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Thank you very much for your thoughts Ryan.
In Oregon, Gold is your top division, silver second, bronze third. Because of some politics in this state, there are actually 2 different governing bodies with their own leagues, so for u9 we actually will only have 2 divisions (our 2 gold teams will play in the higher one, our bronze team along with a u8 group that is playing up will play in the 2nd).
In terms of US Soccer Curriculum, I used as a base as we were combining 2 groups of girls and 2 coaches (myself and the other head coach) with some differences in backgrounds: I come from an uber-competitive background in a small soccer state + ex-college player + played at a pretty competitive amateur level; my co-coach comes from a more developmental oriented background . . . US Soccer Curriculum serves as a common reference. Having said that, some things I like and don’t like about it so far:
-I like the 12-week break down they use. As you can see, we are definitely modifying for our own purposes, but thought it gave a decent structure to the season.
-The 12-week should not run like a German train; needs adjustment based on what we are seeing every week.
-I think there are too many topics to cover even in a 12-week season. Identifying your “5s” and really driving those first; giving girls a survey of the other components is what I am leaning towards. We are pairing down as we go.
Thank you very much for your thoughts on metrics – on an individual level, it is the hardest one to continuously measure for a pool of 27.
I have played with rotation blocks at 4v4 and coaching futsal a bit and will try this weekend some variation of the following – grouping players in 3, 1 on the bench, 1 playing a defensive position (2 backs and our CM, who will ask to sit a bit), 1 playing an offensive position (Forward, and outside mids). Player rotates among the 3 spots in their little group, giving them a chance to play a more attacking position and more defensive position every game; however, not having them play more than 2 (possibly 3 including goalie) positions in a game.
Like the concept a lot of transitioning to a new grid . . . have sometimes done this with a transition to releasing a player tho shoot on goal. Don’t know that I would do 5v2; starting with 4v0 or 5v1 (which video mentions).
Christian,
I am coaching u9 girls this fall and am interested in this question as well. I may start a separate thread as a resourcing for coaching at this level. Happy to exchange ideas and materials, including what is working and what isn’t working.
-Rene
Actually question #1 was for Gary as much as Brian.
Thank you Paul. We are moving to a slightly bigger club and in the process lost (for now) a couple of strong players and took most of the summer off (we gave the girls a heavy futsal workload last winter), for now we are definitely playing at age.
Well done!
As my old man says “Con ganas!” Loved the line about a professional relationship for 1.5 hours after stepping across the line; the rest of time will do anything for his players. Remember playing at that age and willing to walk through walls for my coach . . .Because I now coach much younger girls that include my daughters, curious to hear others’ experience in fostering sense of team, mission, soul that is age appropriate.
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Rene Gonzalez.
You hear me a little more in this one, which is the 10 minutes preceding above. A couple of things of note:
– We have a couple of girls who are still learning to recognize space forward. They will actually play backwards into congested areas too much; so you hear me a bit on them about going forward.
-We play 1-2-1 in 4v4.
-We have barely introduced losing your man; you’ll see some deficiencies in that area with our goal-kicks.
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Good stuff Mark!
That is an outstanding group of u8s.
Csanadi book – wow this sales for $134 on Amazon. Curious if others have recommendations on books addressing biomechanics in soccer. I’ve been playing for 30+ years, coaching for almost 25, but am coaching young children and find myself constantly searching for a good explanations of the bio-mechanics of the game.
For example, on the technical side my daughters (8-yrs old) have picked-up quite a number of Coerver-based skills, are reasonable juggliers, and have repeatedly been instructed in the technique of shooting and passing. I am proud of where they are in terms of handling the ball (they look very comfortable with the ball at their feet for their age), but they are not great ball strikers (yet); I have a number of girls on my team with similar tendencies, and another group (ost of whom have older siblings that play) who are strong ball-strikers for their age. I see a number of fundamental deficiencies in the weaker ball-striker group (no, it is not always the smaller girls, although some correlation), such as plant foot not facing target, hitting the wrong part of the ball, poor follow-through, sometimes no real back-swing . . . any way always looking at ways to break down simply.
In the same category is good/efficient lateral and backwards movement (w/ and w/out the ball) as well as running with the ball with speed – sprinters spend a great deal of time on technique, yet running with the soccer ball at speed is a more complicated motion and have found little that really addresses it. Again not just talking about the basic technique you would get in a coaching soccer for dummies book, but rather good break-downs of the biomechanics (ideally tying to training that supports go0d technique).
Jesus John, got gooshflesh on that 3rd goal. Well freakin done.
Peter, interested in your progress on this; my u8 girls will be transition to 8v8 next fall and have already been thinking about next steps: right now the are playing 4v4 in a 1-2-1.
I think your summary above is a good start for cbs; one area that may merit further emphasis I think is how important they are in shifting the line of attack. Your #4 are correct, but I have been struggling for a metaphor to explain how central they are to changing to line of attack. . . so much comes through them that at younger ages I am actually making sure that players I think will be cms get some time there.
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Coaching my u8 girls at Portland Futsal from 5:15 to 6:15; welcome to swing by.
Thursdays are tough for me but can swing most Tuesdays.
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Coaching u8 girls myself; started with a pure rec team that is morphing in a development team. Will gladly contribute to this thread.
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