Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Hard Work

Times are difficults. Do we have to play or compete?

We are going to have kids that are growing up... Our competition is going to be more difficult. We have to start to teack our kids to work hard and compete. Players who PLAY bring skill; players who COMPETE bring everything!

We have focused so much on playing that we haven’t taught players to compete, to fight, to work hard or to have the will to win. I am using "we" and you could say that I am the coach and it is my responsability but I need also your help for juggling and motivation etc...

Players lose motivation and confidence when the “work/play” is no longer easy. We haven't seen hard work only with few players.

Research is clear that constant praising of children’s innate ability (athletic or intellectual) can prevent them from living up to their potential. On the other hand, studies show that teaching young people to focus on effort rather then ability helps make them high achievers and competitors in school, on the field and in life.

Et voila, I may re-implement the patches in order to make them compete during practices, juggling and everything else...

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Expectations

Player Expectations:
• Players confident enough to take risks with the ball in training and game situations
• 25 juggles in one minute
Practice schedule and exercises
Every practice session is informed and shaped by observations from the previous match. However, we can sketch an outline of a typical session:
• Warm-up takes place indoors and consists of cycling, soccer tennis and strength exercises.
• The main session starts with small games focusing on attack tactics: short pass combinations, moving up from the backfield, and 1 v. 1 situations on the goal. Alternatively, this part of the session may also focus on technique, coordination or speed.
• Players then move on to practice positional play and finishing, as well as individual and group tactics such as the back four, defensive play for midfielders and attackers, offsides situations and defending in 1 v. 1 situations.
• The session concludes with endurance training: primarily practice games, occasionally running without the ball.
Objective:
• Win the Division II

6 years old!