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Great work Justin, that is quite the transformation! Can you talk a little bit about how the players and parents adapted to the new identity and philosophy. I guess it is always nice when you continue to win :). Did you use a 433? Did you touch upon any choreography or attacking patterns? I bet you are excited if you haven’t started that stuff and the teams is already playing this well just working on spacing and positioning. Which positional rondos did you use?
I really enjoyed watching those. Smart of you to coach two U9 teans so that you can combine them later :). How much of the 3four3 curriculum do you use?
BTW John I’m a fan of all your work! I hope you find the right coaching opportunity!
She looks comfortable on the ball and has sound technique. You definitely showed her composure and decision making. The team shape and spacing of the defensive unit is just excellent, and I heard alot of communcation. I think I spotted her give direction a couple times. I’m not sure what you are asking about big themes likely overlooked, like what other qualities you want a CB video to show? I guess the typical college coach wants to see how she does in the air and “set pieces”. Maybe a little more on 1v1 defending and breaking up attacks, reading the game. Controlling and settling high balls.
1. I would try both players at Wid Mid position. I think there they have the best chance to contribute. Set them up for success by giving them and the team specific instructions, e.g. “John when we have the ball, stay wide and away from defenders to give yourself time. When we defend, here is your area. Get compact as fast as you can. Team: John is playing from here to here, he is going to stay back and not get too far forward. Look for him here, you can overlap him here. John if you get the ball here, try to hold it up, look for support. Players in front of John, you’ll need to drop deeper to help him” etc. The more aggressive slow player you can also try at CF, CB, maybe as a second DM. Just know what you sacrifice and instruct accordingly, e.g. if you try him at CF, high pressure may not work as well.
2. At the start of the season I would put the strong players in the back to ensure you can play out of the back and keep possession. As the season progresses and the possession gets better and some players hopefully improve, then start putting your improving players in the back and move stronger players into attacking positions. If A = strong, B = good, C = average, I would start Back 4: AABA, Mid 3 = BAC, Front 3 = CCC. Encourage the FB to get forward (this is 3four3 after all!). So the “mid 4” would be BAC+A. If you still have trouble moving thru midfield, switch a back 4 A with a B (BABA-AAC-CCC) or if comfortable with a C in the back, drop a C to the back (CABA-AAC-CCB), so the “mid 4” is a AAC+A
3. Perhaps you need more criteria than weak/strong. Just off the top of my head: Smart players/decision makers: DM, CBs. Some speed, decent first touch, looks for 1-2s: FB, LM, RM. Flair/1v1 players: AM, Wings. Thunderfoot/nose for goal: CF. Bottom line, put your players where you think they will succeed within your philosophy, but you may need to be practical as well, e.g. if my back line is smart but lacks speed/height, you may need to put “the athlete” back there.
Good luck!
I got my head knocked into the wall at my indoor game and had a beer, but here goes:
Possession soccer: an attractive style of football identified by a team of highly technical and tactically intelligent players that adhere to and execute the team philosophy of controlling the game and creating excellent opportunities to score by unbalancing and breaking down the opponent’s defense with often-numerous simple passes and tactical player movement and defending in a coordinated, high pressure, and swarming manner to minimize opponent possession and opportunities.
Did I get enough 3four3 buzzwords in 🙂
Sounds like the DOC is making it personal and political. I would talk to the board/president and see if they can persuade/override the DOC to allow your son to tryout.
I think it is a great subject, not tacky or taboo at all. The pay to play financial burden keeps out so many kids. I don’t have numbers, but here are some fund raising I have seen at my club. Our club has a good sized Rec program.
- At the start of Fall season, the club has “Opening night” festival. Kids pay to play Inflatable Jump houses, slides, etc. Comp teams set up booths to sell food (tacos, pizza, baked goods, hot dogs, cotton candy, corn on the cob, nachos, etc). Raffles/auctions from local businesses. Refs set up dunk tank. Booths not limited to food. One popular booth was an airbrush artist who made cool custom soccer designs on tshirts and sweatshirts.
- Just a thought. One booth I have not seen is a soccer radar gun. I’m sure kids want to know how fast their shot is. Post the top scores per age/boy/girl, kids will want to beat it!
- Club hosts a tournament/soccer fest. Teams can set up food booths.
- Casino Night. Prizes donated by local businesses.
- Tickets to professional soccer games, e.g. LA Galaxy vs SJ Quakes. Possibility of kids being a mascot to escort players pre-game.
- Local restaraunts sometimes will set up a night to donate 10% of sales to the club or a team.
- Car washes
The only number I do have is one year we made $500 selling baked goods, coffee and hot chocolate at the Opening Night. Not bad, paid for a tournament. We probably need to do 3 or 4 of these food booth type activities to make good dent into costs.
The 343 methods are quite evident! I can see the identity, it looks like the team is really buying in! Now go get a tripod! And HD camcorders are cheap now too! Looking forward to the next video!
Thank you Brian and Gary for making this available!
Here is the 4-3-3 lineup. Helped me watching 2nd time thru.
LW 22-Chris………….CF 29-Josue (Ho-sway)………..RW 21-Danny
…………LM 23-Leo…………………………………RM 8-Oscar (Penate)
…………………………………DM 6-Charlie……………………………………..
LB 33-Nate(Nathan) ………………………………………..RB 2-Xuxuh
……………………LCB 14-Nigel………RCB 15-Blake………………………
……………………………………GK 1-Uli…………………………………………..
First sub: Josue off. 24-Huerta on, to LW. Chris to CF.
Second sub: Blake off. 30-Paulo on, to LM. Leo to RW. Danny to RCB.
Can someone help with the español? What are the ingles equivalents for: “Dale!” “Vivo!” “Encaralos!”
I know the “complete disaster” feeling. My u13 team last year was pretty weak technically, and drills like this would often break down from poor fundamentals and lack of intensity.
There are a couple good comments on coaching points and checking over the shoulder. I think the shoulder look is a critical element.
A little inconsistent? Maybe, I can see that — it never happens on game day. But if I knock someone down, then after the play is over, I help them up or check that they are OK, then that helps with the “don’t take things personal” aspect.
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Gary.
Just suggestions:
- Players (especially girls?) need to play 100% and hard against each other in practice. Explain there will be bumps and bruises. Don’t take things personal. If you knock someone down, be sure to help them up. The more they challenge each other, and make practices realistic and game-like, the stronger the team will be.
- explain the Barca/Pep 6 second rule
- actually start counting when playing a keep away game or half field scrimmage.
- Everyone must press together. The one person not pressuring will allow the attackers to break down the defense.
- If you are the first defender and you get beat, work hard to get goalside and maintain defensive shape.
- It helps to have someone on the team with the work rate/aggression that they can look to as a model. A guy on my indoor team has a fantastic work rate/aggression. He always inspires me to play harder.
I remember when my son was in U9 one of the first drills to introduce receiving across the body was to position the players at the corners of the square. The receiver would have to check away from the cone to create space. Passer passes to the back foot of receiver. Two touch. Reverse direction after a while. I think the boys did this particular drill only 2 or 3 practices before the coach was satisfied they understood “across the body” and “back foot”.
We started to to the S drill at the end of our season. Alot of our boys had difficulty with the details, I wish we had started using it earlier.
The boys should be thinking of each cone as a defender, especially the middle cone player who we encourage to check back almost to the preceding line middle cone. The end players do a “lose your man” move checking away before receiving.
Boys (our at least) will tend to cheat or be lazy and run to the checked back position instead of to the cone (defender). During drills I sometimes stand at a cone and act as a defender and help them with the details: body position, visual cues, etc.
I know the emphasis here is on receiving back-foot/across body, but we had some variations for man-on situations where the receiver takes it front-foot with outside of foot:
Variations:
- Middle player receives Front Foot (with “man on” communicated), plays back to the original passer who plays long to the end player
- Middle player receives Front Foot (with “man on” communicated), plays 1-2 with original passer, with a spin/curl run away from defender, then passes to end
