Soccer Analysis

Courtesy:Finesoccer Coaching is above all teaching. The greatest coaches are the greatest teachers. A team is most likely to be successful in their execution if they are taught properly. There are no magic bullets; it’s all about breaking the game down to the individual techniques used in a specific situation and teaching the players those techniques until they are mastered. The following are some ideas to consider. 1. Preparation a. Know your subject matter 2. Organization of Presentation a. Have an organized manner of presenting your material 1. Whole - Part – Whole method 2. Teach concepts and the reason why 3. Variety of Presentation a. Use multiple venues of presenting material 1. Video 2. White Board 3. Walk through 4. Individual drills 5. Partner drills 6. Group drills 7. Team b. Make the field your white board 4. Break down Skills into Drills a. Have a drill progression for teaching each individual t...

This is part of a session conducted by Anson Dorrance at an International Coaching Seminar in February 2008. The session focuses on the German-type combinations and small-sided games that Dorrance uses with his National Championship UNC team. (Courtesy worldclass coaching). 1. Setup – players on the outside Find the play making center midfielder and the center back; play possession, if the white team of three win it 5 times they rotate out; The whole idea is that you look for the play maker in the middle – challenge for the playmaker is to change the point of attack – the players on the outside have a 2-touch restriction ii. Coaching Points 1. Decision to play 1st or 2nd time 2. Players are a dime a dozen who play the ball square or back – Elite players go forwards 3. Find the tactical seams – middle player

By Scott Zettlemoyer Author's Note: The objective of this training session is to teach a forward-back-through passing pattern to be used near the attacking third of the field. The pattern helps the attacking team build the attack by connecting the Defenders (forward pass)to the Strikers, the Strikers with the Midfielders (back pass) and the Midfielders to the Strikers (through pass) to penetrate well organized defenses. After conducting a model training session, you the coach, must evaluate the success of the session. The success can be judged by asking yourself a question. Are the players performing the new skill or tactic in their large group scrimmages and games? If the answer is yes, effective training session. If the answer is no, conduct an other session using the same theme. MODEL TRAINING SESSION (U13 AND ABOVE) I. Warmup (10-15 Minutes) Players in pairs with one ball per pair. Players ground pass (balls rolling on ground) to each other. ...

In a just ended match between the over-confidence Kilimanjaro Stars (Tanzania Mainland national team) and the under dogs Somalia, we have witnessed a suprise win of one goal to nil to Somalia. Kilimanjaro stars and their fans took for granted and thought that their recent impressive performance of Sudan, was enough to scare away guys from Somalia. To their suprise Somalia took lead just thirteen minutes after the kick off in the first half. The goal came as a results of Stars defenders mistakes, as they thought Somalia's players were off side. I always tell my players to make sure that they play with the Referee, they should not assume anything unless they here referee's whistle. As a player you can not decide that it an offside when a referee or his assistant has not granted any. On their first match Somalia lost 2-0 to Zanzibar who are at this moment in a battle with the Host Uganda. Stars now are second from the bottom with Goal difference advantage over Rwanda. They now in ...