Billy Ready

U12 + U16 Lead Coach and Coach Education Coordinator at @PASSAbuDhabi 🇦🇪 || UEFA B || || Coached in 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇬🇲 🇦🇪 ||

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

Here are some 9v9 considerations for #SundayShare , looking at some positional responsibilities in the attacking third, with an accompanying session design to support understanding.

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

I’ve spent the last few weeks exploring “extreme football”, stripping away the norms of positional structure and encouraging shared intention through freedom to interact with the game as the players see fit.

A rush GK, 2 anchors and 6 floaters who are free to play anywhere.

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

#sundayshare one of my favourite questions to ask players. “What does the game require from you?”

As the game is ever adaptable and changing, encouraging players to assess situations and manage their involvement supports adaptability and accountability.

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

My #SundayShare involves supporting players with success criteria on match days. Encouraging players to set their own success criteria and reflect on their performance gives the game back to the player.

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

@Rob_Ftbll_Coach @SundayShare10 @SessionShareNet @RJPcoach @Leecosgrove10 @PeterPrickett @CoachingFamily @CoachesVoice @FCoach365 I like the thought process! I find things like this useful in my planning so that I can help a player across any part of the process, ie it might be a scanning breakdown rather than a technical fault.

Helps with being organic when you have an idea what to look out for!

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

My #sundayshare is a full session design supporting players with playing through/around the opposition pressure.

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

@AFClife14 @CoachingFamily @SundayShare10 @SessionShareNet @RJPcoach @Leecosgrove10 @PeterPrickett @CoachesVoice @FCoach365 Love that! T players are often just left on the outside because that’s the way it’s always been, but that definitely builds their understanding and relationship with finding or creating overloads!

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

@CoachRobAu @SundayShare10 @SessionShareNet @RJPcoach @Leecosgrove10 @PeterPrickett @CoachingFamily @CoachesVoice @FCoach365 It helps me break down the smaller potential breakdowns a player might experience. It’ll take longer for these situations to stick but I’m sure it’ll have a greater impact!

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

@SundayShare10 Can’t beat the old school, mate!⚽️✍🏻

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

@kevdano1103 @SessionShareNet @SundayShare10 @Leecosgrove10 @RJPcoach @CoachingFamily That’s where the skill of adapting to the player’s needs is useful. This plan isn’t for u9/10 players, with those players you can still have specifics you will observe but it’s the skill of the coach to make what you’re looking for relatable to the young players.

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

Here is a small sided game session plan supporting players to take opportunities to play through/around the opposition.

There are a lot of considerations, which won’t all be used at once but allow me to be adaptable to how the session progresses.

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

For #SundayShare this week, I’ve begun using a periodisation plan that I’ve built to support my planning for this term. Might need to zoom in to read!

I want to be more deliberate in my longer term planning this year. Any feedback would be amazing ⚽️

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

@JOGOFUNCIONAL1 Great resources, Roman.

In your experience, how might you make players aware of the possibilities of emergent structures? Would it come through more “play” type activities or through consistent reminders of principles?

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

My #SundayShare is some technical detail regarding “receiving with purpose” - linked to @PaulMcG8’s 6 Capabilities framework.

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

Here is a defending session in which planning considerations are to counter the attacking incentives to promote more defensive organisation.

What gets rewarded, gets repeated. Which allows the defensive unit to experience more opportunities at solving similar game problems.

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

@danbeckrants @SundayShare10 @RJPcoach @Leecosgrove10 @Coach_Osku @CoachingFamily @theCoachingblog @EnglandLearning Thanks Daniel! It’s definitely a longer path but a much more rewarding one. Give the game back to the players!⚽️

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

My #SundayShare looks more at how I’ve tried to adapt pitch design to encourage specific game problems to occur, and to provide the platform for players to work together to solve game problems with desired behaviours.

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

It is easy to get overwhelmed on your journey and to be discouraged by not achieving certain job roles/qualifications yet.

In the pursuit of success…

Remember why you chose to coach, and to win each day by ensuring you give everything to the players in your care.

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

I often would make notes but not refer back to them. Scrolling through notebooks and finding some interesting trails of thought.

This is about how to prepare delivery that highlights player intentions, feel free to share your feedback!

[Billy Ready @ReadyBilly]

Here are some considerations I found when drawing up ideas for Pre Academy/Foundation Phase curriculum building a while back. Feel free to share your ideas and suggestions!