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Cover Story

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Small sided games in football (1): 2 against 2

Gerardo Martino, Paraguayan national team coach

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Tacktics

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This issue starts with an interview fr om South America: Gerar do Martino, Paraguayan national team coach talked to us about the importance of set plays. And we intr oduce a new series of articles on Small Sided Games. This new series will

look at a number of small sided games that are used by almost every coach at every level. We start with the easiest and smallest form that includes working together: the 2v2 small sided game.

From Small Sided Games to training sessions, this time ar ound featuring 16 gr eat technique exercises. We also have an interview with Jordan national team coach, Manoel Barrionuevo, who talks about working in the Middle East. From Jordan to Belgium for our last article, an interview with Club Brugge's U13 coach Wesley Vissers.

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Cover Story

GERARDO MARTINO, PARAGUAYAN NATIONAL TEAM COACH:

“Set plays are decisive during a World Cup�

Paraguay has been a steady W orld Cup contender since 1998. A great achievement considering Paraguay, along with Bolivia, is South America's poorest countr y and has just seven million residents. Historically the South Americans have been relying on strong defense and their set plays. Corner kicks turned out to be the most dangerous weapon of Gerardo Martino's team. The coach of the Paraguayan national team explains.

By: Jorrit Smink

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How would you describe the Paraguayan football player?

Gerardo Martino: “The players ar e gr eat.

Paraguayans are known for their hard work, without complaining. Whether it is physically or technically , they ar e always open for everything and give 100% each time. This is a great attitude for a trainer to work with.”

A good attitude. But are Paraguayans strong technically?

Gerardo Martino: “I believe that a positive evolution occurred in football. In the past Paraguayan football was always described as assist, header , goal, but nowadays Paraguay has technically strong players. Of course we ar e still str ong in headers, but I also see very technical players.”

You have assisted Marcelo Bielsa at several clubs. Is there a similarity between you and Marcelo Bielsa (coach of the Chilean national team)?

“I like the comparison. I've worked with him and Marcelo is someone who had a lot of influence on my life. However , this doesn't mean we have the same views on football.”

Both of you got the same amount of points in the World Cup qualifications, both with two relatively small countries.

Do you have the same mentality?

“Well, these ar e coincidences. Just like Paraguay winning against Chile in Chile, and Chile winning against us in Paragua.”

It is being said that under your command there has been a big change in mentality in Paraguayan football, just like in Chili with Bielsa. Do you agree?

“Every trainer knows that in football you need to make a lot of agreements. When do you pressure, when you must pass forward quickly, when should you temporize, and so on. The players have kept to these agr eements we made and with some luck they executed everything how we agr eed at the right moments.”

Football is all about moments?

“For sure. The big tour naments only last a short period of time, while like in case of a World Cup you work towar ds that moment for more than two years. With these kind of tournaments it is about being on top of your game at the right moment during a match.

This is especially true for set plays.”

Unfortunately Paraguay misses their playmaker on the W orld Cup and cor ner specialist Salvador Cabañas. Gerar do Martino doesn't really worry about it.

A key at these moments is having all your star players available. Due to a tragic event one of your star players Salvador Cabañas could not be part of your World Cup selection.

“I would rather not talk about that. It's something very terrible what happened in Mexico.

If you think about it, football is unimportant at

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GERARDO MARTINO Gerardo Martino was born on 20 November 1962 in Rosario (like other creative Argentineans like Lionel Messi and Marcelo Bielsa). From the age of twelve Martino played for the Newells Old Boys youth academy and ended up playing a 505 matches for the club, in which he scored 35 times. In the history of the Newells club there is no player with more games to his name. He was elected by the fans as the all time best player.

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In Argentina Martino was active for Colon and Santa Fe, but as a trainer his biggest successes were established in Paraguay, where his team's were crowned champion seven times. Five times with Libertad and two times with Cerro Porteﾃｱo. In 2007 Martino was elected as best South American coach.

Martino was assigned as head coach of the Paraguayan national football team in February 2007, replacing Uruguayan Anibal Maﾃｱo Ruiz. His knowledge and success while coaching Paraguayan clubs were the parameters that positioned him as the best option for the job (other candidates were Nery Pumpido and Miguel ﾃ］gel Russo). Previously, Martino had won the Paraguayan league 4 times from 2002 till 2006.

On 5 July 2010, Martino announced that he would be stepping down as Paraguay coach on their return from the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Martino confirmed that with his four-year contract expiring, he would not be extending his spell in charge of the national side. However, on 10 July 2010, Martino agreed to stay on as Paraguay coach until after the 2011 Copa America.

Martino is realistic about the development of football. On the question if he sees a player like him in the Paraguayan selection, he answers: ''luckily not. Football has become a lot faster."

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Paraguayan organization corner kick opponent

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these moments. Of course it's terrible for us that he wasn't there during the World Cup, but the most important thing is that he survived and that he was able to be with his family.”

have been a disaster if we didn't succeed in that. My ended up reaching the quarterfinals, a gr eat achievement by both the technical staff and the players.”

During the preparation did you think about changing things tactically for the World Cup? “No, I didn't. You should only make changes when things go wrong. That wants the case for us.”

What is the reason for this success?

“It’s a total package. How we arrived ther e, our good preparation, no major injuries and selected the right players. Everything came together at the right moment. Historically, set plays have always been a very decisive factor at a World Cup, that is a huge advantage for us as well.”

What was your goal during the World Cup? “We had to survive the first r ound. It would

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Set plays

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Paraguay's set plays ar e famous and notorious all over South-America. Chile, Brazil or Ecuador, they all conceded goals fr om Paraguay cor ner kicks during the W orld Cup qualification. Gerardo Martino's team has a standar d basic organization at corners.

Out swinging corner kick 1. Corners ar e always played directly 2. There are five players positioned in the penalty area 3. One player moves to the corner of the penalty area 4. Two players start fr om outside the penalty area 5. Two players start a little closer 6. Alternately two players ar e headers or blockers Paraguay faced a lot dif ferent defending or ganizations. Depending of the opponents defensive strategy , Paraguay always moved off the ball with the objective to attain 1 or 2 open players. In the diagrams below you can see how Paraguay scor ed against different types of organizations.

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Diagram 1 (Out swinging): Chile defends with five man to man defenders and a free defender on the edge of the penalty area. Paraguay solves this by freeing up Paula da Silva. He gets rid of his direct opponent by coming out of a teammate's back, and at the moment he heads the ball, his dir ect opponent is blocked by another teammate.

Diagram 2 (Out swinging): Chile tries a differ ent approach and now positions six players, slightly shifted and sagged, in the penalty area. Paraguay once again has no problems dealing with Chile's new strategy. Paolo da Silva makes a passing move and his opponent is once again blocked by another player.

In swinging corner kicks 1. Corners ar e always played directly 2. There are five players positioned in the penalty area 3. One player moves to the corner of the penalty area 4. One player moves to the far post 5. One player blocks to allow passage for his teammate 6. One player is totally free.

Depending on the opponents organization, diagrams 3 to 6 illustrate how Paraguay find the open player

Diagram 4 (In swinging): Ecuador counts on an in swinging headed on corner kick and positions three players before the near post and 1 at the near post. Behind them there are four defenders on four Paraguayans. These four Paraguayans are positioned further away from the goal. Santa Cruz moves to the point of the penalty area, faking to be the one to head the ball further. However, the ball

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13 Diagram 3 (In swinging): Brazil also defends with five man to man defenders and one free player in the penalty area. Brazil does not put a player on the edge of the penalty , so Paraguay can easily swing the ball in. The two players at the penalty spot block, so their teammate behind them is open. This player moves off the ball into the penalty ar ea and almost scor es. Because the open player on Brazil's team moved away to defend in the first header duel, Roque Santa Cruz's direct opponent has to make a choice between the open player entering the penalty area or Roque Santa Cruz. He hesitates and is too late, Santa Cruz scores.

is swung into the space between the near post and the penalty spot, at the height of the goal line. No one is there to defend the ball and Nelson Valdez gratefully makes use of that.

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Diagram 5 (In swinging): Ecuador takes almost the same positions. Though now the ball does r each Roque Santa Cruz.

He heads the ball further into the penalty area and Cristian Riveroz moves through the Ecuadorian defense.

14 Diagram 6 (In swinging): Ecuador now puts four players further away from the goal ar ea, these players have to defend four Paraguayans. Three players ar e still surrounding the striker. At the far post Paraguay gets a new free man by blocking. But the ball doesn't r each him. However , Cristian Riveroz jumps higher than his dir ect opponent and scores.

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Tactics

SMALL SIDED GAMES IN FOOTBALL (1):

2 against 2

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This new series of articles in SoccerCoachingInternational describes a number of small sided games that are used by almost every coach at every level. We start with the easiest and smallest form that includes working together: the 2v2 small sided game.

By: Jan Zoutman

The basic 2v2 is a game which is easy to organize and also trainable with a small number of players. It's important that enough materials ar e pr esent, especially enough balls as this is r equired for this game. Besides that you can, depending on the objective, play with dif ferent goals, with or without goalkeepers, adjust the measur ements of the pitch to the level of the players and change the rules of the game to maximize reaching your objectives. In coaching it is important to maximize the cooperation between the players since they must lear n to play together at all kind of levels. Whether it is about creating space for each other or learning to provide cover in defense, working together is essential in a team sport.

Offense The main training objective in a 2v2 small sided game will be of fense. Combination play as well as individual actions can be trained by means of this game. Players can learn to make the right choice between these two. It's important to adjust the pitch sizes to the objective. If you want to have room for good combination play , the pitch shouldn't be too narr ow. For a good giveand-go combination you need enough space, if the pitch is too narrow the defenders can easily gives each other back cover (see diagram 1). If you as a trainer want to stimulate the 1v1 duel, it is important to be sure the pitch is not too wide nor too short.

There must be enough depth on the pitch

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so that players have time to perform their individual action and do not reach the goal too soon. A long and wide pitch encourages 1v1 duels. If you play with goalkeepers you will also have to take into account that they have the possibility to decrease the depth by playing further in fr ont of their goal. If players come into striking position too fast they will use that thankfully and the need for combinations and individual actions disappears.

Diagram 1

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An important cor e principle is that the pitch must be made as big as possible by the player of f the ball. This player can move wide to create space for a 1v1 duel (see diagram 2). The player can move forward so that he is available for the combination (see diagram 3). And the player can start behind the player on the ball, and receive it after he has overlapped him (see diagram 4). In every situation he must try to be open to r eceive the ball. When he sees that his teammate is going to make an individual action, he must, especially at a higher level, also be aware of the possibility that he might loose the ball and therefore provide his teammate with back cover, in case he fails to beat his opponent. In this situation he will position himself further away and diagonally behind his teammate. This way he can also still par ticipate in the attack when his teammate does beat his opponent (see diagram 5).

Diagram 2

Diagram 4

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Diagram 3

Diagram 5

The player on the bal will, depending on the situation, constantly be making choices.

Does he initiate the 1v1 duel or is a combination the best way to score a goal? These choices depend for a lar ge part on the position of the defenders. If they are standing close to each other the space for an action

will available for the other player (diagram 6). If they ar e positioned further apart and on a line, than the individual action will be very effective (diagram 7). Besides this the individual qualities of the players on a higher level ar e important considerations. If a player is skilled in the offensive 1v1 duel, his

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teammate has to cr eate space by making the field bigger. A player that is less skilled in the 1v1, will have to get more assistance from his teammate. The player of f the ball will constantly have to make choices, by moving away from the player on the ball to create space or by starting behind him and providing him with cover . As a coach you

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Diagram 7

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must try to make your players awar these choices.

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It's important for the coach to adjust the rules of the game to corr espond with the objective. It's especially good to think about game continuations. How can we scor e? What if we do score? What do we do when the ball is out of play? Play with or without offside?

You can r eward the scoring team by allow them to maintain possession. This stimulates them to score as many goals as possible and the opponent doesn't immediately get the ball back. If you want both teams to get their repetitions you should not do this.

When the ball is out of play it is, especially at a lower level, recommendable to give the player on the ball the choice between a kick-in or a dribble. The throw-in will lead to more loss of possession, and is therefore no reward. On a higher level the thr ow in can be an ideal lear ning moment to include in the exercise objective. The ball will have to be thrown in at the right moment and at the right height. If you want to put pr essure on the team in possession, playing with offside is a perfect way . The defenders will try to keep the playing area small and don't have to be afraid of the strikers who will try to keep the playing area long. If you want to improve joining the attack, you can add a rule that both players must be across the middle line at the moment of scoring. This way you stimulate both players to participate.

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With the younger youth it is wise to keep the rules as simple as possible. Every rule will raise new questions and it's important to play and not be thinking about the rules too much. To dribble the ball (when out) into the pitch makes things clear and stimulates making an action. This applies to line football as well. Players will have to make a dribble sooner then when you ar e playing with two big goals and goalkeepers. Players will shoot on goal faster and ther efore they will have to make less choices. If you think that during the match the players ar e hesitating too long in front of the goal, you should play

with two big goals and goalkeepers. This way they will be in striking position sooner .

Playing without the of fside rule will, at a higher level, lead to the player of f the ball overlapping, which will become an important weapon. Also the other team will be defending forward sooner, to get into possession of the ball earlier and to keep strikers away from the goal. This means that there will be more pressure on the ball and that the r equirements on the strikers will be higher. They will have to handle the ball faster and move more off the ball. Training handling speed will improve the level of the players.

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Defending The 2v2 is also very suitable for training and developing defensive cooperation between the players. Important tasks like defending forward, providing cover, duels and most importantly coaching each other are all key in pr eventing the opponent fr om scoring.

The defenders, depending on their level and the rules of the game, will constantly have to make the choice on where to start their defensive line. If the coach wants them to improve on defending forward the offside rule is necessary. When not implemented the attacking team will be able to make the play-

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ing field long by purposely getting into of fside position. The defenders' r eaction to this will be to move backwards. Something you don't want as a coach!

The defenders will have to watch each other closely and constantly communicate.

The distance between the defenders should not be too big, because this will take away the possibility to pr ovide each other with cover. The defender is unable to cover when his teammate is beaten by the opponent, as the distance will be too big! They should force the player on the ball to the

outside, as the space ther e is limited and the chance of scoring decr eases (see diagram 8). They can also choose to let the player on the ball dribble to the inside, as this will decrease the space and the player on the ball will be closed-in (see diagram 9). This must happen at the right moment and with a lot of pr essure on the ball, or else the undefended striker will be able to receive the ball. A right moment to execute that pr essure is when the ball is passed from one player to another . The r eceiving player will always have his eyes fixed on the ball and less on the rest of the pitch. When the player is in possession it is usually too late to start pressuring. The player will have vision of the pitch again, which makes a good pass very likely. This is why coaching between players is so important.

As the space gets bigger, the challenge for the defenders also incr eases. You should always have a balance between space allowed to the strikers and the qualities of the defenders. The coach will have to think about that and while training he must analyzing if he choose the right pitch measurements.

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Diagram 8

Coaching on the defending side of the pitch, when to put pressure on the ball and the decision to defend forwar d or not ar e Diagram 9 of great importance. It must be clear which terms the defenders use together . The preference goes to short and clear terms like: left/right close, forwar d (to attack on the ball), back up, support, out (if the other team plays the ball backwards). When you play with goalkeepers, they play an important role as well. They can indicate which corner should be pr otected by the defender. Especially with shots on goal coaching can prevent your team from conceding goals!

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Transition Transitioning means nothing more than to regain the or ganization of the main moments attacking and defending. In the 2v2 this part is very important. If a player doesn't participate quickly enough, it will have major consequences. That's why this aspect is a perfect training objective in the 2v2.

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Diagram 10

After loss of possession it is important to participate again immediately, when you don't your teammate will be outnumbered. There is no time to r egret and r eflect, but you must immediately make yourself useful again to pr event a goal.

This asks for a hard mentality by the players because a lot of players have the tendency to take a moment to r eflect their missed opportunity or loss of possession.

As a coach you need to eliminate this type of behavior, as it can have dir ect consequences.

When getting in possession it is important to quickly make the right choice. If the other team has one player in fr ont of the ball, you can quickly cr eate a 2v1 situation by deep a running action (see diagram 10).

If the other team transitions quickly back into their defending position, you will have to be more patient to be able to make the right choice. So speed is key in transition.

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Technique training is hot.

More and more clubs are opting to hire specific technique trainers, both at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels.

This trend has lead to a great development in technique training methodologies. This edition of Training Sessions from around the world will illustrate some great technique exercises.

We will give you some integrated exercises in which technique is one of the learning moments, as well as some singular technique exercises, where the focus is on the development of a specific technical skill.

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Training Sessions

1 GOAL

To improve changing direction in a 1v2 situation

ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT

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COACHING

- The importance of the first touch - Fast feet - Scoring!

U9 U11 U13 U15 U17 U19 A

Passing Dribbling Cutting and turning Shielding Changing direction Seeking the open space

- The blue player passes to the red player.

- The red player has to deal with 2 opponents and has three ways to score; in either one of the two goals, or by dribbling across the opponents line

2 GOAL

To improve moves and skills that can be used to change direction.

ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT

THE OPPONENT FROM THE SIDE (2)

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COACHING

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1V2: OPPONENT FROM THE SIDE

- Practice with both feet - Don’t look at the ball - Quick feet

Dribbling Cutting and turning Passing Receiving

- 180 degrees-turns are practiced with 2 players, 90 degrees-turns with 4. The dribble after the cut or turn can be replaced by a pass.

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U9 U11 U13 U15 U17 U19 A

Training Sessions

3 GOAL

To improve using feints when the opponent is in front of you

ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT

- Dribbling - Feints

COACHING

THE OPPONENT FROM THE FRONT (1)

- This exercise is designed to teach players to execute speciďŹ c feints; to improve feints and to perfect them

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- 4 players, 1 ball - A player dribble to the other side, executes a feint in the middle and passes to the ball to the next player

4 GOAL

To improve dribbling and penetrate the defense in 1v1 and 1v2 situations

DEVELOPMENT

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ORGANIZATION

- 2v2 with 1 neutral player. 2 goals with goalkeepers on a ďŹ eld of approximately 30 x 35 meters. The central player is 'Ronaldinho', whenever he has the ball he is not allowed to pass it anymore: he had to dribble, penetrate the defense and score. This player cannot be offside. All other players are naturally also allowed to score

COACHING

THE OPPONENT FROM THE FRONT (2)

- The 'Ronaldinho' role can be played by all types of players, not just attackers - Improve the 1v1 skills

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Runs off the ball Dribbling 1v1 1v2 Scoring

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Training Sessions

5 DEVELOPMENT GOAL

To improve receiving, dribbling and feints when the opponent is in front of you

ORGANIZATION

- 3 players in a triangle, 1 ball - Player A passes to player B - Player B receives the ball, dribbles and executes a feint in front of player C - Player B switches positions with player C and B passes to C, who dribbles, executes a feint in front of A, etc.

COACHING

- Pass to the correct foot; right to feint right and left to feint left

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Passing Receiving Dribbling Feints

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THE OPPONENT FROM THE FRONT (4) To improve dribbling and feints when the opponent is in front of you in a 1v1 situation

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- Passing - Receiving - 1v1

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1V2: OPPONENT FROM THE SIDE

- Pass to the correct foot; right to feint right and left to feint left - Fast feet - Speed

- 3 players in a triangle, 1 ball - Player A passes to player B - Player B receives the ball, dribbles and tries to beat player C and dribble to the cone - Player B switches positions with player C and B passes to C, who dribbles, and tries to beat A, etc.

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- Build up the resistance from +- 50% to 100% (attacker must dribble across the line)

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To improve the first touch and individual skills when the opponent is coming from behind.

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- Ask for the ball left or right, not in a straight line - Build up the resistance/pressure

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To improve position specific qualities: - Central defender: passing, penetrating midfield - Wingers: feints, dribbling, crosses - Playmaker: changing play. passing, penetrating the penalty area, scoring - Striker: movement off the ball, scoring - 5v5 on half a field (or smaller, depending on the age and level of the players) with two large goals with goalkeepers. Use a 'Plus-formation'

- Every player may penetrate - Whenever the wingers have the ball, the strikers have to stay away from the ball, so the wingers can cross or choose to dribble and beat the defender - Create space between the defender and the attacker

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- 5v5 with goalkeepers and a halfway line - Attacking team is only allowed to have 3 of the 5 players on the opponents half, defending team is allowed to have all players on their half - The 3 players do not have to be the same ones every time, this may change depending on the situation

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- This will create many overload situations, meaning that the attacking team must make a move in order to create scoring opportunities. When they are stuck they can always pass the ball back to their own half (2 defensive players) and start their attack again

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- Two organizations whereby 2 players are positioned in the middle with a ball and the other players are positioned on the line with a ball

- On the coach’s signal the players with a ball try to dribble across the middle area and beat the players in that area - The players in the middle try to steal the ball (by kicing it away) - After 6 crossings change defenders

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U17: RECEIVE SIDEWAYS AND TURN - 3 players per group - Players B passes to player A, A receives the ball sideways and dribbles, B executes pressure on A, A turns and dribbles further, B takes A’s position, A passes to C and the exercise start again

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PASSING AND SHOOTING: IMPROVE FUNCTIONAL TECHNIQUE - The player at the bottom cone passes to the inside foot of the player at the second cone, this player wall passes back in a 45 degree angle.

- Open diagonally to the outside foot of the player at that cone, passing from the left diagonally to the right and vice versa. The player at the top receives the ball on the run and passes to the outside foot of the player at the cone next to him, he receives the ball on the run and shoots on goal.

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TURN OPEN - Player 1 passes to player 2 - Player 2 turns open and passes to player 3 - Player 3 dribbles to player 4 and passes the ball to him - Player 4 does the same as player 1

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- Pay attention when passing: the player has to turn open in such a way that the ball is directly in front of him, ready to pass

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Top Interview

MANOEL BARRIONUEVO, JORDAN NATIONAL TEAM COACH:

Working in the Middle East With a fragile economy that is largely dependant on tourism, a few natural resources, a history full of war and political adversity, Jordan's list of problems also extends into the sporting area. In football for example, the Arab countr y still suffers from a lack of professionalism at the major national clubs, but is in search to claim their space among the major Asian nations.

The Jordanian national team is on the rise with the support of young Prince Amir Ali Bin Al-Hussein, president of the national football federation. Since the beginning of the century, Al-Hussein sought to reinforce the importance of this sport setting with ambitious measures since he has been in control of the entity. For example, with the 2000 arrival of one of the best coaches in the Middle East, Mahmoud Al Gohar y. During the next ten years, Jordan was responsible for significant achievements by the standards of the country. For example, the qualification for the 2004 Asian Cup. Graduated in Physical Education with specialization in scientific training methodologies, coach Manuel Barrionuevo, also known as “Nenê”, can surely be considered one of those responsible for the progress of soccer in this countr y in recent years. He is part of a big Brazilian group (players and coaching staff) – that works in this oriental market.

By: Universidade do Futebol (Bruno Camarão and Artur Capuani)

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"Over the many years working in the Middle East I have seen an enormous contribution by various Brazilian professionals. Many of them seem to have a good ability to work together with native players�, said Bar rionuevo.

to lead their national selection. In his new home, the pr ofessional is faced with huge discrepancies in r elation to Brazil such as amateurism and the interference of religion, climate and development activities.

Italian experience After several inter nships at some of the biggest clubs in the world, he accepted the offer by the Jor danian Football Federation

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"It is always important to know the work of other schools in football. I was fortunate enough to observe some Italian coaches

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from the Serie A. It was a great experience.

I had the opportunity to attend training sessions at Inter FC, Milan AC and Juventus FC to understand the tactical systems used by their coaches. I observed the 3-5-2 and 3-43 systems made up of players who had adequate physical and technical abilities in order to comply with the demands posed by these systems."

Working in Jordan "Compared to Brazilian professional football and other mor e countries developed we can’t say we have a very professional working condition here. We have tried to organize the football department seeking awareness and resources for our basic minimum training. Fortunately we have a very cohesive coaching staf f and we have succeeded in overcoming the obstacles of lack

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of greater professionalism. Slowly everyone begins to understand the importance to professionalize football in this country."

Culture "As for life in Jordan it is a challenge and at the same time a fascinating experience. The country is very beautiful and its economy relies heavily on tourism which is its biggest revenue. The language and customs ar e somewhat of a barrier that must be over come with a certain amount of wisdom. In the cultural aspect there is a large range of options like trying to understand the habits, religion, and of course the opportunity to meet amazing historical places like the Dead Sea, Petra, the Jordan River among others.

There are also some very interesting museums and an indispensable walk through the desert."

Contribution to football in Jordan "Many Brazilians seem to have a good ability to work together with native players.

Therefore it is important to understand their culture, their habits and customs, their r eligion and gradually gain the confidence of not only the players but also the people closest to the club; like the employees. This facilitates the process of training players as well as the communication with everyone.

Another great contribution that these pr ofessionals are given to the structure of football clubs, as to most Arab countries, is the trend of physical, technical, tactical and

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emotional development of players in the organizational aspect, trying to give them an increasingly professional view on the nature of football."

How to adapt to religious aspects?

"In the Ramadan month, in particular when Muslims are fasting during the day and only feed at night, the work requires very significant adjustments. During this month, after the first prayer (Muslims pray five times a day) that occurs around 4:30 am, they stop eating and drinking until the time of the penultimate prays that occurs at ar ound 6:30 pm. So, training is only possible after 9 pm. This is something that requires a lot of care and consideration from the technical committee. After their first meal (at dusk), we allow for some rest and after the

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training session you must provide adequate food for them to restore their energy."

Sports psychology applied in fitness "With years of living and training abr oad with players fr om a dif ferent culture, the key issue is how to deal with dif ferent situations, such as their habits and customs.

We must respect the individuality of each player and guide them to maximize their full physical potential within a clear approach, while always respecting their culture. It is not enough if you just have extensive knowledge of fitness in general.

We must have the sensitivity and knowledge to understand their way of life, and respecting them, while making them grow as physically as athletes as well as mentally as people."

Using technology to improve performance

Integrated training versus repetitive training

"Any data that can be transformed into knowledge to impr ove the quality of work are always welcome. A good opponent analysis allows the coaching staff to plan a more qualified training session that is suited to the needs and reality of the game. It takes an intelligent analysis to lear n how to use the information from the scouts or other reports obtained fr om training and games from your opponents. In other wor ds, the data must be transformed into useful information generating knowledge that will help in coaches to prepare their players."

"I would like to see an integrated or comprehensive way of training, as integrated training allows you to join the physical, technical and tactical within a work process. The model allows us to accelerate the development of the team, as it is directly focused on the needs of the game.

Through integrated training methods, it is possible to train with multiple objectives and develop all ar eas of football. This includes physiological conditions of the team to increase its performance as a whole. Integrated training is, however , not something all coaches can simply apply .

Sometimes it is because of lack of knowledge from the coach, and other times by the limited capacity to understand the players. So all coaches should consider their own capabilities as well when choosing their training methods. Integrated training is not the only way to go, some teams r equire repetitive training, which focuses on 1 area at the time and allows for fr equent repetitions. This training methods is at the complete opposite side of the training spectrum, which leaves many other methodologies between the two."

Youth football "Children here have very few opportunities to play football, so observing and scouting talented youth players is dif ficult here. This is why I proposed the launch of a project to improve the structure and encourage participation in sport. What the pr oject aspires to do is to organize school tournaments in all cities of Jor dan and in various age gr oups. The games would be accompanied by a qualified Federation professional, who would select these kids. As a r esult, they would be assembled in city teams and trained by these professionals. After a training period we will plan tournaments between the cities and we stimulate sport participation and train youth players for the national team. The pr oject is now being reviewed by the pr esident of the Jordanian Federation."

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Youth Coaching

WESLEY VISSER, TRAINER/COACH CLUB BRUGGE U13:

“7 must become 9” Club Brugge is fast at work to improve their youth academy . One of the talented coaches of this club is W esley Visser. After working as an intern at clubs like RBC Roosendaal, KNVB district south 1 and as a full time coach at KAA Gent, he's now working for one of the biggest clubs in Belgium. Full of passion he talks about last year, in which they finally left rival Anderlecht behind them. ''But the most important thing is that the players get better and develop themselves. They must not only do what they are already capable of, no that 7 has to become a 9.'' SoccerCoachingInternational talked to this passionate youth coach.

Text: Paul van Veen

“First of all I think discipline is important. As a coach you must be very straight with the players. You must tell players what you expect from them, but also what they can expect from you. Within that I find it important

that players have respect for each other and also show that respect to the coaches and staff. I always tell the players: when you show respect to the coaches and staff, they will treat you the same way.”

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“To be clear towar ds the players, it's impor tant that the staff is on one line. That's why we as a staff have made clear agreements at the beginning of this season: all staf f members must have the same mentality , rules and goals. Players should never get the feeling that they can get away with things with one of the staf f members that the other wouldn't allow. But they should also have r espect for the material, or when we for example ar e guests at a tour nament, we also thr eat the people there with respect.”

“In terms of discipline you must also think about other simple things. For example when we travel by bus to away matches,

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I think we must show that we are one group.

We're all wearing the same clothes and our shirt are tucked into our pants. If we all have lunch together at a tournament, the captain decides what we should all wear.”

“Besides that we ask from the players to be focused on the match when we are traveling to a game. When travelling towar ds our destination we will not have a party on the bus, followed by a very poor performance in the match. They can listen to music, but the most important thing is that they are focused on match as much as possible.”

“These are all examples of discipline off the pitch, but they should show that same discipline on the pitch. When you have discipline, you have won half the battle. I have experienced some problems in this aspect this year. I've spent a lot of time to get the players to show mor e of themselves. They are very good at performing the task that they get, but a lot of times they don't take the extra steps needed. Making mistakes is allowed, I even prefer it when they do make mistake, as it is a great way to learn.”

“In other wor ds: I try to get players out of their comfort zone. Imagine, ther e is a player on midfield who always scor es a 7.

Every game he's ther e and performs his tasks. I want this player to scor e an 9, so I work with him to make him demand mor e of himself. The 7 he scored is good but you must be aiming for that 9. Also because that 7 is good enough against most of our opponents, but against the top teams, like Anderlecht and Standard Liege, it is often not enough. While trying to improve that player

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from a 7 to a 9 it's normal that you try new things, make mistakes and maybe not reach your normal level of performance. But by learning from these moments, you will see that you will reach a higher level in the end. That is hard for youth players: because if they make mistakes, they loose faith in themselves , and you as a youth coach must deal with that situation.”

“To help them with this I try to coach with questions. Youth players in Belgium often feel they ar e being attacked when you coach them and they will starts to defend their actions. Sometimes they will make a step backwar ds in the development process, sometimes even multiple steps and than they will reach a slump. That's absolutely not necessary . I always tell the players: As long as I'm your coach, I find you interesting and I want to put my energy in you. When I am not coaching you anymore, or when I am not paying attention to you anymor e during the games, that's when you should start to worry . Because than I don't want to invest my energy in you anymore. So you have to lear n to how to coach. That can be positive coaching, but sometimes also constructive criticism. But sometimes it can also be demanding: if a player has done things a certain way for a couple of matches in a r ow, I tell him, that he must now try to do things dif ferent, as trying new things is taking steps to improve.”

TOP TOURNAMENTS “Eventually, on top tournaments at the end of the season like the one we attend in Mallorca, our youth players have to show what they have learned and how they developed. These are also the moments where they can see how the rank against other players, from other countries, on their position. That's also what I tell the boys: try to be the best of the tournament in your position. If you want to make it to the top, you will have to be one of the best in your position.

How is the player on my position at Anderlecht, Bayern Munich or Ajax. Do I match with their level?''

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“Be careful with this though. If a player does something wrong, don't run him down, but also don't let it go. I think that they talk too much about the positive things in Belgium.

Accentuating the positive things is good, but you must also pay attention to the things you can still improve, because if you also learn to control these things, you'll become a mor e complete player. If you only tell players what they ar e doing well, they will stay at the same level. Y outh players, especially at this age, are still far from complete football players.”

“Within our vision it's important that players are trained in different aspects of the game.

First of all they will have to know how to act when in possession. We train the build up from the back, attacking through the centre and attacking down the flanks. Besides that we work on the moments opponent possession. We tell players that they have to think about the team as a whole, do we have good positioning as a team? Don't just look at your position compar ed to your direct opponent.”

“Within the vision of Club Brugge possession is the most important thing: we want to possess the ball, we want to play dominant football. Regardless, we also pay attention to our defensive positioning. As a team, but of course also in the defensive line. We play with three defenders, which is quite unique in Belgium. We play with three defenders in the back and with a defensive midfielder , who is always in front of the defensive line.

Only when the defense is well or ganized, you can play fr om your own str ength. Besides from that we mainly train on moments in possession.”

“We do this by training in cycles. After training on the defense the first weeks, we work on attacks down the flanks for 6, followed by attacking through the center for 6 weeks.

We then r epeatedly bring those aspects back into the training. It's also important, especially for a youth team fr om Club

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Brugge, that they have to be able to play with a lot of variety: by using the wings as well as attacking through the centre.”

“So you don't just pr epare a training, you prepare a training that is specifically designed for offense through the centre. If you, as a trainer , have to work on that for six weeks, you will educate yourself further on that aspect of the game and gather more information about it. How do I adjust my warming up, how do I adjust my passing and shooting games? How do I conduct the match review?”

“During the training we haven't spend much time on set plays, but we talked about this in the match r eviews and this season we scored a lot of goals fr om set plays. In the match r eviews we spoke about dif ferent ways to deal with set plays, like not just

cross the corner kick in front of the goal, but play it short and than try to scor e with different runs off and on the ball. Besides that we want to take free kicks as quick as possible. If the players get a fr ee kick in the training, I count to five out loud. If the fr ee kick isn't taken within those five seconds, the ball goes to the other team. It's the same for a free kick at 20 or 30 meters from the goal. It's tempting to shoot the ball on goal, because if the shot is under the crossbar, at this age that usually means a goal.

But that is pointless, so free kicks should be taken quickly and we must be able to find a solution with combination football.”

“When you think about it, these young players are given a lot of information to absorb.

But that's logical. After all they play at Club Brugge and they are given a chance to work at the highest level. We as coaches and as

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the club have a lot to offer. But there is also a responsibility for the players. They also have to work on that. If you play for a club like Club Brugge, mor e is demanded fr om the players, regardless of their age. A striker must not only scor e, he must also help when we loose possession. A winger must be in fr ont of the goal when an action is being made on the other side of the pitch.

And when losing the ball: what do we do, put full pressure on the ball? Of course we also look at the opponent, but in youth football you must not adjust to much based on your opponents. This happens way too often in the Belgian competition. W e regularly play against teams that want to control the damage as much as possible so they play not to loose. I think that's not a good approach, you're working with youth and that means you ar e developing your players. The r esult of this is that you also lose once in a while.�

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“My vision is to train players as all-r ound complete football player as much as possible. Certainly in the younger youth I don't think that players should play and develop on just one position. A player must be developed on at least two positions. A right wingback, for example, should also be able to play right winger. Not only do the winger (half and back) overlap mor e and mor e in football these days, but as a wingback you should also know how a winger thinks and acts. When you have a wingback that never joins the attack, position him as a winger , because that position for ces him to make actions and move forward. If a player makes the first squad and he is a wingback, but the squad already has a good wingback, it will be in his advantage if he can also play as a half-winger. A left wingback should, for example, also be able to play right wingback, and vice versa.�

“With players in the youngest youth it's very hard to see who eventually makes it or not.

That's why we substitute continuously, also during important matches. That is part of Club Brugge's vision. Surely before the winter break we expect every player to have played at least half a match. W e have 18 players and we're only allowed to start the game with 15 of them. With that you will have to watch that you don't disappoint the same three players every week. But it may also not be at the costs of your talents as they carry your team. The talents ar e also too important for the academy , that's why you are doing all of this, to produce talents.

So you don't tell a talented players: it's your turn now to be a substitute. W e substitute in rounds with the players who ar e still just under the top.”

“Sadly players dr op or ar e dropped from any youth academy, and Club Brugge is no exception. If you as a player get scouted by Club Brugge, than you (and your par ents) must know that there is a chance that you must leave the academy at the end of the season. Even if you have done everything you could, even if you'r e grades at school are great, or if your lifestyle is good, or if you're always ther e and you always gave your best effort. If you are dropped it's disappointing of course, but in my eyes you've were able to experience some great training for a couple of years, one you can be proud of, and very few youth players get

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that opportunity. You can take advantage of that experience and build on it for the r est of your football life. I was therefore very disappointed that a number of par ents of whom the players wer e dr opped, didn't show up at the end of the season anymore.

But you have to get over that as a coach.

We must, in all honesty, choose what's best for the club.”

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Brazilien Corner

SCOLARI MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN JOURNALISTS After a Copa Sulamericana match Scolari called the reporters who were present at the pr ess confer ence 'clowns'. These wor ds came after some criticism by the r eporters on this actions during the match.

To try to improve the relationship the former Chelsea and Brazilian and Portugeese national team coach met with the association that r epresents the sports columnists of the State of São Paulo (ACEESP). “The meeting was or ganised for both the coach and the jour nalist to talk about the events after the Copa Sulamericana match. It was inter esting to witness how natural and honest the conversation was”, said Luiz Ademar president of ACEESP. Luiz Felipe Scolari has been facing some problems after his return to Brazil. The main issue he has had to deal with is his relationship with the media, who cover the activities of Palmeiras, the club that the coach is currently leading.

Recently after a Palmeiras training session, Scolari sat down for a candid conversation with several r eporters. All parties talked about their feeling and ar guments and the peace was restored.

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FLAMENGO CALLS FANS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TRAINING ACADEMY The proposed plan will only cover part of the cost for the new training center somewhere ar ound R$ 5,75 million. The entire pr oject is estimated to costs around R$ 20 million.

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One of Brazil's most popular clubs Flamengo wants to ally with their fans in the pr ocess of achieving a modern training academy for its professional soccer team.

The marketing plan proposes that every fan can buy a small "brick". All fans who have bought a brick will receive a map indicating where their piece is installed within the site to be built and a club kit. The cost is R$ 250,00 for each fan and the initial batch will be 18 thousand pieces.

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Brazilien Corner

NEW PRESIDENT CONTINUES INVESTMENT IN FOOTBALL RELATED PROJECTS

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff does not have as much sympathy for football as her predecessor President Luiz InĂĄcio Lula da Silva. But the new head of the Brazilian government pledged to give special attention to the sector , especially for the completion of the W orld Cup in 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

She points to the continuation of measures taken by Lula as the path to be followed.

For Roussef f the management of public

money should follow the same way with investments in the infrastructure of the host cities and the pr ovision of a federal cr edit line for W orld Cup ar enas. "Most of the public resources devoted to the World Cup14 will be invested in social infrastructur e and urban works such as mobility, housing and sanitation� said Rousseff.

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