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    Coaching Soccer Weekly: Methods, Trends, Techniques and Tactics from WORLD CLASS COACHING

    Get an in-depth look at the methods, strategies and techniques used by a youth coach working full time with players of every age and skill level. This includes training plans, team management and planning ideas, latest trends in coaching and education, as well as interviews with other coaches and trainers that are on the cutting edge of soccer development.

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    #202 The After Effects of the Heading Ban in Youth Soccer Aug 23, 2019
    Show notes

    I had three teams in a tournament last weekend. As with all early season tournaments in KC it was HOT. Two of my teams were playing in their own age group and one was playing up. The two playing on-age both made the final. One lost on PK’s and the other won. I think the players learned some good lessons from the experience. You can listen to the episode for more details.

    The team that was playing up had an up and down weekend. At times we played great, at other times we got sucked into the other teams game and lost our personality as a team. When you’re playing up it’s hard to stick to the way want to play and not fall into an attitude of just trying to compete.

    It’s an early season tournament so I’m going to use this to focus the team on who we are and how we want to play.

    Today’s question comes from Arni again. He sent me a bunch of good ones so I thought I’d share another. His question is about building out of the back.

    Arni says,

    ”Obviously we all aspire to play beautiful skilful ball up the whole field and I know the path there is often times painful… but man, it’s been rough. In previous seasons we focused a lot on individual ball skills with activities involving 1 ball per player, Sharks and Minnows, Monsters and Aliens, Gladiators, etc. As a result I think our team has progressed well as far as ball skills go but tactically we are really lagging.

    So, last season I changed it up a bit and put more of a focus on tactical work early. I guess the end results weren’t amazing and we probably didn’t progress as much on skill as we might have otherwise. We still struggled with advancing the ball against heavy pressure and honestly, maybe the smarter tactical play would be to kick it long sometimes. But, since we didn’t work on kicking it long (other than an occasional game of Clean the Yard) it’s not really a skillset we possess. Even if we did it’s really hard to get 8 and 9 year olds to evaluate when to kick it long and when to solve pressure with short passes.

    I worry that if I introduce the long ball that will become a crutch. I’m thinking about working long passes into our training plan…

    Would you consider that? How would you work on that? Or how would you approach this generally for a U10 team?“

    Thanks for your question Arni!

    I hear this type of question a lot, especially from younger teams. I say that you should stick to it and keep training the kids to keep the ball. There’s nothing wrong with finding a longer pass to an open team mate. I just don’t want them kicking it forward just to kick it forward. The long term benefit far outweighs the short term challenge.

    Today’s question comes from Arni. He actually sent me a bunch of great questions but I picked one out to share today. He’s asking about what to prioritize with his team. They’re playing 7v7 so I’ll assume they are U10’s.

    Arni says,

    ”In our league we can have one 1.5 hour practice or two 1 hour practices per week. I’ve opted for the two practices figuring that two hours is better than one and a half but a lot of my players miss at least one practice per week and it makes it hard to plan sessions and keep everybody progressing. This season I’m switching to the single 1.5 hour session. I would rather have the whole team and have time to progress through an activity a bit.

    Kind of like the Australian “GIG” model. Another format I have experimented with is that since have 12 players on the team, I would split them into teams of 4, and have my co-coach run competitive team activities with 2 teams while I focus on skill work with the remaining team, then rotating every 10-15 minutes. Initially the boys were very motivated by the competitiveness of the practice but it fizzled out because we couldn’t maintain it when we were missing more than 3-4 boys. We have so many things to work on but the season is so short, only 8 games and only 1-2 weeks of practice before the games start. How would you manage this? What would you prioritize? “

    Thanks for your question Arni!

    I would suggest using the Play – Practice – Play or GiG practice format and alternate between attacking and defending topics so that the players are learning the key player actions on both sides of the ball. This is also an enjoyable way for them to learn. In a short season with only one training session per week I wouldn’t focus on any isolate technical exercises I would go all in on PPP.

    In this Episode

    The ban on heading for younger players has been in place for a few years now. Some people think that we’ve taken a key element out of the game while others think that the game is better without heading. Today I want to look back over that time and discuss where we go from here.

    Here’s a list of articles that I looked at this week while preparing for the show.

    Heading Ban in youth Soccer – Too Far or Not Far Enough

    UEFA Research

    UEFA Could Ban Heading in Youth Games

    No Hands and No Heads – An argument to end heading in soccer at all levels

    Soccer heading — not collisions — cognitively impairs players

    Future Episodes

    I won’t have a podcast for next week as I travel with one of my teams to Omaha, NE for a Labor Day weekend tournament. I’ll be back in two weeks with more interview, training sessions and commentary on the latest developments in youth soccer.

    #201 Formations for U13’s Transitioning to 11 v 11 Aug 16, 2019
    Show notes

    I only had one team in the tournament last weekend so it was almost like having a weekend off. It was nice to focus on just one team for the whole weekend. It was my U12 team that is playing in the U13 11 v 11 division.

    They’ve really made the move to 11 v 11 must smoother than I thought they would. It’s helped that half of our games have been against other U12 teams playing up so I’m sure it will get more challenging but it’s been a good start.

    Today’s question comes from Arni. He actually sent me a bunch of great questions but I picked one out to share today. He’s asking about what to prioritize with his team. They’re playing 7v7 so I’ll assume they are U10’s.

    Arni says,

    ”In our league we can have one 1.5 hour practice or two 1 hour practices per week. I’ve opted for the two practices figuring that two hours is better than one and a half but a lot of my players miss at least one practice per week and it makes it hard to plan sessions and keep everybody progressing. This season I’m switching to the single 1.5 hour session. I would rather have the whole team and have time to progress through an activity a bit.

    Kind of like the Australian “GIG” model. Another format I have experimented with is that since have 12 players on the team, I would split them into teams of 4, and have my co-coach run competitive team activities with 2 teams while I focus on skill work with the remaining team, then rotating every 10-15 minutes. Initially the boys were very motivated by the competitiveness of the practice but it fizzled out because we couldn’t maintain it when we were missing more than 3-4 boys. We have so many things to work on but the season is so short, only 8 games and only 1-2 weeks of practice before the games start. How would you manage this? What would you prioritize? “

    Thanks for your question Arni!

    I would suggest using the Play – Practice – Play or GiG practice format and alternate between attacking and defending topics so that the players are learning the key player actions on both sides of the ball. This is also an enjoyable way for them to learn. In a short season with only one training session per week I wouldn’t focus on any isolate technical exercises I would go all in on PPP.

    In this Episode

    With my U12 team moving to 11 v 11 this year I’ve thought a lot about which formations would be best for helping them to learn the game. Today I’ll share the six formations that I think make the most sense for young teams making the transition from small-sided to full-sided games.

    Here’s the link to the Play – Practice – Play Training Sessions I talked about in this episode.

    Future Episodes

    I’m just getting out of the crazy period for the recreational program so I’ll be able to start planning the next episodes but for this week it’s still going to be a game time decision. Tune in next week to hear what I decided.

    #200 Too Many Coaches Aug 09, 2019
    Show notes

    Wow! It’s hard to believe that this is the 200th episode of the podcast. I’m so grateful to everyone who listens and supports the show by commenting, emailing a question or posting a link on social media. Even just mentioning the show to a fellow coach helps to spread the word.

    This was the first week of games for my teams. Early season games mean that we were missing a few players. That gave me a chance to bring in guest player to make up the numbers. It’s never too early to start looking at players on the team below to see if they’re able to compete at the level of my players.

    Playing in August also means that we’re playing in the heat. That’s an even bigger challenge when the kids haven’t been playing all summer. Fortunately the league has been smart and instituted water breaks halfway through each half.

    One of my teams played their first 11 v 11 game. That’s always a challenge but the girls played well and enjoyed the new larger sided game.

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    Today’s question comes from Matt. He’s asking about substitutions.

    Matt says, ” I have a question about substitutions. I coach a U12 rec team and have typically subbed every 5-6 minutes or so. However, I am starting to wonder if I should be subbing at the quarter mark (30 minute halves, 9v9). Positives are the girls get more extended playing time and get to work on things in the rhythm of the game, which probably benefits them long-term.

    I worry about stamina for a prolonged period for about half the players, bad match ups for an extended time, more difficulty making minor coaching points on the sidelines and if they will get bored on the sideline. They run as much when we scrimmage at the end of practice though. Your thoughts?“

    Thanks for your question Matt!

    My biggest concern at the younger ages (U12 and below) is having the players get bored and out of the flow of the game. If I were in your situation I’d be subbing every 5 or 6 minutes as well.

    In this Episode

    Back in episode #83 I talked about Stealing Our Player’s Learning Opportunities. That was really focused on the coach’s role. Today I want to talk about the impact of parents coaching from the sideline on their children and the team.

    Here’s the video I talked about in the episode:

    Future Episodes

    I have a couple of interviews and topics planned for the coming weeks but I haven’t settled on one for next week. I received some great suggestions last week so feel free to email me if there’s something you’d like me to cover.

    #199 A Coaching Conversation with Ricardo Diaz Aug 02, 2019
    Show notes

    It was great to get back to training with my kids this week. I’ve missed being on the field with them. Everyday this week I’ve enjoyed taking a break from preparing for the rec season and running training sessions.

    The first session of the week for all of my teams used the Play – Practice – Play methodology. The second session involved some technical training mixed in with the game related activities.

    The kids really seemed to enjoy the sessions and it’s set a great tone for the beginning of the year.

    In this Episode

    Today were going to do something a little different. I hope your enjoy it and find it interesting.

    I really appreciate Ricardo reaching out and suggesting that we talk. I always enjoy talking with other coaches. He had some great questions and I think we had a great exchange of ideas. Let me know if this is something you’d like to hear more of in the future. I’ve considered doing a roundtable with a number of coaches so that’s something I might try as well.

    Future Episodes

    I don’t have a particular topic in mind for next week. If you have something that you’d like to hear about feel free to let me know and it might end up being next week’s show.

    #198 Should We Be Doing Isolated Technical Training? Jul 26, 2019
    Show notes

    It’s great to have completed the Director of Coaching course. Last weekend I finished the revisions for my assignments and the reflections on each assignment. Now I’m just waiting to hear if everything I’ve turned in is satisfactory or not.

    Now my attention has turned to preparing for the recreational league season as well as my first week of training with our competitive teams. There’s a lot to do in the next three weeks and then everything will be up and running for the fall.

    I’m doing all of this while the US Youth Soccer Nationals are happening right outside of my office window. I’ve taken some time watch a bit but I’m hoping to catch some of the semi’s and finals over the weekend. There are some great teams playing great soccer and it feels like a waste not to take time to watch more.

    Today’s question comes from Vutu, He’s asking about what to do at the Kickoff.

    Vutu says, “Do you have any plays or concepts that you run for kickoffs? I coach a variety of age groups (both genders) and my players will always ask at some point during the season – hey coach, can we do “something” on the kickoffs?

    I tend to resort to a very basic idea of having someone who can provide a penetrative pass receive the initial kickoff “pass” backwards. This player then tries a “Hail Mary” play so to speak to two or three ball winners flooded on one side of the field. From there my instructions may get a little more specific – “play the ball in front of their left back,” “or behind,” and so forth. I feel that this “hail mary” idea is direct and accomplishes a lot of things, but to me it is not very creative or inspiring for the players, sometimes even boring. Some players have expressed that playing possession at the kickoff was boring or not creative enough.

    Ideally I would like to create a space for the players to combine ideas, plan, and decide for themselves but I feel that I have tried unsuccessfully to do so and could really use a new set of tools.

    Are there other approaches to this question? Does your team possess the ball and invite the defenders to commit from the onset of the kickoff? Do you go direct? Both? What are some of the catch phrases you have been telling your players for the kickoff?”

    Thanks Vutu.

    To be honest, I just want my teams to go forward and either find a give and go through the middle or a pass wide to winger.

    The only thing I don’t want us to do is go backward. I’ve seen more teams get in trouble going backward from the start.

    We don’t do anything complicated or rehearsed. Get the ball going forward into the opponent’s half. If we have to go backward from there to keep the ball that’s fine. Just don’t go backward from the kick.

    In this Episode

    In recent years the coaching methodology has moved away from drills and exercises. The focus has moved to more functional, game related activities. Today I want to talk about whether or not there’s still a place in our training curriculum for isolated technical training.

    Here’s the link to the Australian Skill Acquisition Manual that I talk about in the episode.

    Future Episodes

    I’ve got something completely different planned for next week’s episode. I’m not sure how it will go but I’m excited to give it a try. If it’s something I think you’ll find interesting and useful I’ll share it. If it’s not, this may be the last you hear about it.

    #197 Are Youth Soccer Championships a Good Thing? Jul 19, 2019
    Show notes

    The last week has been crazy as I continue to prepare for the fall season while also finishing the second in person meeting for the US Soccer Director of Coaching Course being held at the Pinnacle National Development Center. We still have a two week development period after the this week as well but the lions share of my work will be finished this weekend.

    I’ve learned so much about what should go into developing and operating a soccer club that is truly focused on the best interests of the players. Many of the ideas have challenged my ideas of what a DOC’s job is and even how I approach certain aspects of my coaching. Some have completely changed my opinions while others have helped me to articulate the ideas around what I do so that I can defend them.

    In this Episode

    The US Youth Soccer Nationals are happening next week here in Overland Park, KS. Some coaches feel that youth national tournaments are unnecessary. Others say that there are too many different ones so none of them are truly a ‘National Championship’. Today I look at each of these events and talk about the positive and negative aspects of them.

    Future Episodes

    I don’t have a specific topic in mind for next week’s podcast but it’s sure to involve some concept from the DOC course that I’m just completing. There were so many great takeaways that I think I could take up a year of podcasts talking about them all.

    #196 Technical and Tactical Q&A Jul 12, 2019
    Show notes

    Last Sunday was one of my favorite days of this year. I called it, “Soccer Sunday”. With the US Women’s National Team in the World Cup Final in the morning and the US Men’s National Team in the Gold Cup Final that night it provided a great day of soccer.

    The Women’s World Cup Final was great. I thought we played very well and controlled the game. The use of VAR for the PK was perfect in my opinion. That is the kind of call it was meant to catch. The referee didn’t have a good angle to see the contact. As soon as she saw it on the replay she was able to make the decision.

    I was happy that we created a good from open play as well. The second goal put the game out of reach and was a fair result.

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    As a coach, encouraging your players to practice with the SenseBall in training or at home will bring them many benefits.

    • TRAIN LIKE A PRO. SenseBall is used by the youth teams of AC Milan, Sporting Kansas City, RSC Anderlecht, KRC Genk, FC Nantes, the Belgian Football Federation and many others.
    • ACQUIRE THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS OF MODERN SOCCER. Learn to control, guide and kick the ball perfectly thanks to repetition.
    • BECOME A TWO-FOOTED PLAYER. SenseBall is designed on the principle of bilateral activity. Thanks to the practice of SenseBall, they make an average of 500,000 touches of the ball in one season and use their left foot as many times as their right foot.
    • AVOID INJURIES. Improve their concentration, perception, coordination and synchronization.

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    In this Episode

    I receive so many great questions each week that I don’t have time to share them all on the podcast. So I thought this would be a good week to go through a bunch of them.

    Future Episodes

    The US Youth Soccer Nationals are going to be here in Overland Park in a couple of weeks. On next week’s podcast I’ll discuss the different National events that we have and discuss the positives and negatives associated with each one.

    #195 Impacting Your Team’s Performance Jun 28, 2019
    Show notes

    With no coaching last week I could focus on preparing our recreational league for the fall season and take some time to watch World Cup and Gold Cup games.

    Something I noticed is how VAR was not just being used to correct, “Clear and Obvious Errors”. In some games they seemed to be re-refereeing the game.

    Reviewing every close play looking for something small that couldn’t be observed during the flow of the game. I’m not talking about deception or a poor angle of vision by the referee. These were things contact that was so slight that it’s hard to say what real impact it had.

    I’m sure they’ll get better at using VAR as it was intended. It’s just going to take some time for officials to get used to using the technology to improve the decisions made on the field not completely re-officiate the game.

    Today’s question comes from Andrew. He’s asking about learning more about Tactics and Strategy.

    Andrew says,

    “I am interested in taking my understanding of tactics and strategy to a deeper level, specifically with regard to greater depth of understanding of various types of formations for my boys high school team. I’m also interested in knowing the best ways to attack and/defend against specific formations.

    I’ve reviewed some of the options available on the WCC website and wondered if you could make any specific recommendations.”

    Thanks for your question Andrew!

    This is a great time of year to take the time to learn more about various aspects of the game. I highly recommend the, “How to Play Against and Beat….” Series by David Platt. They provide a great overview of the strengths and weaknesses of each system of play

    In this Episode

    Players can learn a lot from the games that they play but it’s up to us to find the right teachable moments. It’s usually tough to do it during the flow of the game. Today I’ll share my thoughts about how to get the most out of three three times that you can have the greatest impact on your players.

    Guidelines for effective postgame talks

    Future Episodes

    I’ll be taking next week off for the 4th of July holiday. I’ll be back in two weeks with a new episode.

    #194 Post Season and Pre Season Preparation Jun 21, 2019
    Show notes

    With tryouts behind me. The focus this week switched to preparing the recreational league for the fall season.

    We also have our preseason team meeting this weekend so I’m getting ready for that as well.

    The USYS Presidents Cup Midwest Regionals was hosted by the Scheels Overland Park Soccer Complex last week. That gave me the opportunity to watch teams from a round the midwest that came to compete.

    Today’s question comes from Richard. He’s asking about PreSeason Camp ideas.

    Richard says, “I am the head coach for our 2010 boys teams (U10) and we run a week long, end of the summer camp before our fall season training starts. How would you recommend structuring these sessions? I will have 20 or so kids with a mix of first, second and third team players. Would you structure as a first half progressive technical practice, followed up with small sided games, to full field type games? The sessions will be 1.5 hours in the evening, on a Mon-Thurs format.”

    Thanks for your question Richard!

    I’ve done a number of different podcasts on pre Season Training in the past. The best way to find them is to type, “Pre Season” into the search box at CoachingSoccerWeekly.com. Those episodes describe different ways that I’ve structured my pre season sessions in the past. There’s no one right way for every age group and every team so hopefully you’ll find some ideas in these episodes that will help.

    In this Episode

    As I’ve just finished one season I now find myself preparing for the next one. Today I’ll describe my process for winding down the previous year and preparing for the next one.

    Future Episodes

    Next week I’m going to share my ideas for planning your pre game, half time and post game team talks. These are important teaching moments that you need to make sure that you get the most out of. Going in with a plan will help you get the most out of opportunities to impact your players.

    #193 Roles and Responsibilities of a Director of Coaching Jun 14, 2019
    Show notes

    There were so many things going on last week that there just wasn’t time to put the podcast together. I had every intention of doing it but by the time Wednesday came around I knew it wasn’t going to happen.

    Two weeks ago my U11’s participated in Jr State Cup. As you can see from the photo it worked out very well but it didn’t start that way. You’ll have to listen to the episode for all of the details.

    After that we had a week of Pre Tryout Camp. This provides players with the opportunity to prepare for tryouts the following weekend and it gives the coaches a chance to see some of the new players that are planning to tryout for the club.

    Then came tryout weekend. Once again we had nearly 2,000 players attend tryouts and we formed more than 100 teams.

    I’ve talked about our tryout process in previous episodes but it’s something you’d have to experience to truly appreciate everything that goes into it.

    THE PARTNER THAT MAKES YOU A BETTER COACH

    SenseBall is the training soccer ball developed by CogiTraining, the revolutionary soccer training method implemented in soccer clubs and Federations around the world.

    SenseBall is specifically aimed at young players between 6 and 20 years of age. Practiced individually or in groups, SenseBall improves a players touch and feel for the ball while helping them to become two-footed.

    As a coach, encouraging your players to practice with the SenseBall in training or at home will bring them many benefits.

    • TRAIN LIKE A PRO. SenseBall is used by the youth teams of AC Milan, Sporting Kansas City, RSC Anderlecht, KRC Genk, FC Nantes, the Belgian Football Federation and many others.
    • ACQUIRE THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS OF MODERN SOCCER. Learn to control, guide and kick the ball perfectly thanks to repetition.
    • BECOME A TWO-FOOTED PLAYER. SenseBall is designed on the principle of bilateral activity. Thanks to the practice of SenseBall, they make an average of 500,000 touches of the ball in one season and use their left foot as many times as their right foot.
    • AVOID INJURIES. Improve their concentration, perception, coordination and synchronization.

    There are special discounted prices for orders of 10 or more! Shipping is FREE.

    Get SenseBall now by going to senseball.com and become a better soccer coach!

    Today’s question comes from Matt. He’s asking about tryout ethics.

    “My son has been with a club for three years. I have been the manager for those three years. He is a very good player looking to get better. In our minds, that means we want him in the middle of the talent pool, not the top. I guess the theory is that he will have players around that push him.

    His biggest complaint is that players around him don’t take trainings seriously enough, hence, the team is stagnant.

    My question is, what is owed of all parties involved once the season ends, specifically what is owed of us to communicate his projected departure from the club ?

    Here are the things that are our concerns/considerations:
    • Timing: We have two games left and don’t want to disrupt the current season with drama. However, waiting makes me feel like we are holding out, not letting parents know so they can plan accordingly (what ever that means for them).
    • The chain of communication: Who speaks first? As a parent I want to empower my son to share the news with his coach. The complexity is, he’s saying goodbye to this coach anyhow because we were getting a new one. So now I feel he has two to talk two, one to thank for all he’s done to help him, and one to inform he won’t be playing for him the next year…that seems like a lot of responsibility for a 12 year old.
    • Other players/parents: We lost 5 players two years ago…not one of them let us know they were leaving…it felt very underhanded. We don’t want to leave that same feeling or perception with our parents. It seems like basic respect and courtesy. The impact dropped us from Tier 1 to Tier 2 for the fall season. We stayed with the team, though at the time the coach let me know he’d understand if we didn’t (at the time it was the right move for my sons development).
    • Other thoughts….Me as manager, who fills my role at tryouts (signing players) etc. I feel like I am shorting them too. Silly thing is, it’s a volunteer position! There is absolutely no compensation, though it does has its advantages (I get to choose the hotels, lol).

    With tryouts around the corner I have to imagine there are thousands of other players switching clubs that are maybe thinking like this, or maybe not but should be.

    In short, what is the process for a player leaving a club? The flip side or counter argument might be there isn’t any loyalty or obligation. I mean, coaches could cut a player at tryouts anyhow, right? (This has happened where players on the top team were not offered at all the next season…it’s rare, but out there).”

    Thanks for the question Matt!

    I think an episode on tryout ethics (both for the coach and the player) could be interesting. I’ve addressed some of these issues in other episodes but never all at once.

    He’s my quick opinion on the subject. Coaches should communicate the status of each of the players by telling parents if they feel like a kid is on the bubble and could be cut/moved down a team. Coaches should ask everyone on the team to let them know if a family is considering changing teams. Then it’s up to the parents to communicate with the coach. This means that both parties have been honest in their intentions going into tryouts.

    I would wait until the team is done with their games to communicate with the coach. There’s no real preparation that can be done. It’s enough to know before tryouts start.

    In this Episode

    As I said a few weeks ago, I’ve had the opportunity to be part of the second pilot course for US Soccer’s new Director of Coaching License. Today I share how this continuing experience is highlighting the important roles and responsibilities of a Director of Coaching.

    Future Episodes

    Next week I’m going to discuss the off season. What should coaches be doing after one season is over and before the next one begins to put their teams in the best position to start off the new soccer year on the right foot.

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