Combination skills are one of the most difficult to coach but coaches can focus on the capabilities that converge to make combinations effective - then educate their player’s attention prioritising one phrase at a time that helps as a guide from the “players eye view”
Mixed age - mixed ability - mixed surface - mixed numbers - ‘pick-up’ street games have been staple diet in the practice history of great players - coaches who reproduce it for their players now aren’t dinosaurs they are students of the game experts in learning 🔥⚽️
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This short corner is like a practice I used for years to develop combination play - dribbling & finishing (& defending against it) teams of 3/4 must combine from a corner working their way in to the box to score (eg 5 attacks / switch with defenders) explore & coach in between🧵
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Scanning checking your opponent’s position before disguise - “small late movements”- showing body language to make one pass but at the last second deceiving your opponent who’s anticipated reading your first cunning miscommunication 🧙♀️🔥⚽️
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1-2s require a Matador’s poise - the understanding of the ‘arrogance of timing’ using the control of ‘flow’ to entice opponents to rush in close - before beating them with opposite flow
Thankyou to all the people at @gjoasoccer for inviting myself, the players & @andrewhyde96 to play & coach with you at the @NorwayCupOslo Great to work with the players I brought over again in a competitive environment & to be involved with an American club again.
TRANSITIONS
•Take opportunities to attack quickly when possession regained
•Desire to react quickly and positively to losing possession
•Understanding of changing situations within the game
More info online about the team here
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U11s Team For 2022/23 Season
WHAT WE COACH
IN POSSESSION
•Move the ball at speed through combining and switching to play in behind
•Attack opponents with aggression in the correct 1v1/1v2 moments
•Creative movements to receive in forward areas to finish
OUT OF POSSESSION
•Enthusiasm to press opponents aggressively at the correct times
•Understanding and awareness of positioning within the group
•Dominate 1v1 situations and challenge correctly in duels
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