Every activity should replicate as much of the game as possible, from the warm up to the final activity. In selecting an activity, the following criteria should be considered and assessed, in conjunction with the level of the players: Distance: Is the distance between players realistic to the game? Movement: Is the movement of the players similar to what is desirable in the game, especially movement off the ball? Space: Is the space allocated realistic to the demands of the game? Area: Can we do the activity in the appropriate area of the field? Functional: Is the technique chosen compatible with the functional demands in that particular area of the field? Repetitions: Does the organization lend itself to many repetitions for each player? Finishing: Can we add a goal and incorporate shooting/finishing to the activity? Ability: Finally, and most importantly, are the players able to handle the complexity of the activity? the player have the freedom to think, he have the ability to coach training “If doesn’t doesn’t create.” Jorge Sampaoli, Sevilla’s methodology. As an example of how these considerations can affect practice look at variations of warm up passing drills for U-10’s planning, let’s and evaluate them against the above criteria. Line Drill Activity 1:
Every activity should replicate as much of the game as possible, from the warm up to the final activity. In selecting an activity, the following criteria should be considered and assessed, in conjunction with the level of the players: Distance: Is the distance between players realistic to the game? Movement: Is the movement of the players similar to what is desirable in the game, especially movement off the ball? Space: Is the space allocated realistic to the demands of the game? Area: Can we do the activity in the appropriate area of the field? Functional: Is the technique chosen compatible with the functional demands in that particular area of the field? Repetitions: Does the organization lend itself to many repetitions for each player? Finishing: Can we add a goal and incorporate shooting/finishing to the activity? Ability: Finally, and most importantly, are the players able to handle the complexity of the activity? “If the player doesn’t have the freedom to think, he doesn’t have the ability to create.” Jorge Sampaoli, Sevilla’s coach training methodology. As an example of how these considerations can affect practice planning, let’s look at variations of warm up passing drills for U-10’s and evaluate them against the above criteria. Activity 1: Line Drill
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