 girls team. The Funino game is a hit with them already as 4v4. I'm hoping this approach improves defending too!
Thanks, James. Glad you’ve taken some ideas from it 👍
Really good topic to discuss, and coaches I've talked with have had varying opinions on the effectiveness of it. My current opinion on the 2 touch rule is that it is probably more appropriate for older age players, where they can grasp the concept that we don't want them to play 2 touch just for the sake of 2 touch, but as a means to keep rhythm and speed of play. I feel like the younger players (U12 and under) can often get too caught up in the rules of the drill/exercise, and have trouble seeing the rule as a means to an end, rather than just another rule to play by. I'll often tell my U10 players that you try to use the amount of touches needed for the specific situation. So if I have a player who keeps losing the ball in a rondo because the defender can close him down easily, i'll ask them next time to see if we can take out the extra (3rd or 4th touch) and speed up our play. Feel like at those younger ages, most important thing we can give the players is the reasoning for using fewer (or more) touches in situations and allow them to develop their own preferences as they get into the higher ages. Always think of Iniesta as the great example of a player who could play amazing with 1/2 touch or with 10 touches, but he just had such a great understanding of when to use the touches. Love the videos btw, and looking forward to each episode 🙌
Some great points there. Appreciate you sharing. Definitely about letting them make the decision but us coaches guiding them with things like you’ve said. Issue with the 2 touch rule is the bad habits it can embed at the younger ages. What happens when they have 2 touches? They then stop because they aren’t allowed 3rd touch! Absolute madness when you think about how that doesn’t transfer to the game at all. No need to use rules that don’t exist in a match. Thanks again for the feedback and sharing your views 👍
Great topic and everyone will have their own opinions. For me until I watched this its something I have never thought of and would use 2 touch rules for small rondos instead of matches. But from watching this I think I will limit the amount of times I use it. Will definitely look to reduce the space slowly over the weeks instead and see how the kids get on
Glad you took something from it, Alan ⚽️
This is a really great video, thakn you. I'm ashamed to say that I am the reason why my son has fallen out of love with playing the game. I have always over coached and been too hands on, so much so, that my son now wants to quit his football team. He's only 10. He was never football crazy, but enjoyed it. Now, he is mentally done with it and he has asked me to give it up at the end of the season.
That’s a shame but at least you’ve: 1. Had the self-awareness to recognise the issues 2. Been humble enough to admit it Too many would be ignorant to their behaviour and/or wouldn’t admit it. Hopefully you can convince him to carry on with his football and you can simply enjoy watching him for many years to come 🙏
Great
Really good advice, thank you
Very welcome. Thanks for listening
Lots of great points in this video . One thing I think is majorly different with the generation of today is there are far more distractions . If you have the attitude of leaving your child to choose what they want to do I find it hard to believe anyone could drag them away from games consoles !
Yeah it’s a good point. It’s looking at the difference between being a parent who ‘forces’ a child into something because they know it’s good for their well-being and the parent simply wants them to be healthy etc. And then the parent with a kid who wants to do an activity but then the parent takes all the fun out of it because they become too obsessive.
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I like this podcast and it’s something I’ve had lots of thoughts on recently myself . In time gone by and I still think it depends on the outcomes your wanting from your session but playing through the thirds can be useful . I don’t however think it’s a practice to use regular when playing out from the back . Like you said in the podcast , decision making is massive In Football so ideally if we give the players a structure and some coaching points for example width , depth and d height . Set challenges to try play forward quickly if it’s on , alternatively if it isn’t to keep the ball I think your putting the decisions into the players hands while still giving some structure to playing out from the back . I liked what you mentioned about dribbling out from the back too . I think people think if your dribbling has a defender you’re not actually playing out from the back but I disagree . I love to see this especially at the younger age groups
Thanks for the comment. Glad you enjoyed listening
I like this podcast and it’s something I’ve had lots of thoughts on recently myself . In time gone by and I still think it depends on the outcomes your wanting from your session but playing through the thirds can be useful . I don’t however think it’s a practice to use regular when playing out from the back . Like you said in the podcast , decision making is massive In Football so ideally if we give the players a structure and some coaching points for example width , depth and d height . Set challenges to try play forward quickly if it’s on , alternatively if it isn’t to keep the ball I think your putting the decisions into the players hands while still giving some structure to playing out from the back . I liked what you mentioned about dribbling out from the back too . I think people think if your dribbling has a defender you’re not actually playing out from the back but I disagree . I love to see this especially at the younger age groups
Great content well done, I have completely switched my training now. To a game based model with pressure and it's made a huge difference. Tricky question but I coach a medium to high standard U12s girls team would u think a 3 pass completion in matches on average is good before breaking down? I have been working on raising the average pass completion as I can see the difference it makes for the team
It comes down to context. Are they trying to make more forward passes? Are the passes just sideways or backwards with no real use? What if they made 1 pass straight to the striker and you score a goal? We’d say focus more on the purpose of the passing then assess things from there. Data like completed passes is fine but it can be misleading depending on what the context is. Hope that helps. And thank you for the positive feedback 👍
That makes sense thanks, mainly passes are sideways or forward with a focus on Midfield possession but through passes when on make a lot of sense alright...... Last question I have been working on shape with and without posession as a group rather then individually do u think that's a better approach thanks
@@Sp-mv5ki doing it as a group will make more sense to the players as it's closer to what they'll be doing in the game. Ideally, you'd do it in a realisitc training match - 9v9 or 11v11 etc - you could then (if you wanted) give individual players information specific to them and their role within the team shape but doing it in a game-situation would hopefully embed the learning. This way means they get an idea of what the shape needs to be in and out of possession and in relation to where the ball is on the field. Just our opinion but hope that helps.
Excellent thanks very much we will continue to work on that.... Keep up the good work great channel and enjoy the content very much
This is great! Incredible information. I have always believed in game speed training. Thank you for your perspective.
Thanks, Robert. Glad it was helpful ⚽️
Hi, roughly what size would these squares be please?
Hi, typical Funino pitch (the game at the end) is 25m across and 30m long so work from that. You may decide to vary the size of the first 2 games to work on different things or to suit the ability level of your players. Bigger areas = might be easier, more opportunities to dribble. Smaller area = might be more challenging, less touches, quicker decisions needed. For ease as a coach starting with the same pitch size above means you can literally just pick up some cones and you’re into then next games. Hope that helps
You're describing every childhood for the last 70 years. Stop spouting nonsense
Trying to work out what age you must be to have such a good knowledge/experience of every childhood generation from the 1950’s to now 🤔
@@FootTechAcademy I've got the same amount of knowledge/experience you have to make sweeping generalized statements with no evidence. Difference is I'm not making CZcams videos about it
@@FootTechAcademy I've got the same amount of knowledge/experience you have to make sweeping generalized statements with no evidence. Difference is I'm not making CZcams videos about it
@@personalsigh we coach over 1000 children every week, work in 8 primary schools through the day and have been teaching/coaching for 20 years. This is our opinion based on what we’ve experienced as well as countless chats with people in educational settings. Does it apply to all children? Absolutely not. Have we noticed a general change from when we started to now? Very much so. You’re very welcome to agree or disagree but our views are our own and always from our experience 👍
@@FootTechAcademy if it doesn't apply to all children then don't make content that implies such! Be better! As a parent and a teacher who had seen many many more children in their 30+ year career I can tell you that kids are kids they were the same in 1995 as they are today. Some are arseholes some aren't. Full stop.
Hi mate , love the content . whats your opinion on a child as young as 5 having one 2 one coaching sessions . My sons had a promising start to his football career recently been scouted at pre academy level for Man City am now considering getting him a one 2 one coach to help with his development would love your opinion on this ?
Really appreciate the feedback - thank you. Great question. Short answer is no. Longer answer… We get a lot of requests for 121’s for children as young as 4-5 and we turn them all away. You’ll have plenty of cowboys out there who will happily convince parents to part with their money for 121’s for this age but we know, from experience, they aren’t worth it. The best thing for football at this age is more group sessions. The trick is finding a good environment for your boy with the right coaching and right ability level. The group training gives him what he needs at this age to get better at football so long as it meets the criteria above. Ability level could mean you find somewhere with high ability or possibly even slightly lower ability whereby he might get more touches and can try more things but still in an opposed environment. Truth is, you could get him out to the park and do the things he’d need in a 121. If you’re out with him focus on dribbling and ball striking (make it fun, not serious - set him little challenges etc) but if you want another formal session for him try to find a group session. Happy to send you some ideas if you need them. Another idea would be to round up his pals on a weekly basis and hire out a pitch for them to just play - kind of the street-style approach when we were kids. This can be great. Lastly, you might find if he’s training with a grassroots team then adding 1-2 sessions with City, he might be best just playing with you on his non-training nights or just generally playing and being a kid. Can be tempting to overdo it once a club comes along but it’s so important that he has time to be a kid. Let him lead it. He’s still so so young. The more it feels like play for him the better. All the above is just our opinion but I hope it helps. Good luck to the little man ⚽️
@@FootTechAcademy Thanks for your input it’s greatly appreciated. Yes I’ve had mixed opinions when reached out to various people about this . But I’m swaying towards not going down that route at this age . We are lucky enough to live opposite a field and have spent hours together training the fundamentals together since him being very young . I’m sure many will agree it’s quite challenging coaching your own child but as you’ve said nice learnt keeping it fun is most important and when he learn the most . He currently trains with city on a Monday and his grass roots team on a Thursday and has matches on Sundays . I’m debating looking a getting him into some fun child based strength and conditioning sessions with his sister in the area just to get him doing something different that’s going to help with his movement and strength and to break up all the football he’s currently playing . As much as we all want him to do well I’m very conscious it can all become to much for such a young child
@@pettdogg8943 another sport or activity can be great for his physical development. See your time on the park with him as less a coaching session with Dad and more a kick around. That’s where little challenges can work wonders as you’ll get him doing specific things but in a fun way. Challenge-reward can work really well. For his ball striking it could be he has to hit the back of the net with no bounce 10 times in a row then he gets ‘X’. Loads of ways to do it but the second it becomes a training session with dad is when you might lose him - particularly as he gets older. Strength & conditioning isn’t really a thing at his age - it’s about movement so you could look at things like athletics, gymnastics, basketball, tennis etc. It all helps with his athletic development and overall love of moving. The great thing about sports like basketball ball, rugby etc is that they are invasion games just like football so he’d be playing a different sport, getting all the physical benefits but also improving things like his spatial awareness which can help his football. There’s no magic, one-size fits all approach. The key is environment, right ability level, good coaching and making sure he enjoys it.
For a grassroots team with only 1 hour a week with the kids how would you structure a training session incorporating opposed drills? Would free play> rondo> opposed drill > ssg> full match be an effective use of time?
Depending on ability levels and ages, here are some ideas: Arrival matches - get them into small-sided matches as each player arrives. This keeps them moving, gets them ready for the session and allows you time to see how many players have turned up so you can amend your plan if needed. 1v1 work - great for developing dribbling skills under pressure as well as some football fitness. Try to use goals where possible. We have loads of ideas you can use if you check our channel under the 1v1 playlist. You could add GK’s into your goals to give the players more decisions to make. Games-based activity - an activity using more players and closer to the game. Check our games-based football drills playlist for loads of ideas but use overloads, underloads etc to add different challenges. These ones will also mean more opportunities to develop passing in the right context. Small-sided matches to finish - Leave them to play and possibly add a ‘big’ match at some point in the same format they play at a weekend. You can also condition these games for a period of time - 1 touch, 2 touch etc - to work on certain things. Hope that helps. We’ll do a video going into more detail ⚽️
Be careful with rondos - rondos without a purpose or consequence aren’t overly effective compared to more representative drills
@FootTechAcademy a typical rondo we would do would be 4v2 with a pugg goal either side, if the 'piggys' intercept the ball it becomes a 2v4 breakout towards either goal, would you consider this consequential as its transitional with direction?
@@danegrindell5784 tough one as the 4 aren’t really playing a representative game (assuming you’re asking them to simply pass around the 2 and not aim to score). Could be better setting it up with the goal either side but the 2 can score in either goal and the 4 can only score in 1 of the goals. It’s like when players are asked to make ‘5 passes before you can score’. The issue is, what if the best pass is available but they’ve only made 2 passes? It becomes passing for passings sake. Could possibly set them a scene like ‘we have 30 seconds left of the World Cup final, we’re winning 1-0 and we need to keep the ball’ which might make it feel more appropriate but we’d say it’s always better that each team has a target to aim for whether that be to score a goal, make a pass to a teammate etc.
Hi share
Great exercise - useful if Foot-Tech Academy provided length x width of playing dimensions
We’d vary it depending on the ability level of the players 👍
Great exercise - useful if Foot-Tech Academy provided length x width of playing dimensions
We vary it depending on the age/ability level of the players but you could keep the width (for example) roughy the same as you’d use in your match format but feel free to vary it for different challenges 👍
I like it, i think it is more of a scanning. dribbling exercise in my opinion. i have tried this with one ball and the the scanning off space, opponnent and team mates means decision making is more realistic to the game. ie do i pass, or do i dribble 1v1 or run the space.. but tks, a really interesting twist on something i have been doing 👍🏻👏👏👏
Great video. An absolute Basic is to watch (scan ) the BALL. Surprised you didnt mention the ball, this for me is No.1, esp given that up to 90% of football is off the ball (unapossed) hopefully a lot lot less with young players. But still a critical part of scanning and the game of football. Ps, A great video..
Love your vides guys and use them a lot....Useful video and you have contextualised what you're saying but i do think a lot of this is to do with the language coaches use and the way this is communicated to parents so that they also understand what coaches philosophy is. You use the reference 'play out from the back' . I massively encourage my team to play out from the back, in reality all that means is that I don't want my GK to aimlessly boot the ball, UNLESS, she can accurately kick the ball over the head of an attacker who is lurking at the end of the box, to a player in space. More often than not, playing from the back simply means the ball should be played on the ground from GK to a defender, what they choose to do from there is up to them, so they can play backwards, sidewards, into midfield, out to a marked winer, long ball into a channel... but all of this decision making comes from having the defenders under some sort of pressure to make a decision. this hugely improves their decision making, they are constantly having to scan for options. We play at a high level U11 girls league and at least half the team we play have a good GK who simply boots it to half way, the kids can't head the ball any way, it bobbles around and teams score goals that way. We lose lots of games this way because we are focussed on fundamentals at this stage rather than scrambling for 50/50 balls from a clearance. That said, there is an element in this that my team need to work on because they have to now be more aggressive in these scenarios. I encourage the ball to remain below head height and played to feet. Playing through thirds encourages players to apply techniques such as scanning, using strength to hold off players, look for space, it encourages them to carry the ball into space, look for through balls....these are just a handful of benefits, hitting it long encourages one thing, hitting it long. I would argue it massively improved scanning as long as , as a coach, you intervene at the point at which you may say' would the ball into the striker have been the better option , than a sideards pass' Remember up to U12, its foundation level, teaching kids the basics. if we don't teach kids to be comfortable on the ball then as soon as they hit 11v11 they'll be lost and will focus on bypassing midfield. Your point, in my opinion is bang on, but it's more about decision making rather than the concept of playing out from the back itself.
Thanks for the feedback - glad you enjoy the videos. Love the points about encouraging the right things and how language can have a big impact. Perhaps more context needs to be given as playing out from the back can be quite a generalist phrase (and maybe a better headline for the video is needed 🤣) but the point isn’t that kids are left to just boot the ball up field. It’s about how there is a growing obsession within grassroots that kids play out from the back, play through the thirds etc to the point where it’s almost become frowned upon to score a goal from a long ball. If a long ball (not an aimless kick) is the right pass to make at the time, this should be seen as a positive because the player made the right decision. There are still plenty of teams who blast the ball up to the striker no matter what. It’s boring and might not do much for developing players but they’d argue it’s effective for them and opposing teams should be coached in how to deal with it. Defenders should be scanning (or communicating with their environment) all the time regardless of whether they are under pressure or not - this should be encouraged but also be unconsciously developed with the right activities so it becomes automatic for every player. Remember, scanning isn’t only about seeing defenders. It’s also about looking for space & teammates and it doesn’t matter whether a player has the ball or not. They need to be encouraged to keep looking, keep checking whats going on with and away from the ball. Obsessing over playing out from the back means goal keepers & defenders will develop an unconscious habit of only looking so far. What if the goal keeper is way off their line and the CB could score? What if the striker is in loads of space in a threatening area and your keeper could play a long pass to them? Encouraging players to keep the ball, play through the thirds etc etc is fine but encouraging playing forward first (if it’s the best decision) regardless of whether that is short or long, is (in our opinion) a better thing for development. Think longer-term, in the future we’ll better equip players to have better technique to execute the right action at the right time. If we simply want them to pass short for passing’s sake we rob them of creativity and developing more facets of their overall game. I too used to believe we should play a certain way. The ball should be played on the floor, short passes, through the thirds but we had our eyes opened at a course in Amsterdam a while ago that really challenged the conventional thinking. We’ll do a video on that soon. Thanks again for watching and please do comment and challenge our opinions as this is often how we all learn 👍
@@FootTechAcademy Yep, pretty much agree with everything you've said there. We do tend to come up against the route one aspect more than anything else, and when I coach a lot of the thirds work, I will always say we must play forward to score so if you can see a pass that is more direct , then play it. In our girls team we actually have two very quick wide players but our more target based strikers aren't particularly quick so we work on both hold up play, but also if our midfielders , or in fact our defenders see a pass into space behind a high line, then to definitely hit that pass. I do focus on possession football a lot though because we have a varying degree of composure across the team and I don't want the girls kicking the ball away or out, so they need to stay composed on the ball until a pass is on so i generally place one restriction is that they cant blast it away or kick it out for a throw. I totally agree though , that obsessing over playing through each third will no doubt be counter productive as essentially we want to kids to be imaginative too don't we ? great content
Scanning is more important when playing out from the back than you're giving credit for. If a coach isn't devoting a large amount to teaching kids to scan, then they're not doing much for the kids development, regardless of style of play. Those sessions with or without goals that you mentioned where passing targets are goals etc. can be very useful for scanning as players are constantly having to move and assess. If a coach isn't emphasising the importance of scanning, hes dropping the ball. I agree that it's not the only way to play and personally I like to split my season into 4 blocks with a concentration on a different style in the first 3 blocks. By the time we get to the last run of games I generally have a squad that's very adaptable and are hard to beat. It's upto a coach to emphasise to the player's that they are the ones playing the game and they have to figure it out for themselves, we can guide and shape teams as coaches but without the players experiencing the game, we're just guys with a magnetic board.
Not too sure where we’ve said scanning isn’t important when playing out from the back? The whole idea of the video is around making sure kids aren’t taught to have tunnel vision and instead how we should help them understand the importance of looking at the whole picture and making the best decision from there. i.e. if the best decision is to play a pass to the most advanced forward player instead of playing out from the back, do that instead of playing a short pass out from the back because it looks prettier. Activities without goals/target players essentially become a rondo without a purpose, which is passing for passing’s sake and not how kids should be taught to play. The best activities are those that develop the right unconscious habits that best help a child in a football context. Activities without goals (and therefore without a consequence when they lose the ball) are not game-contextual. That’s not to say coaches can’t use games without goals but many grassroots coaches only have a short time with their players so the idea should be to maximise development. You do that with activities that are as close to the game as possible which then helps develop the right decision-making skills and game-related techniques. A lot of of we discuss is based on the science of learning via an ecological approach i.e. learning is enhanced when children train in an environment that closest resembles the game. This is of course just our approach based on what we have learnt and read over the years but the beauty of football is that all coaches have a way of training/developing players and it’s always interesting to hear how others view things so thank you for commenting with a detailed reply 👍
This actually backed my own thought that i have had but lately i have been under pressure to change teams system to more "robotic" if i may. Thank you, this was very thought provoking in a positive way. I will share this with my coaching team.