The Football Mentor

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1% BETTER. Every session.

What do PLAYERS actually want from Football?

Ball Mastery. The ABC of football.

The goal of youth coaching? Autonomous decision makers.

Coaching is an ART, and you are the artist.

Watched 5 “warm-ups” this weekend with U7 & U8 kids… all of them in a long line just shooting at the GK. 😩 At that age, games of tag, small sided games, rondos and 1v1s are 10x more dynamic, fun AND effective. Get them ready properly.

Great coaches aren't born, they're .👇

Finding individual training sessions is easy. The internet is full of them. Developing a long term plan that actually benefits your players. Thats the real challenge. youtu.be/uCGGjNPubuY?si…

When planning for the physical corner consider: am i trying to physically overload my players or not? Therefore what time, reps and sets should each activity incorporate?

Question for discussion with @CoachingFamily. How do you as the coach consider the 'physical corner' when planning sessions for your age group? What do you write in your plan?

#Coachingknowledge Demonstrations Stationary or ball rolling? Fast or slow? Whole or in parts? Coach demo or player demo? Body language- to calm or energise?

#Footballknowledge Superiorities- being dominant over an opponent. For example: Numerical superiority e.g. 2v1, 3v2 Qualitative superiority e.g. faster v slower, stronger v weaker, taller v shorter. Positional superiority e.g. between lines, closer to goal.

#Footballknowledge Overloads- 2v1, 3v2, 4v3, 5v4 Underloads- 1v2, 2v3, 3v4, 4v5 Balanced- 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, 5v5

Coaching is both an art and a science. The what is based on the objective science, understanding when to use it is the art of coaching.