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Hiya all
I'm an FA Level 2 coach working in Spain with 3 youth teams and have 6 or so years experience. I've recently been asked to step up and assist with an adult team as well , helping the existing manager. He doesn't have a huge amount of experience football wise and admits as much, although he is well liked and great with fitness etc.. Apart from during my courses, all my experience has been with junior teams up to the age of Under 14 and this is my first real experience of dealing with an adult team who play at a decent level. I like to use Small Sided Games as much as possible with the kids for all the obvious reasons, and wondered what all you guys think in terms of using these with the older players? Its a big squad and I'm thinking of mixing these up with tactical 11 a side work in positional groups along with set plays. Any advice or thoughts are welcome.
Cheers
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Last Login: 26/03/2010 11:14:46
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| I have been in managment in adult football for over 10 years and in all honesty there are very few things that you do with the kids that can't be transfered to adults. In fact in my expereince a lot of adults act like kids anyway !! and i don't mean that derogatory. They like things kept simple. They liek to know exactly what they are doing and they liek to keep things fresh. Repetition can casue restlesness. I think that small sided games transfer directly with no problem at all.infact if youy look back at a lot of the Top European sides of previous years much of there training is based around the small sided work. Good luck with it and I hope you enjoy the change and the new challenges.
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| I went to watch Bayern Munich training a few years ago and was pleased to see that they used small-sided games - the one they used mainly that day was where they attacked and defended 2 small goals. The emphasis was on quick passing on the ground, moving off the ball, switching the play and defending. I use this often for my u-14s. Go for it.
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Forum Newbie
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Last Login: 30/03/2010 15:57:47
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| I went to watch Bayern Munich training a few years ago and was pleased to see that they used small-sided games - the one they used mainly that day was where they attacked and defended 2 small goals. The emphasis was on quick passing on the ground, moving off the ball, switching the play and defending. I use this often for my u-14s. Go for it.
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