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Frank de Boer, AFC Ajax
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Welcome to the 46th issue of SoccerCoachingInternational;
Our tenth e-Magazine! This past year we have launched a new website, changed from a hardcopy magazine to an e-Magazine and launched our new editor: MySoccerExercises.com. A lot of changes in just 1 year. And we will continue to add new features and improvements in 2011. We are looking to launch our new and improve Player Tracking System next year and we are fast at work to make all our exercises available in our new editor. While working on all these features we also have magazines to publish and issue 46, is now a fact! This issue starts with an interview with the newly appointed head coach of Ajax, Frank de Boer. On 6 December 2010, after the resignation of Martin Jol, de Boer was suddenly appointed head coach of Ajax. His first game in charge was a UEFA Champions League match against AC Milan. There he was on the edge of his seat in the dug-out of the immense San Siro stadium. He eagerly directed his team and was continuously making forward movements with his hand, the attacking play worked and de Boer and his team managed to beat AC Milan in their own home. He talked exclusively with SoccerCoachingInternational about his sudden move from the Ajax academy to now being the head coach of Holland's biggest club.
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Cover Story
FRANK DE BOER, AFC AJAX
"Play the ball with a message" Frank de Boer began his playing career as a left back at Ajax before switching to centre back, a position he made his own for many years in the national team. He won both the UEFA Cup and Champions League while at Ajax. In 1998 both Frank and his twin brother Ronald, joined FC Barcelona for 22 million pounds. However, they were unable to repeat their earlier triumphs. Frank briefly moved to Galatasaray in the summer of 2003 before joining the Rangers in January 2004. He left Rangers in 2004 after Euro 2004 to play the rest of his football career in Qatar with Al-Rayyan. Furthermore, he represented his national team 112 times, making him the most capped player in the history of the Netherlands national team, until Edwin van der Sar surpassed him. De Boer made his debut for the Netherlands in September 1990 against Italy and announced his retirement from football in April 2006. In 2007 de Boer took up a coaching role at his former club Ajax where he was in charge of the club's youth academy. During the 2010 World Cup, he was the assistant of the Netherlands national football team, with fellow retired player Phillip Cocu. On 6 December 2010, after the resignation of Martin Jol, de Boer was suddenly appointed head coach of Ajax. His first game in charge was a UEFA Champions League match against AC Milan. There he was on the edge of his seat in the dug-out of the immense San Siro stadium. He eagerly directed his team and was continuously making forward movements with his hand, the attacking play worked and de Boer and his team managed to beat AC Milan in their own home. Text: Maarten Bax
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His debut was in one word overwhelming. In front of the cameras, but most of all on the field. The poor, partially uninspired AC Milan were at times even outplayed on their home soil. The final score was 'only' 0-2, but De Boer and co left behind a great impression on that eighth of December! With Christian Eriksen as a guide on the field and de Boer on the sidelines Ajax entertained football fans around the world with a classic showcase of Ajax football. De Boer smiles when he is confronted with that evening. Modest as always he reacts: “Yes, it was a beautiful evening, though we're far from not there yet. As a head coach you're mostly looking to the future. It's not just a matter of thinking lets continue with this group. You're already thinking about transfers. Players that want to leave or players that get an offer. So you always need a contingency plan. Another thing that's new for me are all the meetings and consultations; with the medical staff and the general director. With the U19s this was only twice a week. I haven't really talked to the board of directors yet, they showed their support for me when I was first assigned, but they already know me. I have been here for four and a half years.” After two years with the U13s and two and a half years with the U19s he suddenly became the head coach just before the Champions League match against the Italians.
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Martin Jol resigned a couple of days before. ”It's not ideal of course”, De Boer admits. ”But on the other hand, there are always different phases. One moment you think you can do it - lets go for it, the next you know it's not all that easy. I might still make mistakes, but I'm in such an important position for a reason. I think I control enough aspects of this job to coach at this level. But I still need to gain a lot of experience. That's logical. And my tasks have changed. I'm not training in the academy anymore, now I must just perform. With the U19s you are stimulated when you are told to hand over your best player to the first or second team. That is the most important thing for that player. Now I'm working with the end product, that's something else.”
Youth coach At the youth he began with a clean slate. He did everything on feeling. His ideas and exercises came from his years as a top player and as a apprentice under various coaches. For a brief period of time, only a month, he gained some experience as a head coach in Qatar, when the former head coach of AlShamal was sacked. “That was nice, yes. I just did the types of training sessions that I believed to be good for the group. Look, if you're 25 or 26 years old, you live more conscious as a football players. You think about your body, you look at the training session, etcetera. Than you save a lot of things on your 'hard disk'. But when I went
"IF YOU HAD TO SPRINT TILL THE CONE, I SPRINTED UNTIL THE CONE AND DIDN'T SLOW DOWNFIVE METERS IN FRONT" to Galatasaray in Turkey, I thought; like this anyone can become a coach. I learned nothing from the head coach, Fakim Terim. Except that he came to the training every day in different clothes. Every day, for a half year! Unbelievable.”
every training, done my absolute best. If you had to sprint till the cone, I sprinted until the cone and didn't slow down five meters in front. Louis is also like that. And besides that you tell the boys that, although they have a professional contract, they aren't there yet. You can always improve.”
van Gaal Louis van Gaal was his big example. Ajax won the club world cup in the nineties with Louis van Gaal at the helm. “Wherever he stood, you would noticed that that group was training sharper than the other group. He demanded a lot from the players. I do that too. But that's just in me. I have always,
Hiddink De Boer also learned from other trainers. You pick up on details. “Hiddink for example could create a certain atmosphere, whereby everything in the team would fall into place. I read in an interview once with Björn van der Doelen that he, in his time at
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PSV, always had the feeling he was very important. But he never played. And nevertheless he always had the feeling that he was part of the team. Admirable. That is something intangible in the
sub consciousness. Hiddink is a real 'people manager'. From Dutch national team coach Bert van Marwijk, with whom he worked closely the last two years as an assistant, De Boer
learned other things. “Van Marwijk is clear and really likes respect. He likes a good preparation, which you must do together. Involving the staff and really thinking about what you're doing.”
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Under Van Gaal De Boer did a lot of small sided games like five or six versus three. Something you will see back in the matches, when you repeat it endlessly in training sessions. “We would practice it a thousand times”, laughs De Boer. “It had to become automatic.” De Boer is the same way. With this you get even more efficiency out of passingshooting exercises. Where Martin Jol, his predecessor, saw this as a nice warmingup exercise, with De Boer this is top priority. “First of all I want a rolling ball. Because when the ball is rolling your teammate will start to react. The man off the ball decides. The ball is never dead. At most with a free kick. My strongest point was that I could think
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three steps ahead as a player. But Van Gaal told me that not everybody was able to do that and that I had to take that into account. That is what I do now.�
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Sugar cubes A number of sugar cubes are positioned on the table by Frank de Boer, he wants to explain why he trains so much on being open to receive the ball between the lines. You do not want to receive the ball between your opponents, but you also do not want to sprint forward to be open to receive the ball. A few steps back and you lose your opponent. If you receive the ball in that position (in between the lines), you simply turn around and you're gone. Jari Litmanen in his Ajax-time was a beautiful example. Although De Boer says that it wasn't practiced in much detail under Van Gaal.
Ajax-school Everything with a ball. Of course the preparation of a
"AS A HEAD COACH YOU'RE MOSTLY LOOKING TO THE FUTURE"
season looks a bit different and than he listens to his conditional trainers. But, de Boer believes sprinting eight times forty meters is more effective with a ball. Than it becomes fun. Remarkably enough De Boer wasn't directly informed of the vision at the academy when he started four years ago. De Boer: ''Look, I of course know the training philosophy at Ajax. Summarized:
very demanding, without losing your creativity. A lot of position play with passing-shooting and individual actions. We're very critical on how you play the ball. You must play the ball with a message. At the Dutch national team I can easily see who comes from the Ajax school. Those players pass the ball much harder. Apparently we focus much more on that than at Arse-
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"NOW I'M WORKING WITH THE END PRODUCT, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE" nal, PSV or another club. Further we play in a 4-3-3 system, that's clear. But we can, if needed, also play 3-4-4 or 4-3-3 with the point forward or backward. The Ajax youth doesn't adjust to the opponent, but we do watch where we can get an advantage. We always pressure forward. If you can get a player free by playing with the point backwards, you must do that. Trainers here, at
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De Toekomst (which means 'the future' and is the name of the Ajax youth academy ed.), surely don't all have the same exercises, but they do all have the same intention, the same message. You must pass the ball to the correct foot and with the right speed. The right speed doesn't always mean very hard, it can also be a sensitive through pass. That is what they demand
from every trainer here.” De Boer calls the youth academy of Ajax mentally heavy. In the morning players leave their mothers home at seven and they get back in the evening at eight or nine. After school there is a training, the lunch, homework, a training and than homework again. Compare that to the players in the first team, who in principal only train in the morning at ten thirty till eleven thirty. After the lunch they can go home again. During a week when they play on Sunday-Wednesday-Sunday, they train even less. De Boer: “Don't forget: rest is also training. And everywhere, in Scotland, Turkey, Qatar or Spain they do the same. Short, intensive training with full concentration. At Barcelona too. Only we at Ajax always try to get better by the training. That's the difference. Look, you have more training hours than match hours. So take advantage of that. I saw my U19s really make steps forward by training a lot. That's how the automatisms we're trained. Than you can sit more relaxed in the dugout during a match and that is what you want to achieve as a trainer.”
Pedagogy De Boer got became calmer over time. Where he in his first period sometimes thought that go could yell his U13s to the Champions League final, he with time learned to take a step back. On the other hand, during a training where a hundred balls are passed, he sees it as the ultimate
goal to pass them all correctly. If someone isn't concentrated, he has a problem with De Boer. The hardest part for de Boer when training the U13s was knowing what to expect from 13 year olds. De Boer had never received child development training during his education as a coach. De Boer actually believed his education was too short. But on the other hand he adapted quickly. He worked a lot with Jan Old Riekerink, the head of the youth academy at Ajax. They worked on De Boers weaker aspects: being alert and the communication to the group. “If I burned a player down, I didn't tell that to the leader first. Little, but very important things. Besides that I talked a lot in the I form. I should have said 'we'. Or Bob and I. Little things like that, but very important.”
Trust Another important aspect is trust. In his Barcelona time De Boer claimed that eigthy percent of a sport performance is based on trust. During his time at Camp Nou he had a three week period in which he played very poor, which all started after the Catalan press blamed him for everything bad that happened at Barça. As an example De Boer points from his chair to the office door, 3 meters away from us. “If that door was wide open back than, I wouldn't have been able to shoot the ball through it. I was the 'son' of Louis van Gaal and became the scapegoat. If Puyol lost a heading duel and I was positioned on the other side of the field, I
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would still be blamed for it. That was a really bad period for me and it all had to do with trust. You don't just forget how to play football all of a sudden, it’s a mental issue.”
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De Boer will never admit it, Eriksen is De Boers favorite, his pupil. You notice that in everything. Eriksen was good against AC Milan and even better in the match after that against Vitesse. Under Jol the Danish talent
had a place on the bench, or at times as a left midfielder. With De Boer Eriksen can count on a starting spot, as a central midfielder. “He's always moving, always turns to the right side. He has what Sneijder or Kaká also have. You just have to give your trust to those players.” After a final explanation about covering through and the importance of video analysis, the sugar cubes are placed back into the box. De Boer has to leave. He is the busy head coach of Ajax now...
FRANK DE BOER
Name: Franciscus de Boer Date of birth: 15 May, 1970 Place of birth: Hoorn, the Nederlands Als speler Position: Defender Youth teams: VV De Zouaven, Ajax
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Professional clubs Season Club Played (goals) 1988-1999 Ajax 328 (29) 1999-2003 FC Barcelona 143 (5) 2003-2004 Galatasaray 23 (1) 2004-2004 Glasgow Rangers 15 (2) 2004-2005 Al-Rayyan 16 (5) 2005-2006 Al-Shamal 1 (0) Caps 1990-2004
Netherlands 112 (13)
Clubs as a coach 2006-2010 Ajax (Youth) 2008-2010 Dutch National team (Assistant) 2010- Ajax
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Tactics
SMALL SIDED GAMES IN FOOTBALL (3):
The rondo 17 The rondo actually thanks it's name to the fact that there are many players in a circle, while one of more defenders try to intercept the ball. It’s a variation of the Children's game we may know better as 'Keep away' or 'Piggy in the middle'. Most of the time you play this game with at least 10 players; 8 attackers, because than you can position players in a way that the field is full of players, so you don't have to walk too much, and two defenders because that is the minimum to improve the cooperation. Text: Jan Zoutman The rondo is a typical Dutch game. It's about keeping possession, while football is about making goals and preventing the opponent from doing so when in possession. All in all, the rondo looks like a therapy game to keep busy, a game which you mainly play, before the actual training is going to begin. There is a lot of laughing, a lot of jokes and the players try to make
one another look bad by playing a very poor pass or endless discussions on whether the ball has gone out of play or not. Due to the large number of players the concentration is often poor and a lot of unnecessary mistakes are made. But the rondo is also a perfect instrument to practice all kinds of improvement on
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technical and tactical area. For example think about controlling the ball when you receive a pass, passing inside footed and making the right choices. You can also add the defensive aspect for the two or three people in the middle. In short, a serious rondo is a fine instrument to improve the players.
18 Attacking Attacking as a learning moment can be used very well with the rondo to improve a number of things. First of all there is receiving the ball. Depending on the space and thus the time, that players have, you can set clear demands for this. Of course it's important that the space is big enough for the players to not constantly lose possession. When the space is too small, the rondo will not achieve its goal and too much time will be lost by the substitution of defenders. At the start, the space should rather be too big than too small. Also the choice on the kind of location is very important. You can play the rondo in a quadratic form where the players create the corners, whereby they will be limited in their space. You could for example let the backs or wingers play here, who regularly deal with this in a match, or at least with the limitation of the side line. You can also let them play in a circle, which has the advantage that everybody has the same space and distance next to them. All in all, the choices of the trainer have consequences for the exercise.
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Receiving the ball You can perfectly improve receiving the ball in a rondo. The most important aspect of receiving the ball well is that the ball is ready for the next action, in this case mostly a pass. By changing the rules you can increase or limit the number of repetitions. For example when playing freely the players have to decide for themselves if they keep or directly pass the ball. This is fundamental in football; making choices. To train more on the receiving the ball, the rule that the players have to touch the ball at least two times is very suitable. Than they are forced to make sure the ball is ready for their next action. Sometimes they will have to receive the ball short to be able to pass quickly, for example if there is little space and the opponent is pressing. Other times they have more time and space, so they have a better view of the situation on the field. An other rule could be that the ball can't be played with the same foot twice. This means the ball always has to be brought to the other foot. The advantage is that both feet are being developed and the play keeps the ball moving, so that it gets harder for defenders to cover the line of the ball. Disadvantage with this rule is that the defenders will be ready for it, so that they start to act unnatural, namely that they automatically put pressure on the other foot. That's why touching the ball at least twice might be a better option. But if there is enough room, this variation can be used as well.
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Another option is that the ball must be touched at least three times, it doesn't matter with which foot. Normally speaking receiving, taking and passing the ball in one act is too much. You could say that the second ball contact is a correction on the first touch (receiving), given that this is needed. However, in order to act quickly and to improve the footwork this can be an excellent rule. It's logical that this quite difficult rule must not be used with players of a lower level. The higher the level of the players is, the less time and space they will have during the matches. And thus they will have to take the ball with them more often in stead of receiving the ball while standing still.
Passing inside footed The best and cleanest way to move the ball over relatively short distances, is the inside footed pass. Of course the player will some-
times have to pass with the outside of the foot. The best players sometimes even pass the ball over bigger distances with the outside of the foot, for example around a defender or in between two defenders. Even a pass with the heel can sometimes be a way to solve difficult situations. But the most used technique is passing with the inside of the foot. It's important with this pass that the body is well positioned. The upper body is located over the ball, to keep the ball low. And the standing foot is located next to the ball so that the shooting foot doesn't come under the ball and the ball, if hit low, stays close to the ground. Of course it's also about how good the pass is. The direction of the foot from the leg one stands on decides in which direction the ball goes. So it's important that that foot is in such a position that the next ball can easily be played. Of course top players are able to camouflage this, so that
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the opponent can't clearly see what they are going to do with the ball. For example with a penalty kick. But normally the player will turn in the direction where he will pass the ball. As a youth player you already learn this at a young age. The rondo is an exercise in which this is repeated many times, in different situations and every time with other options if you're in possession. Thus practice under resistance. Resistance of time and space, the opponent, and possibly the restrictions of the rules and maybe also by the excitement of the game, but more about that in a moment. Of course it's also about passing the ball to a player in your team in such a way, that he can also do something with it. So a good pass important, as well as the direction. If the time and space are limited, it's important that a teammate can pass the ball through quickly.
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If he can play directly it's important to pass the ball in such a way that he can easily pass it through, ideally with the foot he prefers. But this also depends on the way the defenders are positioned. If the ball may be touched twice or more that's less important. But still the player must try to make it as easy as possible for his teammate. If the ball can't be touched twice with the same foot, you can take that into account with the pass. Than you pass the ball towards your teammate's weaker foot, so he use his stronger foot on his next touch. The speed of the ball also plays in important role. The bal must be played at such a speed that the defenders can't intercept it. This again depends on time and space, in which the ball has to be played. Of course the rules also have to be taken into account. Speed of the ball is actually a tactical tool, which we will get to later.
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Game vision The rondo is a tremendous form to playfully improve the game vision and making the right choices. Because defenders want to intercept the ball, they will sooner or later make an attack on the ball. Than it's logical that the attackers move the ball into the open space. The further the ball is cleared away, the more time and space the attacker have, which automatically results in a deep pass. If the defenders wait, it's logical that the attacker keep the ball by using short play. That way defenders are actually being triggered to an attack on the ball. And if they do, the ball must be moved again to the other side of the rondo. To stimulate the deep pass you can use rules that promote that pass. If the attacker play the ball in between the defenders they get a reward. Something like; defenders
have to stay on one extra time. When this happens more frequently you can increase this by, so they will have to play the ball in between the defenders two or three times. It's possible to agree that the attacker get a reward after playing the ball around for a set number of times. Or a combination of these two rules. If you don't apply these rules you have the chance that the defenders stick to each other and don't attack on the ball. To switch between short and long passes you can also agree that the player who receives the ball from his neighbor, may not pass the ball back to his neighbor. This stimulates the players to look for a solution further away and regularly skip a player. As in a match it's also good to skip a line from time to time. Of course you have to take into account that the level of the players is good enough to work with these rules. If the players are busier with the rules than the game, that's usually a sign that the rules are
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too difficult. This must be watched closely by the trainer.
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Helping your teammates on the ball is important to maintain possession. As many players as possible must be open to receive the ball. This means they have to try and find a free passing line for the ball, so they can easily receive it. With that they have to take each other into account, so two players don't end up on the same position. Looking around and coaching one another is therefore an important tool. But the most important way of communicating is with the ball. As pointed out before, the speed of the ball can perfectly be used as a tactical tool in the rondo. If you pass the ball hard to a teammate you are telling him, depending on the situation, that he doesn't have much time to pass the ball. So he must act quickly. The deep pass between two defenders is almost always a straight pass. In that case they usually have less time to intercept the ball. If you play a rondo with direct play, the receiver of the deep pass must get the speed out of the ball by playing the ball short and easy. That way you attract the defenders towards the ball again and the game to beat the defenders continues. If you may touch the ball twice or more, you can control it first before you pass it on. And to progress the play you can also agree that the ball should always
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be in motion. This way it is harder for defenders to attack the ball. Of course this is a rule that isn't suitable for the younger youth. You can also consciously play a soft ball to encourage the defender to come out. Followed by a deep pass. If you play the ball in such a way that the defender thinks he can reach it, he will make an attack on the ball. And if your teammate is sharp, this can be the moment to beat the defender by a deep pass or short pass on the teammate next to you, after which the deep pass can still be played. When in possession the rondo therefore offers a lot of possibilities to improve the technical, tactical and communication on and off the ball, if the game is played well. The trainer will always have to adjust the spaces and rules to the level of his players.
Defending In this form, depending on the total number of players and the space, you can choose for one, two or more defenders. If you play the rondo with younger youth it's fine to begin with one defender, as it is simple and clear for everybody. The higher the level, the more fun and challenging it is to play with two or more defenders. As this allows for more tactical play, such as the deep pass in between the defenders to create time and space.
The deep pass is actually essential to prevent for the defender. When this pass is successful they will have to cover the biggest distances and put more energy in the defending. Thus coaching between the defenders is important, in which the last defender has to coach the defenders in front. When the play moves to the side, the other defender takes over that role. It looks a lot like defending in the 4v2 small sided game,
but the difference is that the attackers have more possibilities. Therefore it's even more important to force the attackers to take risks by accelerating suddenly and make an attack on the ball, or stand far apart from each other so that the attackers think that the deep pass can be played. The defenders must take more risk to intercept the ball, but with that they must be smart and coach each other well. The defenders have less to
lose but must, depending on the space, put in more effort to intercept the ball.
Transition The transition between offence and defense isn't used much in this form. Most of the time the defenders switch after intercepting the ball. And after that the game continues. It is possible though to play with transition to make the game more dynamic. You can
agree that the defenders must both touch the ball if they intercepted it or that they have to shoot the ball out of play. In this case the attacker will still make the effort to get to the ball. You can use a marked area, so the attacker will immediately transition to defend that area. It's also possible to let the attacker that lost the ball switch to the middle to become a
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defender, while the defender that intercepted the ball immediately moves to the side and becomes an attacker. You can also play with a permanent order of defenders, so that for example after losing the ball number four has to move to the middle. Than the game can continue as quickly as possible. You can stimulate that as a trainer by passing ball into play. Besides that there is a rule, that doesn't really have to do anything with transition, but with the movement off the ball. Being; the player that passed the ball that caused the interception must switch from position with a teammate. This raises the concentration level and the dynamic of the game.
Conditioning
Leadership
The rondo will not often be used for football conditioning, because the defenders are mainly the players who are working. Surely, if you let the defenders hunt the ball for a certain time, they will get tired. However the recovery time between that work and the next one is relatively too big to talk about improving football conditioning. In this game the attackers outnumber the defenders too much to quickly get another turn at defending. For example with nine attackers and three defenders the work rest ratio is 1:3. You could maybe, if the defender pressure at a 100%, call this improving the recovery ability. But the rondo is surely not the best suitable form for this.
As a trainer you can very well take the role of referee. That saves time and discussions and makes sure that the progression of the rondo is guaranteed. But than you have less time and overview to coach the players. Because you're busy with the rules, you actually lack time for this important aspect of your job. Training is influencing and by refereeing you take this opportunity away from yourself. A better way is to let the players referee themselves. For example you can assign a player as the leader of the game and make him responsible for the following the rules that we're agreed on in advance. This stimulates the players to take their own responsibilities and make their own decisions and gives you as a trainer more possibilities to focus on your job. This can be a fine way to help players in different aspects. The rondo, isn't only a fun activity but also a perfect exercise to develop your players in a fun way.
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3 zones; 18 exercises! 28 This re-occurring section features training sessions from all angles of the world, sometimes it features a coaches' vision accompanied by several training sessions he applies to his team. Other times we features random exercises from various coaches at all level and age groups. This time we have divided this section into 3 zones: 'The passing and shooting zone', ‘Guus Hiddink Zone and ‘The Finishing Zone'.
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Training Sessions
ZONE 1
Passing and Shooting zone
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Training Sessions PASSING AND SHOOTING WITH THE ACCENT ON ACCURACY
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Player A passes to player B Player B turns open and passes to player C Player C turns open passes to player D Player D takes the ball and joins the queue at the cone where player A started - Every player moves up one position - Execute right and left
- Accent on passing, receiving and taking the ball
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Player A passes to player B Player B turns and passes to player C Player C turns and passes to D Player D wall passes to player C and he finishes on goal with a goalkeeper - Execute clockwise and counter-clockwise (consecutively)
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- Player A passes to player B - Player B turns and passes to player D; player C asks for the ball, but is ignored - Player D wall passes to player C and player C finishes on goal - Every player moves up one position - Execute clockwise and counter-clockwise (consecutively)
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- Accent on passing en receiving
PASSING AND SHOOTING WITH THE ACCENT ON ACCURACY
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- Player A passes to player B - Player B receives the ball well and passes to player D; Player C asks for the ball, but is ignored - Player D wall passes on player C and player C through passes the ball to player E. - Player D and C choose their position in front of the goal, player D crosses and D or C try to finish on the goal with a goalkeeper - Execute clockwise and counter-clockwise (consecutively) - Accent on passing en receiving
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Training Sessions 3 AGAINST 3 POSITION GAME WITH 2 NEUTRAL PLAYERS
ORGANIZATION PROGRESSION
- The neutral players may only touch the ball 1x
- The player on the flanks has to receive the ball while being turned open - Central player has to pass to the correct foot - Communication
PASSING AND SHOOTING IN 3S OR 4S - Player 1 passes to player 2 - Player 2 receives the ball with his left foot, carries it to the right and passes with his right foot to player 3 - Players stay on the same side - Pass to right foot as well as left foot
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- Play 3 against 3 with 2 touches (maximum) - Two neutral players who always play with the team in possession
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Pass as straight and directly as possible Receive in front of you Bend the knees Carry the ball within the movement
- Pass as straight and directly as possible - Follow the ball instead of staying on your own side
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FINISHING WITH A DEEP PASS TO THE WINGER AND CROSS
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- The players who during a match who mainly deliver the crosses take up a position in the corner of the field, the remainder of the players take up positions around the centre circle - We start at the right side. Player 1 passes the ball to the winger, who is already in position - The winger may only touch the ball once to control it, his second ball contact has to be a cross - Player 1 and player 2 run towards the goal. Player 1 at the near post, player 2 at the far post. They aim to finish the cross on goal. - Good pass - Good control - Right position in front of the goal
FINISHING AFTER A STRAIGHT PASS - At the end of the session Coach (assistant coach) did several finishing exercises with the forwards - The first exercise was finishing on goal after a straight pass and a wall pass from Graham Arnold
- Finishing on goal
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FINISHING FROM A TURN
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- The forwards pass to the coach and receive a short wall pass back - They have to finish in the far corner from a turn - Executed both on the left and right side
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FINISHING IN THE FAR CORNER
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- The forwards pass to the coach and receive it back (straight pass) - They finish straight on goal in the far corner - Executed both on the left and right side
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- The forwards pass to the coach and receive the pass back - They receive the ball on their wrong side, so they dribble around Arnold and finish on goal - Executed both on the left and right side
FINISHING AFTER A BAD WALL PASS - The forwards pass to the coach - He passes back too hard, so that the players receive the ball at shin height, knee height or stomach height - Regardless of the bad pass the forwards try to control the ball, and immediately try to finish on goal
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- Player A dribbles the ball towards the cone at the end line, goes around the cone and passes to incoming player B, who finishes on goal. - Meanwhile player A sprints towards the groups of other player B’s and joins them - The player B who just finished on goal get his ball and dribbles to the other group (player A’s) and joins them - Execute clockwise and counter clockwise
DRIBBLE-CROSS-CONTROL-SHOOT - Player C dribbles to cone B, cuts at the cone and crosses towards cone A - Player D runs in without a ball, controls and finishes on goal. He gets his ball, dribbles behind the goal to E and passes to the last player in group C - Player C who crossed the ball, gets the ball at F and dribbles in through the cone to group D
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FINISHING WITH 2 GOALS (1)
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- Two big goals diagonally across from each other (approx. 40 meter apart) - Every player has a ball - The players are divided amongst two cones - The players dribble towards the goal and shoot before reaching the imaginary line between the two cones (at 15 meters from the goal)
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FINISHING WITH 2 GOALS (2)
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- Two big goals diagonally across from each other (approx. 40 meter apart) - Every player has a ball - The players are divided amongst two cones - The players pass to the wall passer, who turns short and shoots on goal - Every player rotates 1 position
- Execute both clockwise and counter clockwise - They receive the pass at medium height in the air
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FINISHING WITH 2 GOALS (3)
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- Two big goals diagonally across from each other (approx. 40 meter apart) - Every player has a ball - The players are divided between two cones - The players pass to the wall passer, who passes back immediately and the ball is finished on goal
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- Finish with left and right foot
FINISHING WITH 2 GOALS (3) - Two big goals diagonally across from each other (approx. 40 meter apart) - Every player has a ball - The players are divided between two cones - The players pass to the wall passer, who asks for the ball toe - The wall passer passes the ball back, initiates a run towards the goal right after the pass and receives the ball back in his run - He directly finishes on goal (without controlling the ball) - Execute both clockwise and counter clockwise
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Tactics - Set Plays
CHICO FRAGA, SET PLAY SPECIALIST AT SC INTERNACIONAL
A different treatment for set plays After he ended his career as a football player Francisco da Silva Fraga, better know as Chico Fraga, expert in game continuations, had an idea. Seeking for a job in the professional football area, he proposed a new way of working to Sport Club Internacional in 2001 by seeking for more efficiency in corners and free kicks. After developing an experimental project, he created a new function for himself as set play trainer in the club's technical department. Free kicks, penalty kicks and corner kicks are now getting a different treatment. By: Bruno Camarão and Artur Capuani “We formed a multidisciplinary team to study all aspects (physical, technical, biomechanical, psychological, emotional) of set plays. We tried to develop a practical and at the same time scientific project”, remembers the ex-player. The developed proposal was implemented in the youth academy among professionals after two seasons with the arrival of the
coach Muricy Ramalho. The coach believed in the methodology and soon the results were visible, with decisive goals in the “Gaúcho” and the Brazilian Championship. For Chico, the relationship with the coach and the other coaching staff members has to be about trust and respect. “As nowadays a very high percentage of the total goals scored in a match are scored from set
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plays, this particular work is highly regarded and accepted by professionals”, he argues. Besides pointing at the importance to understand the work of a physical trainer in this area - and because of the demands on the athletes and the little time that teams have to train - the free kick specialist believes that Brazil has a lack of understanding the importance of developing an appropriate way of working to conduct such special training. With former indoor-football players, Luis Fernando Ortiz, Jorge Brum and Tiago Rebelo, Chico Fraga is one of the members of “Project Enhance” which has the goal to work with talented young people in the basic techniques of soccer: an assertion of the youth academy of International on the importance of this process for the transition to the main group.
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Staff With Joao Paulo Medina, who was the coordinator of the technical department at International in 2001, we developed an experimental project to train on set plays. A multidisciplinary team was formed to study all aspects (physical, technical, biomechanical, psychological, emotional) that influence the particular activity, particular faults, penalties and corners. We sought to develop a practical and scientific design. This first study was initially developed in the youth academy. Medina went on to work with the professional team in 2003 when Muricy Ramalho was appointed. With the departure of Ramalho the work was continued by other coaches, like Lori Sandri, Joel Santana and Abel Braga. Especially Braga, who was very enthusiastic about this type of work. With this project we were able to
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win the Libertadores Cup and FIFA World Club Championship 2006. The relationship between the coach and the other members of the coaching staff has to be about trust and respect. I would especially highlight the importance of understanding the work of the physical trainer for this type of training due to excessive wear of the athletes and the short time that teams have to prepare because to the tight schedule of Brazilian football.
Training Each athlete has his own style and that should be respected. But it's possible to develop certain skills in a way to create a perfect the kicking technique. With a methodology that considers all aspects on the foundation of the kick, we can force
players to develop this skill. However, if we want that, much training and determination from the players is needed. One of the problems that we have in Brazil, besides the lack of players who are set play specialists, is the tight schedule that does not allow for a large number of training sessions. Therefore, the preparation is poor. The coaches and technical staff have very little time train with the players. I also think we lack an understanding of the importance to develop a suitable methodology to perform these special trainings when there is time.
Modern playing style There is no denying the importance of set plays in football today. The statistics support this fact very clearly. More recently at the
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World Cup 2010 I observed that the number of goals out of free kicks is increasing.
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In my view this is largely because of the physical evolution and the tactics of the teams. The spaces on the field are shrinking, making games more condensed, with less chance of individual brilliance, movement or dribbling by players. Thus, set plays become a weapon that can be used in your favor. For example, the Brazilian national team suffered from set plays in the 2010 World Cup. The elimination against the Dutch national team followed from a goal conceded from a trained corner kick play.
(pressure, tension, emotional control, etc..) I usually focus on concentration. In this sense, it's not enough just to tell the player to concentrate: he has to understand the necessity of this at the time of a free kick or a corner. Another detail that I consider very important is to simulate the daily routine of training real match situations, for example trying to confuse the free kick player, distracting him and trying to make him lose concentration. Training this will train the player to retain his concentration when taking a free kicks during a match.
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Training simulation When I training on shooting on goal and the aspects of the actual match situations
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Except International I don’t know other clubs who have given the opportunity to this new profession of free kick coaching. No club in the Serie A of the Brazilian league seems to have a specific trainer, who focuses on this aspect of the game. This may occur because it is still a relatively new project. Few even know this methodology. But if we analyze the evolution of the coaching staff in football we see that besides the head coach we have evolved to include a specific technical trainer, assistant coaches as well as a goalkeeper trainer. Whereas they once weren't a part of the technical committee, they are now key components in high performance teams. Within this evolution I think there will be room for set play coaches in the near future.
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From this setup the kicker has the option of crossing the ball into the box (1) or passing a ball to the top of the box for a center mid to shoot the ball (2). In either case the players in the box must make good runs to either clear space for the shooter or score on a header. I prefer the use of an in swinging cross from these situations because even if nobody touches the ball then there is a chance it can go in directly.
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A free kick at about 30ms away from the goal directly on goal
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While everybody would expect a hard shot on goal from about 25m, the kicker places the ball accurately over the wall just inside of the near post leaving the goalkeeper with no change at all for a save.
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DUTCH CORNER KICK AGAINST BRAZIL - Player takes a corner to the far post - Kuyt moves across the penalty area toward the near post and head the ball - Sneijder took position between the defenders, who seemed confused by the runs off the ball from Sneijder, Kuyt and van Persie, and head the ball into the far corner of the goal
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CREATING ROOM FOR A DIRECT SHOT
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A is ready to take the free kick; two players (B and C) block the goalkeeper’s view. - Just before A takes the free kick B and C run off to the side (1) to create more room for the shot (2)
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COMBINATION FREE KICK - Player (A) passes the ball into the penalty area to B - B heads it into the penalty area - C comes from behind his defender’s back and heads the ball into the back of the net
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KICK IT WITH KENYA:
Making an Impact By: Ali Stewart-Ito
Nearly two years ago, Soccer Coaching International featured an article highlighting the efforts of Kick it with Kenya, an annual conference and tournament developed to bring people together to engage in healthy competition and learn about healthy living. According to tournament director, Patrick Odoyo, this past December marks the completion of the third successfully executed event in the small village of Dago, Kenya.
The past two years laid the groundwork for the respected event, in turn creating a rush for involvement in the tournament as players, spectators, or volunteers. The tournament included two separate brackets: one featuring twelve men's soccer teams and another with twelve women's netball teams. Each team played exhibition matches early on and as the tournament progressed, sportsmanship coupled with intense competition engaged the crowds of literally thousands.
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In addition to creating an environment that allowed for exciting competition, a variety of health services and educational workshops were offered. A highly utilized HIV voluntary counseling and testing team provided services such as AIDS testing, counseling, and referrals for six-hundred community members throughout the tournament. General health treatment for 210 young children was provided by a local Health Center and specialized doctors. An optometrist was also on site offering free
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eye exams and subsidized eyeglasses. Excellent health services were provided in conjunction with basic educational lectures and workshops that exposed attendees to culturally held stereotypes and research that dispels common misconceptions. Local community members and international volunteers contributed to this positive event in various ways, such as providing equipment and entertainment, assisting with logistics, and even helping with cleanup after the events each day, making the overall success truly a team effort. The event came to a close with the top four teams in each sport battling it out in semifinal and final matches. Thanks to the fundraising efforts of so many people, the winning teams received balls, uniforms and cash prizes at the awards ceremony while taking away the understanding that they now had the tools to combat poverty and disease as long as the community manages to act for the greater good and support its people. The spirit of the community was palpable at the final celebration at the local orphanage center. KIWK 2010 was clearly an overwhelming success. Players received recognition for their skills (one even being recruited to a professional squad), while community members received both information and treatment in order to lead healthier lives.
Odoyo has big ideas for further improvements in the years to come, but of course, this takes substantial fundraising efforts paired with the generosity of volunteers and donors. From adding volleyball to the program, to a coaches’ education component, to streamlining the distribution of medication, Odoyo believes that this event has truly changed and will continue to impact the lives of all who past and future participants. To learn more about the program and how you can assist, please visit either of the following websites: www.villagevolunteers.org Kick it with Kenya is an organization that seeks to use soccer as a platform to educate youth about healthy lifestyle choices. A week-long clinic takes place each year to bring teams together to compete and learn about AIDS, birth control, and preventable diseases. Village Volunteers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works in partnership with rural village and capacity-building programs to support the development of sustainable solutions for community survival, education, and growth.
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