The Football Coaching Thread

[Lord Knows]

Our hero at 12 today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/5live/posts/The-future-of-the-England-football-team

 

[YoungWolf]

Thanks mate. (BMB)

It was with my college but we still had some people not turn up for it but I'd say about half of us!

 

[Lord Knows]

We all played well boss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM-Ak18K5XY

 

[Lord Knows]

Tom Ince, on how his dad used to react after watching his son under perform: "If I had a bad game he would be spitting in my face..."

 

[YoungWolf]

Wow

 

[Lord Knows]

An old favourite, one the young kids love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vXXnVTqzRk&feature=youtu.be

 

[big mean bunny]

can't remember what his name is but saw a lot of videos of that coach on the youth module 1 when I did it the other month.

Saw a really good drill today from one of the other coaches, he set up a 20 x 20 grid for the warm up, 4v4 with 1 floater, played 2 two touch but the coach was mainly focusing on the one floater, encouraging him to try and be the play maker, make space to receive or take it on the move etc. Everyone else is involved and challenged to keep the ball for as many passes as possible, if the team without the ball knock it out then the other side start with the ball again to try and encourage them to win the ball rather than lunge in. The one player playing both ways always seemed to be making really good progression though due to how focuses the coach was on him and how he was getting one on one feedback.

 

[Lord Knows]

To become a top coach should English coaches learn at least two foreign languages so they are able to take continental coaching courses?

As you see with Pep Guardiola in Germany today he works hard to become part of his new culture by learning the language.

 

[YoungWolf]

I was thinking that, out in Lanzarote none of us could speak any Spanish, it got to the point where they had to ask me how to say stuff and my Spanish is VERY basic! Motivated me to start learning again though. I'd love to coach in Spain

 

[Lord Knows]

Good piece from Graham Hunter.

http://www.bundesliga.com/en/liga/news/2012/0000258269.php

 

[Lord Knows]

I was thinking that, out in Lanzarote none of us could speak any Spanish, it got to the point where they had to ask me how to say stuff and my Spanish is VERY basic! Motivated me to start learning again though. I'd love to coach in Spain

Interpretation is obviously different between different countries, so to learn in Spain or Germany must give you different thoughts on the game.
This to me is where English coaches take the idle route, not learning languages to learn valuable lessons.

 

[Johnny75]

Interpretation is obviously different between different countries, so to learn in Spain or Germany must give you different thoughts on the game.
This to me is where English coaches take the idle route, not learning languages to learn valuable lessons.

You would be surprised at how many coaches go abroad and have o study abroad for their Pro license. Billy Davies took his whole coaching staff to Madrid for a fortnight's shadowing when he left Derby.

Messrs Ferguson Jnr, Keane and Hughes have all studied abroad as is Joey Barton right now. Does it improve you as a coach, undoubtedly, does it change your mindset, not so sure. It is the open mindedness of the individual that needs to change to allow foreign coaching methods not just the want to go and watch something different. The coach may well come away and say 'Don't like that system' or 'We're doing it better'. Something I think British and particularly English coaches are very poor at.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Ancelotti has confirmed he's taking Paul Clement to Real Madrid with him as assistant alongside Zidane. Great achievement.

 

[Lord Knows]

Quote from Del Bosque on hangups over precise formations: "The 'system' is a photograph, and then the players develop it."

 

[Lord Knows]

Level 2.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s...I-n4mT9J2mg9EkN7ixD01tRJhsZJ-cWoXosJs-Tw&dl=1

 

[Lord Knows]

Coaching keepers. Doubt Wayne Hennessey has reached this intensity as yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6_c31B52r0

 

[Lord Knows]

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3277/la-liga/2013/07/13/4114976/zidane-coaching-is-tough?ICID=HP_BN_3

"You have to accept that you don't know much and to accept that if you give yourself the means, you can grow and learn even at my age.

 

[Lord Knows]

http://www.football-for-life.com/insights/fcb-stars.aspx

Even the Dutch Luis Suarez, Roy Makaay has to start at the bottom in Holland with the under 13 side, now graduated to the under 15. No short cuts, time served only.
Premier league take note.

 

[YoungWolf]

Finished the Youth Module 1 course yesterday. Would advise any coach to do it, has really made me think about how I coach, what I can do better and what I do well already. Quite intensive but lots of information!

 

[big mean bunny]

good to hear mate, I know I was quite down on mine in this thread, however without sounding like a billy big bollocks I already knew loads of it due to my work and having recently completed a PTTLS qualification. However still picked up a lot from it, it would have been way more useful to be part of the actual level 1 in my mind. I start my level 2 goal keeping on Sunday. Been finding loads of great stuff on twitter too, been following the coaching family which I found from here, but also @tadtaylor and @tonymee and a few others. Who all put up drills and interesting reads. Tony Mee was in charge of Rotherham and I started to follow him after meeting him although he has moved to York now to be head of their academy.

Does anyone know any software for designing your own drills? I have mine wrote down in a book but would love to get digital versions of them up, and as I am dyslexic it wouldn't be worth scanning my coaching notes as I have extremely poor writing.