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Alec – not sure it was the cleanest technical/possession game (sloppy/slow on our behalf) but sometimes that’s what you get in game 3 of tournaments. Partially due to the type of pressure your team defended with. I was impressed that your team played possession and have obviously been taught possession principles. Typically we are surrounded by kickball teams or pseudo possession teams.
Keep up the good work….they have much improved since the video posted above. The earlier age, the better.
Ryan – opponents have sat back to midfield several times vs my U9 team. Below is a good 3:30 game video of U10 Barca (B) vs Vic Riuprimer Refo FC (Spain) by George Sarakinis….
It looks good. I coach U8 and U9 boys….both ages can oplay this way. The kids at this age are more capable than many coaches in the US give them credit. OR the coaches don’t know how to coach it.
I’ll have to post some video this Spring (I posted 6v6 U8 last year).
I can see your stamp on this. Good luck in the future.
Very nice Alec! Numerous 7-8 pass sequence, positional play leading to scoring chances. Keep it up!
Referring to the U9-U12 range for team homework. Currently, I give an area of focus over a 2-3 week period and then change. I’ve found setting a topic, giving a goal to record, and a time frame helps. Just looking for different ideas to keep them engaged at home and improve. Perhaps, with some kids it’s just go play at home.
Examples,
Juggling – record a juggle book and see how many total juggles you can get in a two week period. On the last day check out your new consecutive juggle high. Also, do Juggle 3x, put ball high in air, settle.
Footskills – Give 15 moves to practice, 2 min on ea move. Have moved into combination moves. Ex, roll/crossover; roll/outside foot cut.
Shooting – Make move and shoot. Get to 500 or 1,000 shot club. Even # shots with R/L foot
Also cover dribbling, bouncing ball off wall/settle, etc, etc.
Alec – Cant figure our how to post a picture of my drawing so will wing it.
I use 4 patterns in 6v6.
1.) Give/Go – DEF to Winger to CF to Winger OR Def to CF to Winger to CF.
2.) Up/Back/Thru – Def to CF to thru Winger
3.) Overlap/Underlap – Defender over/underlap with Winger. Either way is fine by me.
4.) Diagonal Thru Ball – either Defender to CF. CF thru ball to Winger.(Winger loses man forward) OR Def to Winger. Winger thru ball to CF (CF loses man forward)
Play out of Back:
Ball Side Wingers Job = Lose Man…Back and wide. Body position with Receive back foot. Lose Man Inside or Forward if needed.
CF job = find open space and passing lane. At U9, Look Around to find space.
Weak Side Winger = Stay WIDE (not in middle of field and not on touchline – half space if you will). If ball is circulated through back then as ball is working his direction find space back and wide to touchline area (lose man if needed).
Defenders = on each side of box on goal kick. Once ball played to opposite defender the weak side defender runs to middle of field (in line w/ his goal post…roughly). Finding passing lanes for support and keeping space in case ball is circulated for switch. In middle of field for 6v6 b/c if other Defender or CF Loses ball it’s an easy goal for opponent….a little different tweak for 8v8…a little wider. (At U8, goalie is not involved in play. At U9, we do…at times. We don’t have a full time goalie and circulate some field players so makes things difficult. Will get goalie next year and implement goalie in possession.)
SEE BELOW:
At times, 1-2-3 and others a 1-2-1-2 on offense. Defense usually a 2-1-2 or 3-2 look pending on opponent. CF can drop into middle when needed to support defenders.
*If ball played to left defender on goal kick. Position noted is starting spot; X=movement area off initial pass. If ball goes Left Defender to LF and back to LD…as ball goes to RD for switch, the RF begins to move wide to touch line looking for passing lane. CF works to support ball side. At U8, I simplify overload terms with if 3-4 defenders on same side of field, switch field and look for 1v1 or 2v1. At U9, I start to ask them to think to look for overloads.
LF x CF RF
x x x x
DEF x DEF
Goalie
Hope this makes sense. If I can figure out how to post a picture of my drawing that may help more.
Alec – I coach U8/U9 and follow many of the concepts here for tactical work and goes very well for attention span, grasping info, etc. A few ideas I do for this age when doing tactical work:
-Start with static passing like the V – Lose Your Man. Work in concepts like give/go; up/back/thru; diagonal thru ball in this same set up. Gives young kids technical repetition related to the game.
-Next Pattern Play of 6v0 or 8v0 (pending 6v6 or 8v8).
-Lastly, move game to 6v3 or 8v4. Poob, Mid 1/3, or Attack 1/3 zone. I add in 5 pass rule then a combo/pattern to get out of the zone. Lop-sided game adds pressure to gain confidence while passing rule is the focus of correct positioning. I know some people don’t like 5-pass, but I do to focus on correct movements/positioning. I also change the size of the zone…at times small area of 15×15 up to, at times, regular width of field.
Other tactical ideas I do:
Positional Play – 4v4+3 grid size pending
Switch Field 7v4 – draw field in vertical 1/3 and must switch the field 2x before heading to next 1/3 of field. Same concept in mind as Pattern Play above.
Ryan – like everyone, taking video is key.
The boys look well coached, calm playing out of back, with an obvious goal to possess the ball…good job! Defensively look well organized for a 2-4-1 offense and plenty of players behind the ball.
A few things from my perspective on the first half:
-Receive back foot: most players received with their favorite foot (at times, it was back foot) but not often enough. The HMF always received with right foot.
-Check shoulders: only a few times did I see players outside of HMF looking around themselves. Holding MF’s received the ball often but need to continue to focus on looking around. Same goes for FW’s and Attack MF in transition.
– Attack 1/3: keep working on patterns. FW/Attack MF/Outside MFs looking around themselves more often would help immensely. Helping them with looking around and more runs (options) would go a long way. Seems FWs stay central with few passing lines.
On a smaller scale, what is the teams goal of a throw in? Too often thrown to head of marked teammate for 50/50 ball, instead of losing man, ball to feet, and one-touch back to thrower or feint/turn…deep option was usually there.
Keep up the strong work and I’m sure by April/May these boys will be even better.
-Cones to replicate where to go and run pattern play. Show them the spacing you are looking for.
-With cones, cut the field vertically in 1/3s to avoid too many kids on one side of the field.
Rotate game to game w/ Pattern Play, Rondos, Lose Your Man
Age? Video tape, at least, one half of game and post.
The only way to figure out what the DOC is doing is to ask him. I think most people on here, if running patterns at goal, would do unopposed (as your DOC did) then lopsided numbers, then equal numbers as I noted in response above. Game-like training is very important, but if running patterns so is unopposed…imho.
The teams that generally do static passing drill followed by static passing drill followed by 4v4 on a postage stamp generally do not translate to the real game.
Depends what is being taught. Are you teaching choreographed patterns and Combinations? Then no defenders is very reasonable and needed to understand movements. The next step, in my opinion, is add a few defenders (ex. 5v3/8v4/10v5/etc). Then equal sided in a 1/3 of field or full sided and full field.
1.) Patterns 2.) Get comfortable by having success 3.) Full go. If you go full go from the start the ‘patterns and combos’ are generally not carried out or remembered and generally continue to get crap soccer if you go equal sides from start.If you are focusing on ball mastery I would add 1v1s in all fazes of the game to every practice at U6 and U7.
