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No. 48, March/April 2011

Peter Bosz, trainer/coach Heracles Almelo W W W . S O C C E R C O A C H I N G I N T E R N AT I O N A L . C O M

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Contents

From the Editor

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Welcome to the 48th issue

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Cover Story Peter Bosz, trainer/coach Heracles Almelo

Tactics

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Small sided games: Position game 7v3

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Training sessions

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Online Shop

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4-4-2 patterns, End zone games, Defensive training

Software

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Column

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Michel Hordijk, technique trainer FC Utrecht

Brazilian Corner

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From the Editor

Welcome to the 48th issue of SoccerCoachingInternational!

As you may have noticed we have recently added our updated database of exercises to our website and this will serve to enrich your coaching resources even more. Of course, as well as the excellent on-line services that we now offer as part of your subscription, there is also the SoccerCoachingInternational magazine, and Issue 48 is now here!

The issue begins with an interview with Dutch premier league coach Peter Bosz, who returned to his former club Heracles Almelo, and has done so with great success. He talked to SoccerCoachingInternational about the development of the team as well as his own development as a coach. From Heracles Almelo to the 7th part of our series, Small-sided games in football. This episode features an in-depth look at the use of 7V3 positional games. From Small-sided games to our regular feature

'Training Sessions;’ which examines coaching and practices in 4 zones.

The fourth article features FC Utrecht technique trainer, Michel Hordijk, who looks at the essence of juggling and whether or not it is useful in the development of a youth football players.

From Holland to Brazil, where our friends from Universidade do Futebol present their regular feature, The Brazilian corner; delivering the all important South American perspective.

Another informative and very interesting issue, which I hope will you enjoy reading, as much as we enjoyed compiling it!

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Cover Story

PETER BOSZ, TRAINER/COACH HERACLES ALMELO:

"A lot can be gained on the mental aspect" Peter Bosz is back on his old perch in Almelo. Bosz started his second term as head coach of Heracles Almelo, with his first term was between 2004 and 2006. Bosz is someone who wants to continue his professional coaching development, but is also very open to bring specialists aboard to assist him with the development of the team.

"I do not feel too important to ask for help, I believe it is more a sign of weakness, if you do not."

Text: Rogier Cuypers Edited by Michael Francis Pollin

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“The reason for returning to that terrain was one of familiarity, and also that the group of players is better now compared to my first period. That makes the return easier. This club is developing little by little, but has one of the smallest budgets in the Eredivisie (the Dutch Premier League). With a budget like ours you must be more innovative and clever than your competitors. We work with development plans to improve both, the individual, as well as the team, which is very cost effective. Before my arrival, former coach Gertjan Verbeek started to pay attention to certain aspects and I have continued that, though I do this my own way. Verbeek introduced some great strength training sessions and I work with Raymond Verheijen on periodization. In my first period at Heracles we won the Jupiler League (Dutch Second division) and were promoted to the First division. We won because we were in a better physical condition than many opponents, such as our direct competitor; Sparta. While they had a better team, our success was built on other aspects; we worked a lot with match videos, which we also emailed to the players. I discuss these videos with the players individually.�

Awareness “Is it wise to return to the club where you have been successful? That is one of the things I thought about before my return. I

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also knew that is was near-on impossible to equal Gertjan Verbeek's 6th place finish last season. An important factor in making my decision to return, or not, was the objective the management had for this season. Supporters have more difficulty to accept an objective such as; securing a place in the top flight. It took the players some time to get used to that idea as well.

If you became Champions, it will be more difficult the following year, because you are promoted to the highest Dutch competition. A number of players think they can achieve the same result with the same or even less motivation. People expect more from you if you became Champions and thus the pressure is on to emulate that success or to do even better the next time. That 6th place was just like winning the Championship for Heracles.

That is what I also said before my first meeting as I congratulated the players on their very deserving finish, but made point of the fact that; we were not allowed to take points from last season with us. A new season is a new start and previous success is no guarantee for the future.

Subconsciously, that is difficult for players, and it would be up to me to make the players realise this, but that would take some matches. We won the opening match against Willem II, but I was very unhappy on the way in which we won.

Also, in the preparation we were unstable, but we did not lose a single match.

Playing style “The players that I have are the most important, after that I look at the playing style. I like attractive and offensive football, but when I do not have the players for that, I will resort to another playing style. Last year I watched the team closely and this team does have the ability to play offensive football. That is one of the reasons I wanted to return again. A certain style of football appeals to me, for example I enjoy Real Madrid, Arsenal and Barcelona, but what kind of system do they play? Too often, that is hard to see on television.�

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Implementation “The playing style is very inconsistently and ineffectively implemented, that is my biggest criticism on the group, although sometimes they execute it fantastically.

We have played some excellent matches, at a very high level, and parts of our matches are poorly played and that precariousness needs to be eliminated. I think that is a mentality issue, surrounding confidence, self-belief and positive attitude. If you show that you can do it, but you cannot keep it up, you must work on that aspect. If some parts of the match do not go well, you must look at why it is going wrong, that is what I tell the players.

A couple of players here have the quality to play at the top level, but the mentality aspect is something these few more

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readily grasp, but they must still prove that they have the right mentality to play at the top. I played at the top for quite some years and when you play at that level you must perform every game. The reason that some players do not play at top clubs is because they are not consistently positive or of that appropriate mental attitude.”

when the opponent is in possession. In my opinion we concede too many goals, and if you want to play forward, your defence is vulnerable, but that doesn't explain the large amount of goals we are conceding.”

Team analyzed

“The strength of Heracles is quality of our football. We build up solid from the back. If we perform that well, we develop excellent positional play and then we have scoring

“Last year I analysed Heracles. A lot was going well, so I am not going to change everything because also I have my own vision. Just like last season we play 4:3:3, with the point forward. I do work on the little things. By watching videos we can, for example, see how we as a team

power. We are a difficult team to play against when it comes to tactics, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.

Especially pressuring and playing compact

execute pressure. You must use the coaching language like ‘playing compact’, and ‘lines close together’, so there is mutual understanding for your players.

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After that, you focus on the details; what are the consequences for your defence, midfield and offense; how do you make the field small when you execute pressure on the defence; if the ball is lobbed over the players, how do you make the field small then? Everybody knows individually what is expected of them when they play in a certain position.”

takes reflection, observation and analysing to solve it. We look back on matches together and we are able to identify three things that were causing us problems in matches. I told the team that the large amount of goals conceded is not only caused by the defenders; it was caused by the way we were defending throughout the team. I told them what the problem was in each zone or line of formation and then I

"OUR STRENGTH IS OUR POSITION PLAY IN POSSESSION, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE AN OPPONENT TO DEAL WITH"

Defending together “If we are complacent and concede too many goals, to improve the defence and to defend better, is easy enough to say. It

got the entire team together and we talked about the three areas of improvement, basing the coaching points on that.”

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Switching tactics “We have certain players who are more efficient when we play a certain playing style. Our strength is our positional play when in possession, but even then you also have an opponent to deal with. I always analyse two things: What are the qualities of the opponent and how are they vulnerable? Then you work on the details within those aspects. However, when things are not going as planned, you do not suddenly change your entire system during a match. We looked at the best way to deal with the opponent in advance and we stick to that during a match. If you play 4:3:3 in the preparation, also at the beginning of the competition, then you do not suddenly change to another system.”

how I want to develop the team tactically and conditionally. We plan everything six weeks in advance, and in that six week plan, we look at the opponents and analyse their strengths and weaknesses, adjusting our training conditions and tactical approach accordingly. We discuss the conditional training with Raymond Verheijen, but we normally decide the content. I then sit down at the beginning of each week with my assistants and we discuss what it is we are doing that week, and then form a plan. We do the same at the beginning of each day, and then we make an itinerary for action and also a list of the available players. So we work from a year plan, to six week plan, to a week plan and ultimately to a day plan.”

“Of course I sometimes schedule my weeks differently after a poor result. Not totally different, but sometimes I change something in the content. For example, take the cup match against Achilles (Dutch amateur club), which we lost 5-3, then the following Sunday we played against Groningen. People immediately talked about the punishing training because of the bad performance, but that will only work against you.”

Achilles Six weeks plan “We work to a one year plan at Heracles.

That plan consists of our playing style and

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“It was not an underestimation of the opponent in that cup match. We started as you should start and quickly got a goal.

We went into half time with a 2-1 lead and we wanted to make 3-1 as soon after the break as possible. However, they scored the equalizer and we scored again 3-2.

Eventually we lost 5-3. We conceded five goals in a match against an amateur club and that does not happen very often! After the game I did not say anything, I did not shout or swear, I have never done that.

That never worked for me as a player either. All you are doing is venting your own anger, but you do not reach your players that way. I slept on it and the next morning I talked to the players. Apparently my approach worked, as a few days later we beat FC Groningen in a competition match 3-0.”

Coping with disappointment

what I want to achieve, then I talk about things with him in advance, so there is a start and an end in my story. I then write down some keyword and only then do I talk to the players.”

Sport psychologist “A sport psychologist is incredibly important, I have always believed that.

Look at the United States, where it is an fully accepted and endorsed, it is almost compulsory. You have to deal with the

"A SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST WAS A TABOO; AS IF YOU WERE ADMITTING A WEAKNESS. NONSENSE."

“I do that quite intuitively. That is also one of my qualities; I can sense what is going on in the group. Are they disappointed or is it made up disappointment? Should I talk, or not? It depends on the situation and my instinct, but then I always check that with my assistants and I also have sport psychologist Paul van Zwam, whom I can ask for advice, if needed. After the match against Achilles, I called him and explained my feelings and what I wanted to do. After that match I felt it was best not to have a discussion with the players, so I held a private one-to-one with him alone. I was angry and disappointed and told him what I thought about it. Paul always asks

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physical and the mental aspects. If a player can do something, but he does not always show that, then the problem is not his technical or tactical abilities. In a case like that it is psychological and that is an area in which there is still a lot of room for improvement. However, in the Netherlands it was taboo, as if you were admitting a weakness. This is nonsense! At our level psychological qualities are imperative. At the beginning of the season there was a German player here, Elias Pech. In the second week he came to me and said, "Trainer, I am scared to play in front of 8.500 people". He was technically a good player, but he did not like all those people watching him. Then you are not suited to be a professional player I suggested to him, with him revealing that he wanted to join the army, he decided to hand his contract in, which I let him do. In his case even a psychologist would not have been able to change that. You can train the psychological aspect yourself in the training sessions. For example by playing 4V4 and to work with rewards and punishments.”

“I want to know everything and continue my own professional development in all areas, but you cannot do everything yourself, nor should you want to. So I welcome specialists and want to have them around me, as I believe it is more a sign of weakness, if you do not. When I

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came here Paul van Zwam was already working at the club and I knew him from my period at De Graafschap. Paul worked here one-on-one with players and sometimes spoke to the team as a whole.

That is different now, as all those psychological processes must go through me, I am their contact. I wanted to continue with Paul, but in another way. I discuss things with him and then I talk to the group. The interaction with the players must go through me.”

Disappointing announcements “Every player must be approached differently. I can tell certain players that they are not playing and why I selected someone else; they will be fine with it.

Other players should also be told what you expect from them as a substitute. So I tell them that I want him to be motivated and ready to come. Other players must also be told that they should not complain or moan to other players about the fact that they are substituted, because in doing so they are undermining the interest of the group. An example of that is from my first period at Heracles with a certain player.

Paul said in advance that I should tell him that he must not complain to his friends. I forgot and within seconds of getting the news he walked towards two players to complain. That was a great experience.

Paul is really good at what he does and he knew exactly what I had to do.”

"AS A COACH I AM TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN AS A PLAYER. WHEN I PARTICIPATE NOW IN A SESSION, I AM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON"

Ex-player “When I quit football I really felt that I was done as a player. When I was sixteen I attended CIOS (a specialized academy for sport instructors) and I already knew back then that I would become a coach. I just did not know for how long I would play football and if I would even make it to the professional level. I always took notes from every coach and wrote things down in little notebooks. I was interested in why coaches did certain things. As a player, I was not easy to work with, proving difficult for coaches, especially the ones that just did something, because they believed it was the right thing to do. Then they suddenly had to explain, why they did things that way. I have appreciated the different coaches that I have been exposed to, and in twenty years I have worked with a lot of coaches, and you automatically learn things. Wim Jansen was fantastic when it comes to content and later explained to me why he did certain things back than.”

“I wish that I was a football, actively playing, then I would have known what I know now as a coach. Then I would have been a much better player. I now go even more into depth and think more about things. Tactically I can manage quite well as I am a social guy. I am a people’s manager and I am able to initiate and motivate most players. I want to learn more about periodisation, which Verheijen has explained it to me, so I am working on that. I lack some knowledge when it comes to goalkeepers and strength training, and I do not feel the need to develop in those areas at present.”

“As a trainer I am totally different than as a player. When I participate now in a session, I step amongst players, between the formation lines and so on! I am a totally different person and professional, and as a trainer on the sidelines I keep my patience and I can take more.

When I step between the formation lines I sometimes lose my cool. That is why I do not participate in sessions very often.”

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SMALL SIDED GAMES:

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Tactics

In this seventh part in the series of Small-sided games, we will discuss the 7V3 positional game. This positional game, when you look at the numerical advantage of four players, is very useful for strikers.

With this Small-sided game, they can improve on decision-making, especially because there are often multiple choices to make! On the other hand, it is important for defenders to recognise the opportunity to apply pressure, as if they do not co-operate, it is very hard to intercept the ball.

Text: Jan Zoutman Edited by Michael Francis Pollin

This positional game can be used for almost all ages. For the youngest players it is relatively easy to maintain possession, so you can help them to make the right choices. Players need to understand that they need to space themselves out, to make the pitch bigger; then they get more time and space! With the U13s-U15s, this exercise can be used as a technique training session. You can use this format also to improve and perfect first touch, ball speed and passing to a teammate's stronger foot. With the older youths and adults, you can develop passing and shooting under restrictive conditions, by playing with space and rules. We will present a couple of examples later in this article.

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With this positional game it is advisable to use a rectangular shaped zone, as this will allow you to coach the important deep penetrating pass. The field coverage will be better when you use a rectangular shape, as the field will be longer and triangles (of play) will appear. When you, from a central defenders perspective, place three players through the length of the field and place (2X) two players on the wings, you will have triangles throughout the field. This will be much harder when you are playing in a square and depth will be lacking for the striker to keep the field long. The actual size of the rectangle, both length and width, is dependant on several factors.

With the youngest, the passing distance between the last player and the striker must be achievable. The players must be able to shoot from that distance, then they

can constantly make choices between the short pass on the central defender (if the central striker is being defended) or the longer pass on the central striker (if the central midfielder is not reachable or defended short). When the field is too long, the striker will come to the ball and he automatically makes the field smaller again. While we want to teach them to make the field bigger!

The width of the field must always be proportionate to the length. A normal football field is usually about 100 meters long and about 60 meters wide, so as a starting point for the relation between the length and the width of the field I often use the scale ratio 5:3. So, if the field is about twenty meters long, the corresponding width will be about twelve meters. Of course, you as the coach can play with these dimensions. If you want to see the deep pass more often, you must not make the field too wide; a wide field encourages wide play. And if you want the players to move the play from left to right, you should not make the field too long. The starting point is the normal field dimensions. Next you look at the age and the objective of the coaching, adjusting the dimensions accordingly.

Offense

Diagram 1:7V3 field positioning

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As described earlier, this exercise is perfect to improve offensive play. By choosing position well and in relation to team mates,

between the defenders and the space, you can work on different objectives. You can teach the players to use the space optimally by using the maximum length and width of the field, or you create conditions to take advantage of the situation with an overload/advantage of four players. By making the space, if the players control this aspect, you get more passing and shooting under pressure, whereby the first touch of the ball, the ball speed and passing to your team mate's correct foot can be trained really well. As a progression, just adjust conditions and restrictions.

If players perform the positional play for the first time, it is wise to not give them too many restrictions. By making the distance between the central defender and the striker as big as possible, the other players get more space. The central midfielder will have to choose a position in between, and the other midfielders will choose a position on the sides. They must choose an optimal and optional position, where they can be played in, or effect play. The benefit of that is that you are able to play the ball round easier. It is logical that being open also depends on what the defenders do. They may obstruct a great deal of the playing possibilities, and this is why it is important that the defender can also play a penetrating through pass to the striker. It is a great option to move play when the defenders pressure the ball.

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Diagram 2: 7V3 the penetrating through pass

By making the space smaller, more pressure will be put on the ball, and therefore coach the technique of being under pressure. When the players control the positional play sufficiently, you can spend more time on the technique, then they know where to move to in order to use the space efficiently and receiving the ball becomes more functional. When receiving the ball you can still move in all directions, but the technique is receiving the ball in the playing direction so you can turn it over quicker. The smaller the space, the more important the speed of the pass becomes. For example, if the central midfielder moves to the ball and you pass the ball hard, he will need a second touch to control it. So, you can also pass the ball a bit softer, then he turn it over quicker.

The trick is to help your team mate with his choice when receiving the ball, and by

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passing the ball to a certain side, he already knows in which direction he must go. So, when the central defender plays the ball to his left midfielder with the objective to play the ball through to the striker, he must always try to pass the ball to his far foot, on the side of the striker. Then his team mate does not have to control the ball and is already turned in the direction of play and the striker will know he has to be ready to receive the ball.

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When the players control these aspects, you can make the game more challenging by adding other conditions. For example, you can introduce the condition that the central midfielder can not pass the ball back to the player he received it from then the central defender automatically tries to transfer the play, and the player from whom he receives it must pass in such a way that he can easily pass the ball back to an other player. While the third man must anticipate the situation by asking for the ball on time, he must already know what he want to do with it.

This way there are three players developing their skills and technique at the same time.

Another condition is that the wingers on the same side, can not pass the ball to each other, so that means that when they receive the ball, they must always search for a continuation in the axis or on the other side of the field. This rule generates

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switching play, which means that in a match, you as a back or as a left or right midfielder are not so easy to trap.

Most of the time you have less space there and the opponents execute pressure. Another example is when you want to use the space on the wings more efficiently. Then you let the players in the axis touch the ball only once, and the wingers are free to go where they want, or they can touch the ball twice, or vice versa. You can gain more by adjusting and applying conditions, and you stimulate players to search for other solutions; whereby the rules may never become more important than the game.

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Defence This positional game can also be used to improve defending. Of course, we are then talking about positional defending, because normally you do not have much of a chance when you are outnumbered by four players.

It is much more attractive to apply pressure with two defenders on the three closest strikers. When the central defender has the ball, you must shield one side of the field.

When the other player who applies pressures close to the ball and guards the central midfielder, the player in possession really only has one passing option. With this pass the two front defenders shift to the player in possession and execute full pressure on the ball. The third defender will shield the long pass.

By watching which side is getting covered, he positions a bit more to the side where the ball is going. So he actually stands between the deep striker, the furthest winger on the open side and the central midfielder. When the central midfielder comes in possession he applies pressure on this player so he cannot turn. Or he tries to prevent the long ball or to intercept it if it is given. This asks for some good foresight into what the player in possession is going to do. He must position in such a way that he can covers as many options as possible. So, all three defenders are covering as many options as possible. And they must especially watch what the strikers are up to.

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Diagram 3: 7V3 force the long pass

Football conditioning Of course this exercise of positional play is also good for conditional objectives. It will be mainly about the three defenders. The distances that the strikers have to cover are too small to talk about improvement of conditioning. You can rotate with the defenders in two ways. You can work with three set groups of three and one neutral player that does not go in the middle zone.

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You could also switch this player for another player after a series of three repetitions. With this you can look at things like age, position, level of fitness. All in all, you must pay attention to the aspects that influence the loads. Another possibility is that you give every player a number from one to ten. The players rotate when it comes to defending, until everybody has been in the middle the same amount of times. If you, for example, play in sets of two minutes, the players are positioned at least four minutes on the wing. That is long enough to recover from the defending. After ten sets every player will have been in the middle three times. It is always good for the experience to work with match exercises. Count the number of interceptions and put something above that, this is motivating for the defenders.

The highest series of passing the ball around without interceptions by defenders is the challenge for the attackers.

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Training Sessions

TRAINING SESSIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

4-4-2 patterns, End zone games, Defensive training This regular section presents training sessions from all corners of the world, often featuring coaches' visions, accompanied by a variety of training ideas that can be applied to your own team’s coaching. We also have featured selections of exercises from various other coaches at all level and age groups. In this issue we have divided this section into 3 zones: '4-4-2 Patterns', 'End zone games', and ‘Defensive training'.

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Come prepared and in training gear When introducing practice, make sure it appropriate to your group (difficulty, load, skill etc.)

Do not waste time with elaborate introductions: get to action introduce the exercise and start Avoid taking 10 minutes to set up your exercise Do not talk every minute of the practice. Let them play!

Look for your coaching points in play, freeze action, make one point Keep corrections short. Encourage, correct, encourage, restart‌.

Keep moving to good positions to observe‌.

Coach the group doing your topic, not their opponents. For example, in teaching shooting, coach the shooters, not the defenders (coach one group, manage the other) Coach in sequence, first things first. Teach in a progression Keep it moving - move on to the next stage when you get success (progressions) Adjust the space and/or conditions if you are not getting success Positively reinforce good play Incorporate all the elements in your practice for efficiency Show is better than Talk, and Do is better than Show Use neutral players when you need to produce overloads Recognise when to rest. It is better to work for 5 minutes at full intensity than it is to drag on for 25 minutes at low intensity.

Matches are not played at low intensity, so work towards longer periods of high intensity play Relax, smile, and have fun Take it to the game. Get to a game at the end to see your topic played Stop the game if the players are not doing what you want them to do. Don't stop the game too much - beware of over-coaching and don't be afraid of letting the players think for themselves

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Training Sessions

ZONE 1:

4-4-2 patterns The 1982 World Cup in Spain gave birth to the 4-4-2 system, which was introduced by the Germans. It was developed because the attackers realised that the defenders were too strong. Thus, one attacker retreated to reinforce the midfield.

The strikers get help from the midfield players when their team is in possession of the ball.

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The 4-4-2 system has four defenders and four midfielders who are capable of covering the width of the field in both attacking and defending play, while the two strikers have space to play in the attack. This system offers a balanced attack, with a mirror image from the left to the right side of the field. If trained properly the patterns are easily understood by all.

Training 4-4-2 patterns should be done as match real as possible. This session will present five attacking patterns in a 4-4-2 system.

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- Automatic switch of play from the central midfielders in a 4-4-2 - Execute both left and right - Every player from their own position, join the attack - Start without defenders, progress by including defenders - 2 players on each position

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- Pattern in which we finish under pressure, both in front of the goal as well as on the wing areas - Execute both left and right - Every player from their own position - 2 players on each position for quick game continuation

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- Build up from the back, via the left of right wingback, play is shifted by one of the central midfielders, looking to play in the striker - The wingback and midfielder on the same side change positions and interchangeably go deep (match real situation)

4-4-2 PATTERN 4 - Build up from the goalkeeper across the entire field, wingback passes to central midfielder, who passes to the central defender, who passes to the striker. The central midfielder comes to the ball, receives the pass and passes it in the run of the upcoming wingback

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- Training the build up by means of a cross - The wingback passes the ball to one of the central midfielders, who passes to the central defender.

- Central defender opens by means of a cross to the upcoming wingback on the other wing (or upcoming midfielder)

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End Zone games are a great way to work on players’ ball possession, while working towards a targeted end zone. That end zone normally covers the width of the pitch. One of the objectives of these games is to create a midfield area for the players to practice their ‘build-up approach’ skills without having to worry about finishing off the play with a shot on goal. Unlike the possession games these games do have a target to attack and defend.

Because End Zone games give the players an area to attack and defend, these games call for a more positional transition from offence to defence and vice versa. These games are also used to provide the players with the chance to learn about their team shape when attacking or defending in the midfield. So, End Zone games are great match-related activities that focus on making the final pass, which is typically one of the more difficult passing situations in a match.

The purpose of these End Zone games is to help players develop speed, accuracy, and timing of passes; especially the final pass into the end zone. However, they also provide the coach with a basic training game which changes to the teams’ system of play. Most coaches today analyse the next game’s opponents, and often feel the need to make a change of tactics enabling their players to double-up on an outstanding opponent, or to take advantage of the opposition’s weakness.

By working on these tactical changes on the practice field the coach can make an assessment of how much the change affect the system of play. The End Zone game allows coaches to witness the effect in changes of possession that effect on the midfield build up and defensive positioning.

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- Field size: half field - Number of players: 6V6 – 10V10 - Two teams attack the opponents end zone and defend their own - A point is scored by dribbling the ball into the opponents end zone - Defenders cannot defend inside the end zone

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- Offense: working as a team to open up a path for an attacker to dribble the ball into the opponents end zone - Defence: Working as a team to defend the end zone and midfield area

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- Field size: half field with the end zones that are wider than the field length - Number of players: 6V6 – 10V10 - Normal rules, dribble into the end zone

- Offense: switch play from east to west and vice versa to open up space for players to dribble quickly into end zone - Defence: Closing down and double teaming the ball carriers to take away dribbling opportunities. Marking on the weak side

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- Field size: 45x30 with end zones on each end of the field - Split the team into 2 evenly matched teams - A team scores a goal by getting the ball from one end zone (by passing or dribbling into the zone) and immediately attacking the end zone and gaining possession in the end zone on the opposite end - If the other team wins the ball before they are able to successfully gain possession in both end zones no point should be awarded - Focus on basic passing, moving, support - Focus on basic defending and attacking skills - Focus on quick counter attacks

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- Field size: 45x30 with end zones on each end of the field - Split the team into 2 evenly matched teams - Two ways to score • Retaining possession of the ball for seven consecutive passes in their defensive half of the field scores a point for that team • Dribbling the ball into the opponents end zone scores a point

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- Offense: possession the ball to draw the opponents away from their defensive area.

Taking advantage of the space left by the defenders to send penetrating passes for attacking breakaways - Defence: pressing to stop the attackers scoring through consecutive passing and looking for any threatening forward runs by opponents

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Defensive coaching Learning how to defend is an important part of the game. Even offensive players need to know how to play defensively, since they often have to try and steal the ball from the opposing team. To defend for an entire game is not easy, so you must spend a lot of time working on your players' fitness level and teaching them the principles of both individual, as well as group defence. You cannot win a soccer game without good defensive strategies. The defensive strategy is all about winning the ball as near to the opponents' goal as possible.

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The purpose of these defensive exercises is to help players develop both; their individual and their group defensive skills. Compact defending, good marking, outnumbering situations, pressure and adjusting as a unit, are all important when coaching defending. However, these exercises will not only focus on retaining possession, they also incorporate what to do as a defender when in possession. Transition and quick counter attacks are of great importance to your defensive line.

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- Warm-up exercise - 5 attackers Vs 2 defenders - Field size: circle diameters 5-10 meters (depending on age and level) - Five attackers, arranged in a circle, must keep the ball away from two pressuring defenders, who are staying inside the circle. If an attacker gives up the ball or kicks it out of circle he becomes a defender.

The defender who caused him to lose possession takes his role.

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- When a pass is made, the defenders have to adjust (Step 2) to prevent a through ball whereas the attackers have to give support (Step 3) - This may seem like a simple exercise, but it is a great warm-up game for all ages and a great way - For increased difficulty, the attackers must try to play the ball between the defenders

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- Purpose: turnover, counter attacks, group defence - Field size: half a field - Four defenders and a goalkeeper are challenged by three attackers - The attackers start with the ball and they have to score in the central goal - The defenders have to regain possession of the ball from the attackers and finish in either one of the two smaller goals - The team which gets scored on first must leave (and be replaced by another round of players) - The goalkeeper works with the defence. If the ball ends up in his hands, he must quickly initiate a counter attack towards one of the smaller goals

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- The main focus of this exercise is on the defenders and the way in which they organize a counter attack. The transitional process of regaining possession and exploiting it must be practiced by defenders so that they know their positions and tasks in dynamically unfolding situations

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- Pressure on the ball: Do not let the first attacker get his head up.

- Second defender must cover the goal as well as be aware of the second attacker.

- First defender tries to channel the attacker into the sideline and away from the second attacker. This is easier to do since the goals are in the corners of the grid, the sidelines come up quicker.

- When first defender has made the play predictable, second defender tries to double team.

- Make sure the defenders stay balanced, that they do not become too spread out, enabling the attacking team to make splitting passes.

- As soon as the ball is won, can they shoot? This is the best time to do so because the attacking team is not in a good defending posture.

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- Play 4V4, each team defends two goals and attacks two goals - Having the goals on the end lines makes this game more realistic as it forces the attacking team to have more of a direction to their attack - Field size: 25 x 40 meters - Defending becomes particularly challenging since the defending team has two goals to defend, essentially turning this into a 6 Vs. 4 game.

- It is a good idea to first allow each team to decide themselves, where they are going to try to win the ball. In other words, are they going to challenge the ball all over the field, or will they hang back and try to only defend the space close to their own goals?

- Can they channel the ball into certain areas of the field to gain possession?

- Can they apply enough pressure on the ball to limit the first attacker's options and make the play predictable?

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FOUR ZONES - Play 11V11 - Break the field into 4 horizontal zones (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) - Award the defending team points when they win the ball back in a chosen zone. For example, the blue team might be given 3 points for winning the ball back in the first zone, two points for the second zone, one point for the third zone and no points for the fourth zone. This can change depending on where the coach wants the team to try to force the play.

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- Try to get the players to work together as a unit, with all 11 players aware of the defensive plan - Can the defending team control the attacking team, making them play the ball in a certain area of the field, and then win the ball?

- Make sure you give defending objectives and tasks to both teams

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MICHEL HORDIJK, TECHNIQUE TRAINER FC UTRECHT

The sense and nonsense of juggling In the city centre of Utrecht you can frequently admire the juggling skills of 45 year old Freddie Vork. A while back I was taking the escalator down from the train station and there he was. He kicked the ball about six meters in the air, caught it with the inside of his right sneaker and started an impressive juggling session. He exhibited to the crowd the most incredible tricks, at an impressively high pace: balancing the ball statically on his heel, on his neck, on his head and even on the tip of his foot. All this intertwined with art-like tricks that apparently have been appropriately named, such as; ‘around the world and akka 3000’.

Text: Michel Hordijk Edited by: Michael Francis Pollin

Even though I was in a hurry, I could not help but watch Freddie Vork's show, which eventually ended with fifteen succeeding ‘around the worlds' as a finale. The control and ease at which he performs, as though he and the ball are one! It has however very little to do with football, or does it?

I would bet that Freddie will not be able to pass through the zones in an 11V11 match on a full size pitch. Executing 300 ball juggles using body parts like your shoulder and shin with a light ball that is only 75% filled with air, is very different

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from receiving a ball under pressure or delivering a pass or cross over fifty meters.

It is just as impressive, but a very different kind of football. Or is it?

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It can be compared to good singers; generally singers are very musical. But not everyone who is musical can sing. Good footballers can usually juggle quite well, but not all jugglers are good football players.

This may sound a bit Cruijffian, so let us take the ‘Old Master’ as an example.

Johan Cruijff never juggled a ball during matches. But I once saw him juggle the ball in the most magical way, with my own eyes, when I was thirteen years old when Cruijff played for Feyenoord (1983-84). The way in which he could spin the ball while juggling was fantastic, in fact it was as mesmerising as watching him play.

Especially the countless times he could let the ball do the turning for him, in all directions, which was fantastic. He actually juggled in the same way he would pass a ball, or score goals during a match; elegant, no unnecessary tricks and always with some kind of effect on the ball.

Back to juggling. The first top player who comes to mind for many football fanatics over the age of 30 think about juggling is Diego Maradona. To the tune and rhythm of the song, ‘Life is Life,’ Maradona

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delivered a fantastic show during the warming up before the European Cup Bayern Munich Vs Napoli (19 April 1989).

He juggled with his famous left foot, his famous left thigh and his (still slim) thin head. No matter what way or how the Argentinean touched the ball; everything he did around the centre circle of the Olympic Stadium in Munich was magical.

Magical because he must have known and felt that ten thousand people in the stadium and millions in front the television followed every one of his moves. Also magical because of the loose shoelaces, that hung carelessly on his shoes, and that way too short training jacket which he tied around his middle with a string.

The connoisseur recognised the artist in the professional on that night in Munich, and witnessed the aura of a World star that could have been warming up by walking, sprinting and stretching. The child in him just did not want to do anything else other than; play with that ball. I think the biggest marvel is the fact that; every footballer wants to at least touch the ball when it is near, and that is what Maradona did; he saw the ball and just wanted to play with it.

When it comes to football coaching, juggling is just like quick footwork training, a simple first exercise to get to know the ball as well as possible. We could see

juggling as the foreplay of football training, or, in a wider perspective the start of a football education. It is experimental, in as, how many different ways can I touch that ball? How do I touch it so that it always stays with me, or at least always comes back to me?

Technically limited players most often leave the foreplay for what it is, and start to shoot wildly on the goal. The ball does not always like that, and as a punishment for the rough treatment he sends himself over the bar on a regular basis. When you

look at from the reserve, jugglers and street performers can be compared to flawed lovers. They are great at the foreplay, but once the actions move to the bedroom, they do not score!?

A good footballer caresses the ball, warms it up, excites it and knocks Bayern Munich out of the European Cup. The above raises the question; in what way it is desirable to get all youth football players to start juggling? And also, what allocation should the juggling take in the development plan?

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we can stimulate our youth players to start juggling in a 'functional' way, and with that develop their optimal feeling for the ball. And also, can juggling happen during the training, or not?

For me juggling is developing footwork, cutting and turning, and practicing feints; all areas that players can develop outside of the training sessions. By setting homework, and of course also checking it (which costs maximum 5 minutes of your training time), you as a coach can bring a specific progression into exercises.

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The starting point should be that juggling must have a connection with functional technique. As a youth coach of Ajax U13s, Frank de Boer once noticed that most of his pupils can do the craziest tricks, but an easy juggling pattern like 'left foot- right foot- left thigh- right thigh- head- right foot- etc. caused problems. As the technique trainer of FC Utrecht, one of Ajax's biggest rivals, I will not make jokes about that, because I noticed that it is the same here. The most important question is of course; in what way

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warm-up, and for FC Utrecht U13s Sjors Ultee and Coordinating trainer Menno Roodenburg, they have developed warmups that players have to perform as soon as they arrive. In their warm-ups, almost all exercises are done with ball, and ends by juggling the ball a hundred times, whereby all body parts may be used. Then, if the ball accidentally hits the ground you can continue counting without being penalised.

Progression The juggling exercises that the players have to start with must, like with every learning process, be based on the start point of development for the youth players. For some, that could mean that the ball gets juggled from the hands half a meter in the air, and the ball may also be caught every time. If the players are more capable, they can try to kick the ball into the air with the feet, whereby the ball may hit the ground after every contact.

When the ‘real’ juggling starts (without hitting the ground and not using the hands), it is important to work with a logical progression, but at the same time to realise that it does not have to be the same for every player. At first sight, it may look easier when you start juggling with your feet, to do this alternately with the right and left foot. That way you normally have the best ‘rest’ in between each

juggle. However, experience learns that a lot of youth players prefer to begin juggling with one foot, and that is fine. Juggling is an aspect which players have to develop in their own way.

- As often as possible with the preferred foot, juggle the ball at hip height.

- As often as possible with the ‘weaker’ foot, juggle the ball at hip height.

- Alternately with the left- and right foot, as often as possible.

- Juggling in a rhythm: 2 x left, 2 x right, 2 x left, 2 x right, etc.

- Juggling in a rhythm: 2 x left, 1 x right, 2 x left, 1 x right. As often as possible. Of course also perform this the other way around.

- ‘Free’ exercise with the feet; the ball left and right through each other and juggle at hip height. Maximum 5 continuous touches with the same foot.

- Like the exercise above, but now juggle the ball alternately left and right 10-15 times to head height - Free juggling exercise with the feet, alternate with ball contacts by: 1) outside footed 2) inside footed 3) heel - Juggling with the upper legs; practice with one leg at the time.

- Like the exercise above, but not alternately with left and right.

- Combination feet/upper legs; 1 x left foot, 1 x right foot, 1 x left foot, 1 x right

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foot, 1x left thigh, 1 x right thigh, 1 x left thigh, 1 x right thigh, 1 x left foot, etc.

- Like the exercise above, whereby every series now ends by receiving on the chest Head juggling - Combination feet/upper legs/head; 5 x with the feet ( may be done with both ), 5 x with the upper legs (may be done with both), 5 x with the head, 5 x with the upper legs, 5 x with the feet, etc.

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Of course, all kinds of adjustments, variations and additions can be added to the basic progressions above. That depends on, like with almost all exercises, the mentality and creativity of the trainer, and especially the players.

Below you will find some possible ‘coaching moments’ when it comes to juggling: - ‘Try to turn the ball a bit towards you’ - ‘Keep your upper body straightened. But relaxed and loose. Bend your knees a little.’

- ‘Try to find some kind of rhythm. If you have a rhythm you can stay in that rhythm, and it gets easier to control the ball.’

As with learning of all techniques it is an enormous advantage when you as a trainer can show a clear and appealing example of how to juggle. So this also means for the trainer: practice, practice and juggling till you are Maradona!

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NEYMAR FOCUSES ON INJURY PREVENTION Neymar, who has been a professional player since the age of 17 retraces the path of technical and physical maturation, from as early an age as possible. His game is abundantly filled with speed and dribbling, and, although not endowed with a muscular physique (as critical mass), the player of Santos and the Brazilian national team stay match fit and healthy. Neymar gained 4 pounds (lbs) of muscle mass since the arrival of new training staff at Santos. The increase in muscle mass has improved his endurance and allows him to continue executing his moves with agility and speed. The fat percentage of a footballer is 6% (average), one of the lowest among highperformance athletes, especially knowing that 4 kilograms (kg) of (lean) body mass were gained. Another important way to prevent injury is a player's own experience in the field, and because of his capability and attacking threat, Neymar has been confronted with more opposition from

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defence. With his speed and agility he is able avoid challenges of physical pressure and tackles from his opponents and thereby decreasing the risk of injury. "At Santos we have a good technical staff, which includes a physiotherapy, physiology- fitness specialist and nutritionist, who all work closely with the players. When it comes to training Neymar is a true professional, and during the days after a game, he is the first to appear in physio’s room for stretching, massage, ice baths and other treatments. He knows what he has to do to stay in shape and is very professional about it. ‘He is also very concerned about the nutritional aspect, with supplements and does everything he needs to do to stay fit,” said Avelino Buongermino, the club physiotherapist.

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WHY MARTA IS THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYER? Dribbling, finishing, and vision of the game are the most popular features of football played by Marta, Brazilian striker and now New York's Flash women's football league in the United States. But there is more than pure talent associated with the Number 10 shirt. Elected five times the Best Football Player in the world, Marta has different physical abilities superior to those of many other athletes in the world, that’s both men and women. The average time of a male athlete in a shot sprint of 30 meters is between 4 and 4.22 seconds.

Marta beats the average male on this distance, and in a 10 meters sprint, male athletes clock a time between 1.79 and 1.87 seconds, while Martha runs it in 1.69 seconds. "It seems she has the instinct of a fast animal, such as a panther. She approaches a direct opponent and can choose any action at the spot, execute it and beats her opponent. Or, when the opponent is preparing an action, she will react instantly”, said Kleiton Lima, the Brazilian national team coach.

TRAINING FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED Gabriel Mayr is a development manager at Urece Sports and Culture, a nongovernmental association and non-profit organisation with its HQ in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The group's goal is to promote sports and cultural activities, contributing to the formation of visually impaired people in order to promote social inclusion. Since late 2005, when it was founded, Urece (with the participation of young professionals), have achieved masters in Adapted Physical Education and this is a major reference in para-sports in Brazil. Mayr is the pioneer of football for the blind in the Czech Republic, devising and teaching the first workshop for blind

women in the soccer world in Tübingen, Germany. As a World Cup winner as a coach for blind women, he drew the particular function and the differential in terms of training and strategic planning group with a disability.

"We plan movements in a circuit, for example. We define an athlete numbers and kick for goal after. The idea is to reduce the risks for the blind, and to start with we give as much space as possible, but we have some difficulties that are inherent in their disabilities. The blind must adapt to the space environment”, he said.

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PARREIRA'S SUCCESSOR IN SOUTH AFRICA: MOSIMANE PRAISES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FORMER BRAZIL COACH Carlos Alberto Parreira, under whom he had worked over the last four years. His appointment fulfills the promise made by the South African Football Association, to appoint a local to the job once the 2010 World Cup was out of the way.

“I feel extremely privileged to be filing Carlos Alberto Parreira’s shoes. I thank both the football association and Parreira for having confidence in me and I know I’m the right person for the job,” he told reporters.

After the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, Carlos Alberto Parreira was dismissed from command of the tournament hosts. Having participated in seven World Cups Finals (six as a coach), Parreira announced his retirement from the bench at the end of 2010.

His successor is former player Pitso Mosimane, with the former Bafana assistant coach signing a four-year deal that will see him tasked with qualifying the country for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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"I trained a local team for seven years, with the same team every season. But we reached a limit. I'm young; I love challenges, tactics, innovations and most of all the game of football. It was exciting to learn from Parreira. I think now I'm expanding the great foundation that he gave me”, said the coach. He referred to the exchange of information with Parreira and his own career with Supersport United, when he led the club to its first national title.

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"With Parreira, there are two things: a life with him and his life after him. He was a teacher and an educator. Parreira taught me a lot, but I put my own ideas in after he left," continued Mosimane.

"I gave more speed to our playing style, while Parreira would rather proceed slowly during the games, I believe that two attackers and fast wingbacks joining the attack from the flank can really work," he added.

Mosimane’s first task will be to try and qualify South Africa for the 2012 African Nations Cup finals. The qualifying campaign begins in September with a home game against Niger, but a much more difficult assignment against African champions Egypt, who are in the same group, awaits him early next year.

South Africa’s side have shown a major improvement in form over the last six months, and on Wednesday jumped 17 places in the latest FIFA rankings. But they did not manage to exceed expectations at the World Cup and were eliminated after just three matches, becoming in the process the first host nation to fail to get past the first round.

Mosimane had a previous spell as South Africa's caretaker coach, winning three, drawing three and losing just one of the seven matches for which he was in charge.

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He is a former striker who won three caps for the country and played for several leading South African clubs before leaving for Greece, where he played at Ionikos for six years, and brief stints in Belgium and Qatar before retiring.

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Fred Rutten, PSV Eindhoven

"You have to be flexible in how you view the game " Fred Rutten talks to SoccerCoachingInternational about his vision. A vision he sticks to no matter what. "I may adjust a little here and there, but I remain true to my vision, even if the results are temporary disappointing".

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