A brief presentation on the Tactical systems of play we will teach to offer an all around education for the players on team play during the Tiffiny League Fall season

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A brief presentation on the Tactical systems of play we will teach to offer an all around education for the players on team play during the Tiffiny League Fall season

Over the course of the season we will be trying different ideas on team shape and systems of play. The main ones we have already established are 1-3-3-1-3 and 1-4-2-3-1. With these we have focused on a very offensive approach to the game building from the back every time we can and pressing high up the field.

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NSCAA Convention Session Recap

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NSCAA Convention Session Recap

Wayne presented at the 2017 NSCAA Convention in Los Angeles this past weekend. His session was "Soccer is a Thinking Game that Begins in The Head of Each Player. What is The Link Between The Thinking Process and Teaching A One Touch Mentality to players?" Here is a recap of the session including a download of the presentation, what people had to say about it, photos and more. 

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Teaching Changes in Team Shape in a 1-4-3-3 Incorporating Developing Angles and Timing of Support

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Teaching Changes in Team Shape in a 1-4-3-3 Incorporating Developing Angles and Timing of Support

In this presentation we are working on moving and passing into HALF SPACES between opponents positioning. Players position so they are AT LEAST side-on improving their PERIPHERAL VISION at ALL times on the field of play. This presentation concludes with attacking in the final third opening to 5 corridors.

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South Coast Soccer Club

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South Coast Soccer Club

We are wanting you to be aware of our intentions for the future. We are planning for three things here, of which we hope you will be interested in at least one or two of them; but preferably all three. We are sending this out to various age groups and players from 2008 to 2002 boys and girls we already have with the Tiffiny league teams and who have worked in soccer awareness before as a means to get started.

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Pre-Meditated Patterns of Play: Building from the Back in a 9 v 9

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Pre-Meditated Patterns of Play: Building from the Back in a 9 v 9

9 v 9 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. 

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Functional Crossing and Finishing Session

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Functional Crossing and Finishing Session

This is a great crossing and finishing routine to practice as it is on going and you can keep a lot of players working. As soon as the three central attackers have made their runs and got back to the start they are ready to go again. Rotate defenders and wide players. You can have fifteen players and more working constantly.

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Defensive Positioning to Fix in Defensive Team Shape

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Defensive Positioning to Fix in Defensive Team Shape

Teams should have 2 basic shapes, an attacking one and a defensive one; wide and long on offense, short and tight on defense. The differences between each should be significant in terms of spacing between players. A problem that occurs is defensive team shape is not short and tight enough and it allows opponents too much time on the ball.

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The Conscious and Sub-Conscious Mind and Myelin Production in the Development of Soccer Players

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The Conscious and Sub-Conscious Mind and Myelin Production in the Development of Soccer Players

The more you practice, the more you know how to do something better. However, if you believe, for even one second, that a habit cannot be undone, you are right! There is no way of undoing what you have learnt – so you might ask then, how do we get rid of a habit?

The answer is putting in more practice to learn something else than you did into learning the habit you are trying to undo. It's just that simple!

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Teaching Inverted Runs from Outside to Inside

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Teaching Inverted Runs from Outside to Inside

Pep Guardiola has introduced INVERTED FULLBACK / WINGBACK movements to the Premier league. It’s a real statement of intent to introduce radical ideas from the norm and we are sure in time it will be an effective change in the game set up.

Here Wayne shows how these inverted runs work having implemented them with his own team over a year ago with great success and hence winning one of the toughest leagues in the country at U14; the Southern California CRL league.

These inverted movements created confusion in the opponents defensive set ups and he also added wingers making the same moves as opposed to the wing backs (which is more common). Defensively now this would mean with (6) dropping back in; the second line of defenders would be (2), (8) and (3) getting compact as a three centrally.

Add this variation to your team, it opens up new attacking and defending challenges for your opponents

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