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John
Firstly, I have admired your passion for the beautiful game for some time now, I have enjoyed your passionate tweets and comments. Secondly, kudos to you for putting your “product” out there front and center. I think it is fantastic that you are willing to put the videos up for critique.
I have watched the video a few times through. I think your play from the back and into the middle third of the field is solid and your team moves the ball around very well. I think the play into the final third is where you are having issues. In the video there is the lack of quality and poise around the box that you have everywhere else on the pitch. At times it looked rushed. Perhaps a little more patience from the midfield as the forwards work to shake their markers, or the strikers “showing more” for a bounce pass or a turn off the defender. My U13 boys team has the same issues, we have worked hard the past few months on being more clinical and having more purpose in the final third. Worked on alot of “up, back, and throughs” interchanges to unlock the defense.
I think Gary posted on the blog once about a quality player just putting their foot on the ball and dictating the tempo of the game. I think that little extra quality and patience would make a huge difference. There were a few occasions in the video when two touches would have been better than one to assure a better final, penetrating pass…..
Something I am also working on with my team is being more explosive off the ball, getting into passing channels quicker, losing markers and checking with greater speed.
The girls are playing great – keep up the excellent work !
Cheers
Brian
Hi All,
My name is Brian Mitchell. I am originally from England, but settled in the Philadelphia area about 10 years ago. I played to a pretty high level in England, but my passion is coaching and I have coached travel and middle school soccer for the past 10 years. I become very frustrated with travel soccer clubs in this area, so approx 4 years ago, I founded a travel only soccer program. We currently have 8 teams playing at different age groups. I head coach a U13 Boys team that have progressed very well over the past 4 years. I am very passionate about ‘possession’ soccer and have been evangelising it to anyone who will listen for the past few years.
I have been an avid reader of the 3Four3 Blog for some time and this opportunity was too good to pass up. I am very excited about learning new things and developing friends and contacts across the country with similar mindsets. I already know a few people here – I know this is going to be a fantastic experience.
Thanks for this guys!
Cheers and Happy Holidays
Brian
