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Soccer Awareness training develops SELF THINKING players who are not coach driven; but coach guided, and within this they are allowed to make mistakes without criticism; but rather; encouraged to learn from them.
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Same idea as previously, if there is no pressure on the ball then the defenders drop to prevent the ball being played into the space behind them for the strikers to run onto. Don’t get caught flat.
Read MorePressing from the Back and Condensing Play. Defenders drop off slower than attackers to allow them to get close and to delay their forward momentum. The defenders attack the ball the moment the furthest attacker is along the defensive line of the last defender. They move together to the ball, in this case treble- teaming the man on the ball.
Read MoreThe majority of goals in the game of soccer are results of mistakes and most mistakes occur when players are put under pressure, especially in dangerous areas. When you are attacking and you lose possession your first goal should be to regain possession. You will be surprised the number of times your opponent will give the ball away in front of the goal when your team closes them down in an organized fashion.
Read MoreThis is designed to give you an honest assessment of where the player’s needs are for continued improvement.
This assessment is based on where they were at the start of the training to now. This is a long term process. As a general rule most players will struggle on (A) initially as it may be a totally new concept of the learning curve for them. Relating Word Association with Actions to identify the Strengths and Areas of Improvement needed in players.
Read MoreMarco Monte of Inter Milan (one of the top 5 professional clubs in the world) was the Consultant for the Abu Dhabi Sports Council and he assessed all professional clubs in the UAE. This includes his quotes about the Al Ain professional youth academy Directed by Wayne Harrison.
Read MoreOne Touch Training development is to train the MIND of the player. To teach the LOOK and THINK. One touch play FORCES the player to LOOK AROUND; observe ALL options, BEFORE they receive the ball otherwise they will be unsuccessful most of the time and too often get caught in possession.
Read MoreGame Objective: Teaching Players to be Aware of their Next Option “Before” They Receive the Ball and Not After
You can have players static to begin then have them passing and moving. Player receives from the same person and passes to the same person each time. This develops great awareness of time, space and player positions. Continuous work on and off the ball. Awareness of : where the player you receive from is and where the player you pass to is. Because of this players begin to anticipate the pass to them and where it is coming from. Also they must look to where it is going to (where is the player they are passing to?).
Read More8 v 8 is at the younger ages; and not wanting to baffle them with science too early; we will choose far fewer ways to build out from the back than we do at 11 v 11.
But we will establish patterns of play they can learn to do that are very simple; but also very effective when done correctly; and we will change the boot ball mentality many clubs follow; and teach the game correctly without fear of failure.
Read MoreMy team Manager was kind enough to write this so we wanted to share his thoughts in order to show the improvement and hard work of the players since he wrote it. We won 5 out of 5 games but unfortunately lost 3-2 in the final in Las Vegas this past week. That said, we stay ranked Number 1 in Southern California, moved up to Number 2 in the Region (the team who beat us are Number One) and we moved up the National rankings with the points we gained to 6th best in the USA.
It's a long process to change a philosophy of playing but the boys have worked really hard to adapt from a long ball game to playing as a team.
Read MoreHere we show how to overload one side of the field to leave the other side open to catch opponents with a very fast switch of play. Rather than player rotation; this is BALL rotation and retention.
Read MoreHere is a chance for all our players to watch and understand how we will be playing in the Tiffiny league.
This system of play is based on my 14th published and latest Book: "Coaching The FLEX: 1-3-3-1-3" its a very free and open way to play where players are allowed and encouraged to change positions on the field as long as they cover for each other.
Read MoreFour cones, red, blue, yellow and white, coach calls different colors players have to adjust side to side to get there quickly. 5 to 6 seconds each pair. Defenders are now shifting quickly and against the movement of the attacker when the attacker decides to shift the ball one way or the other. Only do it for 5 or 6 seconds because in games defenders only stay down there like this for that time period generally. How quickly can they do it?
Read MoreAt Soccer Awareness we strive to improve all the players we teach, and at all levels of the game. After a time period we are now finding some great results from our training; this being one of them which we would like to share with you.
Read MoreWe currently have two Soccer Awareness teams, 2002s and 2005s, playing in the competitive Tiffiny league in Vista and will be building upon that for the upcoming Spring league when many clubs are in their down time.
Both teams have signed up again already within 3 days of advertising for the Spring League showing the success of this (starting March 6th, through June 14th; 14 games and 14 training nights), we would like more teams to participate with us and discover the benefits of the Soccer Awareness training model.
Read MoreUse the penalty area and a regulation size goal. Two lines of defenders stand on both sides of the goal. Three lines of attackers stand five yards out from the top of the penalty box. The coach or server stands on the end line, between the 6 and 18, with a group of balls.
Read MoreSoccer Awareness developmental training focuses on the concept of the THIRD EYE of Awareness, Imagination and Anticipation in Performance. Soccer Awareness is a highly innovative concept which aims to develop the thinking coach and player. Soccer Awareness focuses on the creation of a player centered environment which encourages autonomy and an ability to make correct decisions within a game specific context.
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This video is an example of a “One Touch Mentality” game situation U14 boys.
