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My team is still on official Christmas break but I am on day 3 (in a row!!) with a subset of my 2004s trying to progress through 4v0 Rondo and into 4v1, which in Brian’s format are new to them. Gabriel, I can’t imagine contemplating your progression question with my guys anytime soon even though I would like to. The layering of the basics (correct foot, getting to the cone, 2-touch mandatory, first touch quality, talking…) on 4v0 showed the usual flaws but they are picking it up after several rotations, and three days, pretty well. Then I add what amounts to a mannequin playing in the middle for 4v1 and we go to hell:-) Love it! By day 3, the mannequin is now a “drunk mannequin” who can stumble near the ball to apply pressure but can’t take it yet. Then we layer in that the defender can call the error and get the switch. I think this is genius on Brian’s part as it further engages the brain and adds the verbal component for the defender. Tomorrow, Day 4, we will start with 4v0… I can’t wait.
I really liked that he had the defender identify the error as part of the 4v0/4v1. I think it is those little details that make the activity way more effective than just 4 players knocking the ball around in a square. The repetition and mastery of the exercise is so important to the overall philosophy. It shows in all the 5-touch sequence videos of their U11 and U12 teams.
I’m not sure if it’s an official translation but I’ve always thought of RONDO as meaning playing AROUND defenders. So in 4v1 you’re playing AROUND 1 defender. Again- I’m not sure if that’s exactly correct :-/
Rondo: A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
rondo: (plural rondoj, accusative singular rondon, accusative plural rondojn)
circle (as in a group of people)
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