Soccer IQ June 2011

ISSN 1757-9902

FREE BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR IMPROVING YOUR TRAINING, COACHING & GAME

Jobs in Football Drills & Small Sided Games

Gear up for summer

Beach Soccer Counter Attacking

Analyse your Goalkeeper

Street Soccer Skills!

Who is the best player ever

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“When you arrive at Barça the first thing they teach you is: think. Think, think, think. Quickly.”

Xavi on Football

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Welcome... to Soccer IQ, the free online magazine for all soccer coaches, players and fans. very two months we will deliver our interactive magazine straight to your inbox. If, like us, you spend most of your time thinking about the beautiful game then Soccer IQ is the magazine for you. If you want to think about the game differently then Soccer IQ is definitely the magazine for you.

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The National Children's Football Alliance is a coalition of agencies and organisations that safeguard and advance the rights of children in football.

Globally children contribute immeasurably to the game of football and often their needs can be over looked in terms of inclusion and the game's future. Without doubt, the power of football to be an influential and dominant force for good in the daily lives of children is enormous.

As a humanistic voice and advocate for the children's game, NCFA also acts as a focal point and network for those individuals and organisations seeking sustainable partnerships, information and education on child-centred approaches and children's rights in football.

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Contents

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In this edition of Soccer IQ...

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CREATIVE PLAY

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TRAINING

BEACH SOCCER

DYNAMIC WARMUP

WHO IS THE GREATEST PLAYER?

MARADONNA OR PELE?

FOR THE PLAYER

FOR THE COACH

FOR THE FANS!

13 STREET SOCCER

07 IN, OUT, SHAKE IT ALL ABOUT

17 JOBS IN FOOTBALL

27 SMALL SIDED SOCCER

20 GAMES

36 BOOKS

30 SUCCESS

34 DRILLS

40 DREAM TEAMS

50 KEEPER CORNER

48 TRAINING

56 BEHIND THE SCENES

52 BACK TO BASICS

55 BACK OF THE NET

BRUSH UP ON ESSENTIAL SOCCER SKILLS

HOW TO WIN AT 5 ASIDE

HOW TO BE A GREAT PLAYER & PERSON

CONDUCTING GOAL KEEPING ANALYSIS

WALL GAMES

BUILDING FUNDAMENTALS INTO WARM UPS

VARY YOUR TRAINING

WHEN POSESSEION CHANGES

SOCCER SCENARIO CARDS

GET INVOLVED WITH THE GAME

TOP 5 SOCCER BOOKS OF ALL TIME

BEARDS V’S MOUSTACHES!

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FC

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Drills

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Building the fundamentals into your warm ups

IN, OUT, SHAKE IT ALL ABOUT Why do it?

To incorporate the ABCs (agility, balance, coordination and speed) into warm ups To enable players to work with different people within the warm up

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How to do it: Young players 1 Players move around the area (using different movements) passing (throwing and catching) different coloured bibs (or a variety of balls) to each other – varying the height of the pass. Players do not stop during the warm up but react to the coach’s call.

If the coach calls ‘IN’ players quickly move to the inner area to put their foot on a cone (or ball). As this develops the coach may ask the players to perform a movement or skill (e.g. toe taps). Players then continue passing.

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If the coach calls ‘OUT’ players quickly move to the outside of the area and perform a movement or skill (e.g. 5 keep ups) before re-entering the area.

Players then continue passing.

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If the coach calls ‘SHAKE IT ALL ABOUT’ players have to quickly get into groups (e.g. all blue bibs get together or all players with tennis balls get together), they link together and ‘shake it all about’.

Award points for ‘quickness’ and ‘creativity’. Players then continue passing.

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How to do it: Senior players (This version is shown in the animations)

Players move around the area (using different movements) passing the balls (along the ground) to each other – varying the type of the pass (e.g. outside of the foot). Players do not stop during the warm up but react to the coach’s call.

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If the coach calls ‘IN’ players in possession of the ball leave the ball, quickly move to the inner area and run back again. The other players take possession of the ball and players then continue passing.

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If the coach calls ‘OUT’ players not in possession quickly move to the outside of the area and reenter to receive a pass. Players then continue passing.

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If the coach calls ‘SHAKE IT ALL ABOUT’ players have to quickly get into groups (e.g.4’s or 5’s), they form a small circle and perform quick one touch passing (or a 4 v1 keep ball). Players then continue passing.

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Coach Interview: Anthony Hudson

Learning to be a coach Described by Harry Redknapp as being ‘‘...like a young Jose Mourinho’’ Anthony Hudson is a young, ambitious coach with a bright future ahead of him. Soccer IQ caught up with Anthony to find out the key influences on his impressive coaching journey so far.

Coach Profile Qualifications: UEFA ‘A’Licence (achieved at 25)

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“Someone like a Mourinho or an Arsene Wenger type of person who goes against the coaching grain are few and far between – these people think differently from the norm, but for them, to think this way is normal” Sir Clive Woodward

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The following interview took place before Anthony was appointed the new manager of Newport County FC SIQ

Are there any individuals who have influenced you to be the type of coach that you are today?

As a young coach working abroad I heard a player say something about Jose Mourinho which stuck in my mind; he said “there are many coaches as good as Mourinho but no-one works as hard as him”. That had a massive influence on me as a coach over the last 4 or 5 years, it’s about working hard and having a good work ethic.

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Lesson : Who are the coaching experts that you admire?

They may be coaching in the Champions League or working with youngsters starting the game, but try to consider which aspects of their coaching you admire. How can you learn from their history, their experiences and their qualities?

11 You have coaching qualifications from the UK, the USA, and you are looking to take some in Spain. How important have formal coaching qualifications been in your own coaching development?

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Formal coaching qualifications are very important to me; I’ve enjoyed every course I’ve been on. I know that coaches have very different views on the benefits of coaching courses; I’ve always been very open-minded and open to learning. They have helped me be even more professional, they have helped me structure my thoughts and my coaching plans, and I’ve met some great contacts.

They have had a massive impact on my coaching development; they help with my motivation and help stimulate me.

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Why Spain?

As a coach I’m always looking at the best in the World – who the best managers are – who the best coaches are, from all different sports. I want to learn languages to be able to speak to different players; I want to broaden my coaching knowledge of the game. I really believe in and enjoy the way that Spain and South American teams play football, I want to learn their philosophy, be exposed to it, I want to learn how they develop players, and l want to put myself under a little bit of pressure.

Courses can be tense enough in your own language and I think it’s a good goal or target to have.

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If English coaches have not been as successful as coaches from other nationalities in the past why do you think this may be?

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“You can’t help but learn when you coach players of this calibre – you even learn about human relationships.

Players at this level don’t accept what they’re simply told because of the authority of the person who’s saying it. We have to show them that we’re right” Jose Mourinho

Lesson : How can you continue to learn and develop alongside the coaching courses offered by your National Governing Body? Which courses exist outside of football? Be prepared to step out of your comfort zone and invest in your own professional development. Plan and set yourself targets that you wish to achieve over the next year of your coaching development.

unbelievable amount of money that is wasted in sacking managers. I think it will only take one manager to be given time, to have success and make a name for themselves. I do think the influx of foreign owners and foreign players make it quite attractive to owners, fans and TV to bring in a foreign manager. I also believe that coach education in other countries, for example the Dutch FA, is a more long term process, more comprehensive, and that may play a part in other countries putting more time and energy in their own coaches. In this country we have a good FA, but I do feel that the elite side of the game dictates and influences what goes on in football in this country.

Are there any key moments or experiences outside of football which you believe have contributed to you becoming a better coach?

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Whatever happens in anyone’s life, if you are a coach, and you want to improve and grow as a coach or manager then you have to learn from all your experiences. There are experiences in my life which if I hadn’t learned from ,hadn’t grown from, I’d be miles away from the coach I want to be and only half the coach I am. There are probably lots of things that I need to look at in order to become a better manager. Being released as a young player and not denying it has helped me mentally as a coach, there were experiences as a player which I didn’t enjoy so much and having looked at it and come to terms with it I can recognise this as a coach. There are experiences within my family, my upbringing, with my dad being a player – all these experiences good and bad, mostly bad stuff have become a massive part of the coach I am. The most important thing I believe is that you have to learn from everything and

there can’t be anything in my past that I have gone through, that I haven’t looked at or accepted, I’ve looked at all that stuff, faced it all because I want to become a top manager.

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Lesson : Try to identify the aspects that have influenced you to become the coach that you are. How have these impacted upon your coaching philosophy and coaching methods?

CLICK HERE to view Anthony’s tactical reports of several top level English matches.

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The fastest way to Plymouth, Newquay and Bristol from Leeds Bradford, Glasgow, Manchester, Aberdeen, Cork, Dublin, Jersey and Guernsey

Street Soccer

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“The streets (alleys, parks, beaches ...), the mysterious setting where brilliant players like Pele and Cruyff– and their fellow magicians in other sports – developed in a natural way.”

Hans Bongers: Somagic Street Soccer

SOCCER SKILLS Ex-professional footballer Ian Stonebridge represented England U18s, played over 250 professional league games and scored 44 career goals, but can he still learn new skills? In this issue Darren Laver of International Street Soccer Association sets Ian the challenge of learning and demonstrating 4 street soccer moves.

Name: Ian Stonebridge

Name: Darren Laver

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Undergraduate Student on Applied Sports Science and Coaching degree at UCP, Marjons.

Centre of Excellence coach at Plymouth Argyle FC

Managing Director of International Street Soccer Association

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Skill 1: Scissors

Difficulty Rating:

Why you might use it: To beat an opponent and change direction whilst dribbling.

How to do it:

With the ball either rolling or static in front of you, take your foot around the ball from inside to outside, repeating until opponent is thrown off balance, then take the ball in the opposite direction with the outside of your other foot.

Skill 2: Velocity

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Why you might use it: To feint and turn to accelerate away from an opponent.

How to do it:

Approach the turn carrying the ball with one foot, move the sole of that foot quickly and firmly over the ball, faking a pass and taking the ball in the opposite direction with the outside of the foot in one fluid motion.

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Skill 3: Zippy

Difficulty Rating:

Why you might use it: To beat an opponent by lifting the ball over their head.

How to do it:

Whilst dribbling with the ball under close control, trap it between the insides of your feet, rolling one foot over the ball and lifting it into the air with the other.

Skill 4: Big Leon Nicholls Difficulty Rating:

Why you might use it: To quickly change direction and simultaneously flick the ball off the ground.

How to do it:

Drag the ball back with the sole of the foot, and then bring the same foot quickly behind the rolling ball, scooping it around the back of your standing leg.

Ian’s challenge for the next issue will be to master these four tricks,

1) The Stand Up Panna, 2) Seeya, 3) Scarlet Sledgehammer and 4) Cross Over.

Will he succeed in time?

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Jobs in Football

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GET INVOLVED WITH THE GAME PROFESSIONALLY

By Harvey Grout www.careers-in-sport.co.uk

JOBS IN FOOTBALL

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The Premier League is perhaps the best league in the world and we can often only marvel at the goal scoring prowess of Wayne Rooney, the goalkeeping reflexes of Joe Hart and the managerial expertise of Sir Alex Ferguson. Whilst ‘performing’ in the Premier League may remain a pipe dream for most of us there are other ways we can ‘play’ in the Premier League. s well as the players and managers the Premier League requires coaches, sports journalists, photographers, broadcasters, match officials, physiotherapists, nutritionists and psychologists to ensure it remains the best

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league in the world. So if your goal scoring or goalkeeping skills are not going to be quite good enough to grace Old Trafford or Stamford Bridge then consider other careers available in the soccer industry.

In each issue we will profile a different profession and provide an insight into the experience and qualifications required to develop a successful career. Here we look at the ‘man in the middle’; the Football Referee.

“Two hours before the match starts I arrive at the ground. We have a safety briefing and then I referee the match.”

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Name: Chris Foy Position: Professional Football Referee Job Description: A Referee is responsible in ensuring the players play within the rules of the game and that they play in a safe playing environment. They encourage players with appropriate leadership and are positive role models for the players.

A Typical Day: More often than not I spend the night before a game in a hotel. I meet the other match officials four hours before the kick off to start our preparations. Two hours before the match starts I arrive at the ground. We have a safety briefing and then I referee the match. Following the end of the match we go through a ‘de-brief’ with all the officials to assess our own performance.

Afterwards I travel back to the hotel before returning home. Later that week I receive feedback from the match assessor, whose job is to scrutinise every referee’s performance. As a professional referee we are very accountable and look to build and improve during our extensive training sessions during the week.

Advice to young people interesting in becoming a referee: 1

Ensure that you get a good broad education

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Develop good communication skills and a willingness to listen and learn

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You must have a love of football. Watch as many games as possible and try and learn something new from each game

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http://refworld.com/

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Drills

3 Small-sided games to vary your training Game 1: SWITCH How to do it 1

Set up a pitch for a small sided game

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Each team lines up behind the goal they are defending – GK’s stay in goal

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Decide on the size of the game (e.g. 4 v 4) and start the game as usual

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At any time the coach calls ‘SWITCH’ all players have to leave the pitch and each tag one of the waiting players, who quickly come on the pitch to continue the game

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When ‘SWITCH’ is called the players cannot touch the ball- they must leave the pitch quickly

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‘SWITCH’ should be called frequently so that players are not out of the game for long

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Game 2: STEAL A CONE How to do it 1

Each team defends a line (or circle) of cones (or water bottles)

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The small sided game takes place and the aim of each team is to try to pass/ shoot the ball to knock over one or more of their opponents’ cones

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If successful the player who ‘scored’ must pick up the cone, run, and place it with their own cones

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Game 3: BLUE/RED V GREEN/YELLOW TCH A W ILL DR 3

How to do it 1

Blues and Reds play against Greens and Yellows

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Blue can only pass to Red who can only pass to Blue)

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Maradona?

Argued by Dr. Neil Casey, Sociologist and Portsmouth FC supporter from the University of Gloucestershire...

On a wall, just off the Spaccanapoli in Naples, is some graffiti, “Diego, facci sognare ancora”; Diego, make us dream again. Diego Armando Maradona was a sublime footballer with skills honed in the streets of a Buenos Aires barrio. Football’s myth factory remembers the tournament defining moments – the goals against Belgium and England in 1986, setting up Caniggia’s against Brazil in 1990 and the rocket against Greece in 1994. Italian football, with varying emotions, remembers the countless achievements for Napoli. But others recall the dribbles, the astute passes, and the

glorious tricks. This man controlled a football like no other. He made the extraordinary look mundane.

If individually he was blessed, as the team’s leader he was miraculous; a strategist who made ordinary teams in his own image and led them to success. To Neapolitans, Maradona defeated the affluent northern Italians as he twice led Napoli to titles. To Argentineans, he was the victorious captain of a World Cup winning team that thumbed their noses to the globe.

But he wasn’t simply a footballer and a leader.

He is a divine hero, a sacred icon. In England, the myopic sports media splutter at his ‘sins’ but Maradona proudly proclaimed that he, a simple pibe or street kid, with the Hand of God had ‘picked the pockets’ of the English and their stupid defenders. The religious imagery is neither far-fetched nor inappropriate for the best footballer the world has ever seen. Diego – el pibe de oro – took on everybody and won.

A Debate of Two Halves

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Pele?

Argued by Dr. Andrew Parker, Professor of Sport and Christian Outreach at the University of Gloucestershire...

Who’s the best, Pele or Maradona? For me, no contest, Pele. Hands down. The problem is that whilst Maradona remains fixed in English sporting history as the man who ‘robbed’ us of 1986 World Cup glory, most football worshippers are simply too young to remember anything at all about Pele; fitting time then for a few reminders on the latter. Naturally gifted and pacey, with prodigious goalscoring talent, Pele was, by anyone’s standards, a footballing genius, netting a career total of 1281 goals in 1363 games. Representing the Brazilian national team

between 1958-1971 (from the age of 16) he scored 77 times in 92 games and appeared in four World Cups (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970); the only player in history to be part of three World Cup winning squads (1958, 1962, 1970).

Demonstrating a level of loyalty almost unheard of in the modern game, after 17 seasons with club side Santos (1956-1973) during which he scored 1087 goals in 1120 outings, Pele retired from domestic football eventually resurrecting his career with the New York Cosmos between 1975-1977 (64 goals in 107 appearances).

Post-football Pele has acted as an ambassador for the UN and UNESCO and holds an honourary OBE. Impressive to say the least. Yet try as you might to find anything in the annals of global footballing folklore (from player or pundit alike), even remotely derogatory about the man and you’ll fail miserably. Fairness and flair incarnate.

Comparisons? Utterly pointless.

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“For 20 years they have been asking me the same question, who is the greatest?

Maradona or Pele? I reply that all you have to do is look at the facts - how many goals did he score with his right foot or with his head?�

Pele on Maradona

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Real life, real experience with the DEPARTMENT OF SPORT AND EXERCISE The Department of Sport & Exercise at the University of Gloucestershire is one of the largest providers of sport and exercise programmes in the UK and has an excellent reputation for teaching and research. The Department is based at the award-winning purpose-built Oxstalls campus which provides state-of-the-art sports facilities, specialised laboratories and technology-rich teaching and learning spaces.

To find out what it’s really like at the University of Gloucestershire, follow our students’ stories at www.glos.ac.uk/uview

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All the lecturers are highly qualified in the area and a range of teaching methods are used to fully engage us in the learning journey.”

Dan Parrott BSc (Hons) Sports Education

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Small Sided Soccer We asked the experts at Leisure Leagues a simple question; ‘How can you win at 5-aside?’ This is their definitive guide to the perfect strategy to win a five-a-side game of soccer.

Sponsored by...

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HOW TO WIN AT FIVE-A-SIDE... n essence 5-a-side is a very fast ‘pass and move’ game, if you like a concentrated version of the Dutch ‘total football’ game of the 1970’s. The key however, is to keep the ball on the floor. Try to ensure that the ball doesn’t leave the ground and is played at speed. In fact, anytime the ball bobbles or leaves the ground in 5-a-side it is always a negative.

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A good goalkeeper can make or break a successful 5-a-side team. But the most important thing a goalkeeper does is throw the ball out. The majority of goalkeepers throw the ball out without bending down far enough. This means that the ball bobbles when it reaches a player. The very best goalkeepers bend their knees right to the level of the ground when they are rolling the ball out and ensure the roll of the ball is perfectly flat to the playing surface, making the ball as easy to control as possible for the player receiving. The more advanced goalkeepers do this at great speed and can throw the ball out good distances without interception. The very best, international 5-a-side keepers do this but add spin to the ball Fig.1 Starting positions so the ball actually spins and curves, extremely quickly, dead along the ground after leaving the goalkeepers hand. Obtain a goalkeeper that can do this, or make your goalkeeper do this then you will have immediately a huge start.

The defender is the key player. He must collect the ball in a central position and play the ball quickly along the ground at great speed centrally towards the opposition’s goal mouth.

The very best keepers can replace the defender in this regard by a direct central pass at speed. So the player to choose for this position should not necessarily be a great defender but somebody that can kick a ball with power and accuracy in a straight line along the ground.

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Fig. 2 DF1 starts the attacking move.

The second player is the midfielder. He acts as the work horse and works around the defender (who is usually centrally positioned) and proceeds any way that is needed. In essence he is there to check the opponent’s progress. He should not solely be focused on the ball. The final two players should run from a position near the half way line diagonally towards the opposite corner at roughly the same time. This is where the timing and the skill of the defender’s pass is paramount.

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The defender plays the ball centrally towards the opposition’s goal mouth, and the two attackers run diagonally from each side of the half towards the opposition’s goal mouth. Ideally, the ball should meet at the tip of the opponent’s final third, at the feet or in the path of one of Fig. 3 RF and LF run diagonally to the diagonally running receive the ball centrally. attacking players. This is extremely difficult to defend, and extremely confusing to the opposition.

The very best exponents of this type of play vary the consistency of the diagonal runs (i.e. one player starts before the other to varying degrees) but the central ball from the defender rarely changes.

Of course, if this style of play is used repetitively, the opposition will get used to it. But, there is an advantage. That is that the diagonality of the runs by the attackers can change angles, so they can be made shallower or deeper as is required.

If the run is made shallower (i.e. more towards the halfway line than the opposition goal) then the defending side are tempted to move forward.

At that point the runs can be made deeper (more directly towards the goal) causing further confusion with the defending side.

Of course one of the attackers will always be running nowhere into a corner, but, if that player does not collect the ball then there is nothing to stop him creating a secondary diagonal run (depending on the shallowness of the run) towards the opposite corner to which he was running.

In essence, the ball remains directly headed towards the opposition goal whilst the players should always be running in a diagonal direction.

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Fig. 4 An example of a shallower run by RF

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Success

How to be a

GREAT PLAYER and PERSON A SUCCESS SERIES FOR YOUNG FOOTBALLERS

By Malcolm Cook

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This feature is produced

by Master Coach Malcolm Cook who has an impressive coaching background with young players from all levels of the game.

He has discovered, coached and developed players such as Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, Dominic Mateo and others in his career. Malcolm uses the best ideas from his vast experience to answer many of the questions that all too often young players need answering but do not always get. This series is designed to show young players how they can develop themselves as players and people by highlighting the KEY SUCCESS FACTORS!

Too many young players can play well on a nice day but can’t hack it when the conditions worsen. Don’t be known as a “fair-weather” player who allows the rain, wind, snow, sun, temperature to put you off your game. To become a good player you must be able to adapt to ever-changing weather and put in a good performance for your team.

Many of your opponents will become negative when poor weather approaches – use this to your advantage by taking a positive attitude which says... “I can deal with whatever weather comes my way and use it to play well!”.

Remember through the season you will face a variety of weather conditions that you will need to learn how to deal with.

“To succeed you need strength of body and mind. On cold winter mornings with a cutting wind not all players were up for it. You need to create your own atmosphere – if I could push myself through these mental barriers that other players couldn’t, it would be a big victory for me” Roy Keane, ex-ManchesterUnited/Republic of Ireland

SLOGAN TO REMEMBER “There are a hundred reasons for defeat –but poor weather is not one of them” Remember, don’t use the conditions as an excuse – both teams have to play in them!

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HOW TO PLAY WELL IN POOR WEATHER

Cut this out and give to your players, post it on the changing room wall, carry it in your kit bag.

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disaster waiting to happen – this will give you an advantage over your opponents.

NOTICE if you get negative pre-match over poor weather and IDENTIFY how you do it (e.g. defeatist talk about the rain or image yourself slipping over). CHANGE these to positive talk.

Think of a GAME- PLAN to suit the weather conditions – if very hot don’t run with the ball but pass to save energy, or, if windy keep the ball on the ground.

ACTION TO TAKE

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Drills

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When possession changes...

Keep ball v counter-attack Why do it?

Helping players to understand their role when possession changes within a game.

How to do it 1

Set up a pitch suitable for uneven teams (e.g. 7 v 5, 8 v 4) – a smaller pitch than normal will lead to more transitions

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Games are played for a set period of time

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The team with more players (Team A) cannot score goals but must try to keep possession

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Don’t copy it, improve it!

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To put pressure on Team A’s ability to keep possession play with 4 goals

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To put pressure on Team B’s ability to counter-attack quickly – impose a time limit for a goal to be scored after gaining possession

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8 v 6 becomes 4 v 6 Why do it?

Helping players to recognise opportunities to counter attack when their opponents are out of balance

Don’t copy it, improve it!

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Instead of the coach blowing the whistle – it changes to a 6 v 4 overload when Team B gain possession.

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Instead of making the players run to the goal-line make them leave the pitch for 20 seconds

How to do it 1

The game begins with 8 (Team A) v 6 (Team B)

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At any time when Team B has possession the coach may blow the whistle. When the coach blows the whistle 4 players from Team A must run to Team B’s goal-line before joining back in the game. The players from Team A predetermine who will run (e.g. 4 will run on the first whistle – the other 4 run on the next whistle).

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Therefore when the whistle is blown Team B will have a 6 v 4 overload for a short period of time (until the 4 other players have recovered).

See more ideas in PLANS @ WWW.SOCCER-IQ.CO.UK

Books

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The Top 5 football books of all time…

No 5

Selected and written by GRAHAM SHARPE; MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR, WILLIAM HILL. Graham is the founder of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, and author of thirty-plus books none of which he sadly claims reach the heights of these five!

No 4

There is little doubt that the most influential football book of recent years, perhaps of all time, is Nick Hornby’s breakthrough book, Fever Pitch. It was one of the very few books ever to win the William Hill Sports Book of the Year virtually unanimously, as it did in 1992. Going back and reading it again today, or coming to it for the first time, it will be difficult if not impossible to appreciate how fresh and thrilling it was first time round to find someone articulating just what it meant to be a fan of a football club.

The book spawned so many imitators and tribute-payers that the format has become somewhat tired now, but Nick thoroughly deserves FIFTH place in my list of favourite football books.

In FOURTH I have to put up another breakthrough book, Addicted by and about Tony Adams, with the invaluable assistance of Ian Ridley.

Coincidentally, another book heavily reliant on Arsenal, but this one created misery memoir football-style and the breathtakingly frank, almost defiantly proud way in which Adams laid out the extent of his personal problems just make this a real stunner. Again, many have followed down the route since, but I believe this is the best and the most affecting of its type.

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No 3 Number THREE has to be Duncan Hamilton’s terrific first person account of what it was like to work with Brian Clough as a local paper journalist. Hamilton secured the type of access to and relationship with a genuine giant of the game which could not be replicated today. This book draws you in and makes you aware of the sheer originality and unique character of Clough. Some critics have accused Hamilton of soft-pedalling in some aspects of Clough’s more troubled relationships with the job, but he tells it as it was for him at that time.

Marvellous stuff.

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No 2 My RUNNER UP is Gary Imlach’s just brilliant homage to his dad, MY FATHER AND OTHER WORKING CLASS HEROES. Once again the sheer originality of this idea and its stunning realisation have spawned copyists ,but this scathingly honest and emotional study of father Stuart’s career and the life of a footballer before they became removed from the realities of everyday and family life is nostalgic, moving and compulsive.

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And the winner is…

But at the top of my list and my NUMBER ONE football favourite read has to be the book which I still regret failed to win the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1999, Joe McGinniss’ MIRACLE OF CASTEL DI SANGRO. An American who knew nothing of football chose to go and see at close quarters what happened during a year or so at an obscure Italian lower division outfit. A very unpromising synopsis of a book idea and it must have been difficult to sell it to the publisher. How glad they and the author - and indeed readers- should be that it was commissioned. It is difficult to accept that this is not a novel as bizarre, unreal, intense, incredible, tragic, hilarious and sensational events appear to congregate around McGinniss in memorable fashion. I’ve read it several times, given away innumerable copies - which never get returned. Do not deprive yourself of the pleasure of reading this - and if you haven’t yet done so, I’m very envious that you have such an unexpected pleasure to come..........

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Do you agree with Graham’s selections?

What about David Peace’s ‘Damned United’?, Hunter Davies’ ‘The Glory Game’?

‘Football Against the Enemy’ by Simon Kuper? or ‘Among the Thugs’ by Bill Buford?

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2 essential books for teachers

Improving Teaching & Learning in Physical Education Harvey Grout & Gareth Long

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“[This book] will be extremely helpful for use by trainee teachers in their journey towards qualified teacher status and entry to the teaching profession.”

Mick Abrahams, afPE Lead Regional Physical Education Subject Adviser

• Do you want to know more about the key aspects of teaching PE? • Would you like help in planning effective PE lessons?

• Would you like to begin to develop your own personal teaching philosophy?

Then this is the essential guide for you!

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A T OK LO With 101 Classroom Games, not only can you help your students improve their study skills but you can also aid them in reviewing what they already know about a topic or subject, prepare them for formal and informal assessments, and see them embrace learning experiences as enjoyable.

All 101 games in this handy book make learning memorable, fun and successful. You can use them as effective starter activities, for the middle part of a lesson to reignite learning.

Each game provides you with: • ready-to-go plans to implement the game and shorten your planning time; • stimulating lesson content with variations and progressions to suit your students’ ages and abilities; • illustrations to help you understand how the game works; and • teaching points and prompts to keep the game fun, interesting and effective.

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Dream Teams

Do you ever wonder who would win if Barcelona could play Spain? What about if England’s 1966 team were able to take on the current English XI? No doubt these are important discussions to fill a coffee break, influence your pub talk, or distract you from doing your work but in ‘Dream Teams’ we plan to take these debates to a new level!

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Soccer IQ reader and West Ham fan Jamie Harris selects two fantasy football teams with a difference. So, forget United V City, ignore the Merseyside derby, this is a real grudge game; the facial hair final;

Beards V Moustaches ION

The rules for selection were simple; players had to either be exceptional players with facial hair, or average players with exceptional facial hair. Credit was also awarded for players who were loyal to their beard or moustache, players who it is hard to imagine clean shaven.

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What do you think the final score would be?

E-mail us to let us know (at info@sport3sixty.co.uk subject line ‘Dream Teams Competition’, along with; Your prediction, your name, your age, your e-mail address and your postal address.

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Iker Casillas (Spain)

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Abel Xavier (Portugal)

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Olof Melborg (Sweden)

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George Berry (Wales)

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Socrates (Brazil)

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George Best (Northern Ireland)

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Frank Lampard Snr (England)

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Neville Southall (Wales)

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Terry McDermott (England)

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Alexi Lalas (USA)

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Alex Song (Cameroon)

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Gennaro Gattuso (Italy)

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Ricky Villa (Argentina)

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Mark Lawrenson (Republic of Ireland)

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Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands)

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Philippe Albert (Belgium)

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Graeme Souness (Scotland)

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Ruud Gullit (Netherlands)

Giuseppe Bergomi (Italy)

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Carlos Valderrama (Colombia)

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Rudi Voller (Germany)

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Ian Rush (Wales)

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Creative Play

By Luke Kerr – UEFA Licensed Coach & FIFA Instructor Images courtesy of Elite Soccer

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More than 11-a-side:

Beach Soccer How does beach soccer help create a ‘creative and thinking player’? group of youngsters play excitedly on the beach wrestling the ball free from one another in an effort to keep the magical sphere at their own feet and at times in the air. With selftaught creativity and flair, they move towards scoring a goal by striking the ball between two sticks in the sand. None of them are wearing any footwear; the focus is on the ball. Win it and

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be the great Madjer of Portugal, lose it and track the ball carrier as if you were Buru of Brazil. The beauty of beach soccer allows not only the game to be the ultimate teacher, but also for the imagination to run wild on the sand. Combined with the sun and the sea you have the ultimate beach soccer venue!

The beach can be Wembley Stadium or Maracana. You can surround yourself with the likes of Allan, Pasquali, or Amarelle. You are only limited-by your own imagination. Only on the beach can one’s mind create such an atmosphere. Only on the beach can players be free from

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The beach soccer mentality can and must be the cornerstone to any player’s development. At every level of development, beach soccer can be implemented into training regimes. As a football coach and a FIFA Beach Soccer Instructor, I have implemented it on a very regular preseason basis, the opportunity for my players to just play on the sand.

Some days it is small sided games, other days it is full side.

No coaching from me, just play. Figure things out on your own whilst improving your fitness at the same time.

But why beach soccer? Well, strictly in terms of youth player development, the reasons are quite simple!

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First and foremost, it lets the game be the teacher. The game, in its own intrinsic way, can offer more than any coach can imagine. Look at the development of the Brazilian players. Their game is born on the beaches of Rio with foot volley.

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Similar to playing in Rio on the beach, beach soccer can be played on any beach with sand. If there can be a multitude of youngsters playing on the sand, why not beach soccer too! Grab the ball and go! Goals can be quite simply be two jumpers on the sand. It is the simplicity of having any space of sand as your field of dreams. At the FIFA World Cup Euro Qualifiers draw in Barcelona in 2008 I spoke to the Spanish beach soccer legend Amarelle and he told me he trained every day by himself on a small area of sand in the docks, kicking the ball at a wall. That year he went on to be the joint top FIFA World Cup scorer in France Marseille!

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One often hears about having a ‘feel’ for the ball; certainly in beach soccer, without shoes and with the ball moving unpredictably over the sand, the development ‘feel’ is enhanced.

There’s no time limit! In the over organized world of youth football, all too often kids are bound to their practice times. Endless summers can be spent on the beach with a ball!

As far as equipment is concerned, all you need is a ball. I can recall in my youth packing a football in my bag and riding my bike to the beach, I was at Wembley!

You don’t need a lot of players. One on one, two on two, three on three (or as we now term“small sided games”) these are all okay it is the sand that offers the biggest challenge making you think more and work harder.

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The coach, and in particular, the youth coach is removed as the possible deterrent of maximizing the player’s creativity. Too many youth coaches have an X’s and O’s mentality, feature themselves as the focal point, and invariably overcoach. The true youth coach understands the delicate balance between teaching and free play (beach soccer).

Simplicity. Beach Soccer in its purest form is a simple way to play the game. No frills.

Inexpensive.

Best of all, it ignites the creative process both physically and psychologically, which forms the basis of imaginative play and a creative player.

One idea on how to incorporate Beach Soccer skills in your coaching sessions Requirements

Any number of players, in competing pairs (player A and player B)

The Activity The player with the ball lifts and makes 3 or 4 touches in the air with it, using any part of his body, without it touching the ground. With the last touch he passes to his team mate, who will repeat the same routine.

Progression After the second or third pass player B must exchange squares with the player next to them. This can be done when the player has possession of the ball or when his partner has possession.

To find out more about visit; www.elite-soccer.co.uk Beach Soccer, Football and Futsal www.iwbsa.com Beach Soccer and Futsal

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“Simplicity. Beach Soccer in its purest form is a simple way to play the game. No frills. Inexpensive.�

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Training

A Dynamic Warm Up for Football Andy Lindegaard (Ex-Professional Footballer and Performance Director of DYMONDstrength LTD) outlines the benefits of a dynamic warm up and demonstrates some sample exercises to include in your pre-match routine.

DYMONDstrength Ltd. provide high quality, accurate education and expertise throughout the UK, providing the best possible strength and conditioning support service to the nations sport. Our team of strength and conditioners, physiologists, psychologists, nutritionalists and professional sports experts help us to understand and target every area that is required to develop sports performance. www.dymondstrength.com

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Warm up routines – static or dynamic? re- exercise warm up routines are common practice among sports teams and individuals. Despite the lack of scientific evidence supporting one protocol over another, coaches, trainers and athletes tend to demonstrate a warm up that reflect their own experiences (4).

Traditionally static warm up (SWU) exercises have been a prominent feature of warm up routines (1), however, increasing support and scientific evidence for dynamic warm up (DWU) has begun to outweigh this. It has been noted that SWU has actually degraded performance on vertical jumps, short sprints, tasks requiring maximal voluntary contractions, muscle strength-endurance performance, balance challenges and reaction time (2, 3, 4). Whilst a DWU has been noted to improve knee joint position sense, to increase oxygen uptake, to lower lactate concentration and raise blood pH, to improve efficiency of thermoregulation, and to improve performance for bicycle sprints and vertical jumps (4, 5).

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Many variations on the dynamic warm up theme exist but most feature progressive, continuous movement. Here at DYMONDstrength Ltd we understand the physiological make up of our athletes’ bodies and take time to tailor a dynamic warm up that relates to each individual and their sport. The video is just a snapshot of a section of a dynamic warm up that can be used for football; it focuses on minimizing time spent without a ball yet still focuses on the areas that are necessary to prepare for exercise. This video sees the use of trunk twists, side chops, squat drives and ball chops, all with a dynamic movement aiming to target the areas highlighted in research as vital for a safe and effective warm up.

References

1. Church, JB., Wiggins, MS., Moode, FM., and Crist, R. (2001) Effect of warm up and flexibility treatments on vertical jump performance. J Str Cond Res. 15:332-336.

2. Fletcher, IM., and Jones, B. The effect of different warm up stretch protocols on 20 metre sprint performance in trained Rugby Union players. (2004) J Str Cond Res. 18: 885-888.

3. Fowles, JR., Sale, DG., and MacDougall, JD. (2000) Reduced strength after passive stretch of the human plantar flexors. J Appl Physiol.

89:1179-1188.

4. McMillian, D., Moore, JH., Hatler, BS,. and Taylor, DC. (2006) Dynamic vs. Static-Stretching warm up: The effect on power and agility performance. J Str Cond Res. 20(3): 492-499.

5. Young, WB., and Behm, DG. Effects of running, static stretching and practice jumps on explosive force production and jumping performance. (2003) J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 43:21-27.

Scenario Cards

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Soccer Scenario Cards How to use them: 1

Give a card to the teams in your training games.

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Provide time for your team to discuss the tactics they wish to use. Try not to intervene too much unless they need support/guidance.

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Provide at least one ‘time out’ so that the players have time to see how well their tactics are going and change them if they need.

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Allow the players to come up with their own scenarios.

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SCENARIO CARDS

SCENARIO CARDS

CARD 1: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

CARD 2: FA Cup Final

SCENARIO: It is the second leg of the Champions League Semi-Final.

TEAM B are playing at home.

SCENARIO: It is the FA CUP FINAL

The result from the first leg was TEAM A 1 TEAM B 0.

If after two legs the teams are drawn then the team that scored the most away goals will win the tie.

There are only 8 minutes left of the game.

SEMI-FINAL SECOND LEG

TEAM A are beating TEAM B 3-2.

THINK ABOUT; THINK ABOUT; What tactics/formation will your team decide to play?

If a goal is scored your team will have 2 minutes to discuss your team’s tactics

REMEMBER TO LISTEN TO ALL THE PLAYERS IN YOUR TEAM www.soccer-iq.co.uk

What tactics/formation will your team decide to play?

If a goal is scored your team will have 2 minutes to discuss your team’s tactics

DO NOT USE TIME WASTING AS ONE OF YOUR TACTICS www.soccer-iq.co.uk

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SCENARIO CARDS

SCENARIO CARDS

CARD 3: Uneven Teams

CARD 4: Target man

SCENARIO: TEAM A are drawing with TEAM B 3-3 at half time

SCENARIO: TEAM A always play with only one striker ‘up front’

TEAM A do not have any substitutes left and have lost another player through injury

TEAM B like to change their formation depending on their opposition’s formation

TEAM B have one more player on the pitch than TEAM A

THINK ABOUT; THINK ABOUT; What tactics/formation will your team decide to play?

If a goal is scored your team will have 2 minutes to discuss your team’s tactics

THINK ABOUT WHAT GOOD TEAMS DO WHEN THINGS GO WRONG www.soccer-iq.co.uk

What tactics/formation will your team decide to play?

If a goal is scored your team will have 2 minutes to discuss your team’s tactics

LET PLAYERS PLAY IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE GAME www.soccer-iq.co.uk

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Goal Keeping

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Keeper Corner Goalkeepers can often get ignored – well not in Soccer IQ! Each issue we look at an aspect of this specialist position; this time around we provide a template that can be used during games to help analyse the Goalkeeper.

Simply add a tick to the relevant box and tally up at the end of the game or half.

Then use the results to aid the future planning of the Goalkeeper’s training.

“Be the best prepared you possibly can be and never be satisfied by where you are or how well you are performing. For a young goalkeeper, games are the most important thing even if you have to start lower down. Make sure you have your life in balance lots of work but also lots of fun.”

Everton goalkeeping legend Neville Southall

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GOALKEEPER ANALYSIS SHEET Name of GK: Name of Analyst: Opponents: Date: Conditions:

Final Score:

SHOTS SAVED Held – Straight at GK

Held – to the GK’s left

Held – to the GK’s right

CROSSES

High Catch

Low Catch

Tip over bar

Tipped over the bar

Pushed Safely away from GK’s left.

One handed Two handed Unsuccessful punch punch punch

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Pushed Safely away from GK’s right

Cross Dropped

Pushed back central, into danger.

Kicked away

Missed ball

COMMUNICATION

Keeper Smoothered

Attacker misses

‘KEEPERS’

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DISTRIBUTION BACKPASS KEPT POSSESSION

FROM HANDS

LOST POSSESSION

KEPT POSSESSION

GOALS CONCEDED Lobbed

Goal past GK right hand

LOST POSSESSION

GOAL KICK KEPT POSSESSION

LOST POSSESSION

Summary (Can be completed by the GK or Coach) Goal past GK left hand

Rounded 1 on 1

Goal under body/ between legs

AREAS OF STRENGTH:

AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT: GK self assessment /10

Coach assessment /10 PLAN FOR NEXT TRAINING SESSION:

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BACK TO BASICS:

WALL GAMES

Wall Games

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Not enough of your mates around for a decent kick about? Want to practice before your next training session? Well your best friend could well be the wall at the side of your house, or your garage door!

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he games that follow are classic ‘street games’ that will entertain you and work on your technique. The wall will also have a more accurate pass then your mates and always return your ball! The games below can be played in pairs (get your Dad or Mum out of the house!) or can easily be adapted if you are going solo.

1: Wall Rebounds Mark out an area on the wall – this is the target zone and the ball must hit here to stay in play. Player A ‘serves’ and kicks the ball against the wall, Player B follows the rebound and attempts to kick the ball against the wall. This continues until one player misses the target and the other player scores a point.

Clever players will experiment with speed, spin, angles and the disguise of their passing.

• Try playing the game with only one touch • Try flicking the ball up with your first touch and

half volleying towards the wall

• If your last pass was with your right foot then your next pass must be with your left foot

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PLAYER B

2: Target Practice Mark some different sized circles on the wall (chalk will do the job) and award each circle a number of points. Line up as if taking a free kick and if you hit the circle with your kick you score the points.

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• Try to pass the ball against the wall before shooting the rebound at the circles • Try juggling the ball for a set number of times before volleying at the circles

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3: Os and Xs Mark out the wall so it has nine squares (like a noughts and crosses board). Taking it in turns the players shoot the ball at the wall – if they hit a square they put their name in the square. The aim of the game is to draw a line of three as in noughts and crosses.

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• Try this rule – if you hit a square with your name already in then that square becomes free again

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4: Wall goals Both players kick the ball against the wall as in game 1. This time though players score by being able to rebound the ball through one of the small goals (made by 2 cones/plant pots). The players must play behind the dotted line and cannot intercept the ball going through the goal.

• Try nominating one goal per player • Try this rule – if a ball goes through a goal then the goal is made smaller.

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Back of the Net We’ve searched the internet to find some good stuff! Why not try these INDIRECT FREE KICKS with your team?

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BEHIND THE SCENES AT PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL CLUBS...

“Albion in the Community is the charitable arm of Brighton & Hove Albion FC, and our ‘Football OutReach’ programme (FOR) is the embodiment of the International Development through sport work that we have undertaken since 2005. ”

Clubs In Profile

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BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FC “When I was researching International Development work

by Professional football clubs, certain names came up occasionally: Manchester United, Arsenal… but one club came up frequently, and that club was Brighton & Hove Albion FC.” Jonathan Pearce, BBC Sports Journalist and Commentator.

Each issue Soccer IQ goes ‘behind the scenes’ to find out what happens at a professional football club away from the pitch. Jacob Naish (Assistant Community Development & International Programmes Manager; Albion in the Community) kicks us off by outlining the outstanding international development work of League One Champions, Brighton & Hove Albion FC. lbion in the Community is the charitable arm of Brighton & Hove Albion FC, and our ‘Football OutReach’ programme (FOR) is the embodiment of the International Development

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through sport work that we have undertaken since 2005. The programme was launched formerly under the banner of Football OutReach in early 2009, but is based on partnership work we have been doing in West and Southern Africa over the last 6 years.

Nowadays, our work is focused on partnerships with local NonGovernmental Organisations (NGOs) in Mali, Burkina Faso, India, Lesotho, and South Africa with possible new projects starting in Kenya soon.

All of our work is around using football to achieve a specific goal. This could be training football coaches to be HIV/ AIDS educators in India, or developing Young Leaders through sports in Mali.

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ACHIEVING GOALS We work to challenge social boundaries in 4 thematic areas (participation, opportunity, equality and health) that inform all aspects of our work.

Within these themes are our Goals:

Goal! 1-0

To increase participation in football and football related activities for all, regardless of ability or disability, ethnicity, gender, or age, and to use this participation as a challenge to barriers facing marginalised groups of people. In particular we focus on women, those living with disabilities, young people, and those at risk of extreme poverty. We respond to the needs identified by those most affected by a lack of participation and exclusion, by consulting with them, and then evaluating performance at various stages.

Goal! 2-0

To create opportunities in wider society through football, using a variety of methods and based upon the principles of meaningful partnership. We will push back the historical boundaries of grassroots football so that we can achieve health and social inclusion outcomes, as we believe that football can contribute to the delivery of wide societal benefits to communities.

June 2011

CASE STUDY: Youth Leadership and Peace Building in India Last year, Albion in the Community’s Football OutReach programme travelled to India to deliver a Youth Leadership and Peace Building qualification to 20 young people from impoverished areas in Mumbai and Goa. The young people, from either the Ambedkar Nagar slum in Colaba, Mumbai, or from the poor rural areas of Canacona, Goa, then went straight back to their communities to begin delivering their training to their peers, building peace, increasing participation in football, and acting as responsible and inspiring role models that their friends could follow, under the watchful eyes of Football OutReach coaches.

Maroti Basraj Chavan is 16 years old, and is from the Ambedkar Nagar slum in Colaba, Mumbai. He was one of the younger of the Young Leaders, but was also one of the most confident and friendly, and was a good footballer too. Maroti experienced particular difficulties as a child as his mother believed that burning his stomach with a hot iron would cure him of belly ache. His abdomen still bears the scars.

Maroti passed both the Peace Building and Young Leaders courses with flying colours, and is now already back in the slum trying to complete his schooling, whilst also delivering football coaching to the young people from his community.

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Goal! 3-0

To tackle inequalities faced by, and within communities, by working in partnership with those most affected by inequality. We believe that working with other Community Based Organisations and learning from one another’s experience is key to challenging the barriers faced by people in achieving full equality of opportunity.

Goal! 4 – 0

To improve health and healthy lifestyles among our target groups. Although football in itself is a healthy activity to participate in, we believe that we can move beyond this and provide educational messages about healthy life-decisions, as well as using the expertise within the football club, to build the capacity of other organisations already using football to improve the health of their communities.

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CROSSOVER SESSIONS Often Jacob and his coaches will seek to achieve their goal through the use of football based ‘crossover’ sessions where a social objective is developed alongside football skills. The example shown here was developed by Brighton’s FOR coaches and the charity ‘Coaching for Hope’ and relates to HIV/AIDS awareness.

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PASSING AND TRANSMISSION

HOW TO DO IT

Set up approx 5 squares as shown Give each player a folded piece of paper to carry around with them. Half the group have a negative sign ‘ – ‘ on their paper whilst half have a positive sign ‘ + ‘ on theirs. Players do not know what is written on their paper.

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After a set period of ‘free passing’ inform the players that they can only pass to players inside the ‘protected areas’ (i.e. the squares). No one is allowed in a protected area for more than 3 seconds.

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After a while if a pass is misplaced or the receiver has to step out of the protected area to receive the ball both the passer and intended recipient must show each other their paper.

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THE PURPOSE OF THE SESSION At the end of the session ask the players about what you have been doing and get them to talk about ‘safe behaviour’ in the practice, ‘transmission’ and ‘protection’.

Once views have been aired see if you can relate it to sexual health and life. What are the players’ views?

For more info on Brighton & Hove Albion’s Football OutReach (FOR) programme click here For more info on Coaching for Hope click here

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If the players reveal one or more ‘ + ‘ then both are out of the game.

After a while allow players back into the game but only after they have revealed their ‘status’. Observe how the other footballers react to this, are they now less likely to pass to a player with a revealed ‘+ ‘ ? Speak to the players about this after, how did the excluded players feel? What could the ball represent?

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Within this session their will be opportunities to also develop aspects of the game such as, passing accuracy, variety of passes, movement, and timing of runs.

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