CONFERENCE
FOOTBALL COOPERATIVE
CONFERENCE 1
Introduction
The Idea:
 To combine knowledge
 To provide information
 To improve coaching
 To increase enjoyment levels
 To improve the football environment
 To improve progression
 To develop young people
So how far behind are we?
HOW GOOD ARE OUR PLAYERS?
HOW GOOD IS THE STANDARD OF COACHING IN ENGLAND?
ARE WE TEACHING THE RIGHT THINGS?
Culture that breeds success
 Why do these places do so well?
Finger and thumb practice
Do Coaches produce players?
 “The best coach I ever had was….myself”
(Michael Jordan)
WHAT ASPECTS OF THE GAME NEED
COACHING?
HOW DO WE TEACH/ COACH TO DEVELOP?
COMMAND, DISCOVERY OR LAISSEZ FAIRE?
Train the Body and the
BRAIN!
Successful Sport Professionals:
1.Choose and maintain a positive attitude.
2.Maintain a high level of self-motivation.
3.Set high, realistic goals.
4.Deal effectively with people.
5.Use positive self-talk.
6.Use positive mental imagery.
7.Manage anxiety effectively.
8.Manage their emotions effectively.
9.Maintain concentration
Covered in the course………
 Pre activity?
 Creative thinking
 Learning
 Street soccer skills
 Problem solving games
 Environment and culture
 The game
 Questionnaire
 Feedback
PRACTICAL SESSION
Pre Game/ Session Activity
Warm Up?
Mental rehearsal
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 Visualisation
Do we need to warm up?
Research?
Whats in the session/ game?
Realistic practice
Good use of time
"Before a game when all the noise is
happening around him, Zola sits in the
corner and remembers when he used
to play football in the hills of Sardinia,
where he was born. He remembers the
sheer joy of football and that is what is
important."
Malcolm Cook
 Habits
 Self talk
 Motivation
 See a picture
 Scanning
 Observing the opposition
Learning and practice
Left Brain
Right Brain
 Storage
 Creativity
Quick brain task
Creative players
Told or Allowed?
Which players change the
game?
Practical – ground moves and freestyle/ panna/ akkas, akka3000
creativity
98%
32%
10%
2%
Why do we lose creativity?
 Ken Robinson
“schools kill creativity”
Divergent thinking..
Football?
Practical
Coaching Sessions
 Learners need inspiring, fun, challenging
appropriate to their developmental needs.
Intro & Pre
Activity
Games
Skill
Learning
SESSION STRUCTURE
 How do I structure the session?
 Do I need to plan?
 What outcomes in the players development
are we aiming for?
 Have the players got the opportunity to
change the practice, adapt and progress it?
 Can I deliver and is it realistic?
 What are they actually learning?
Typical Learning Session
game
Mental
development
The
player(s)
Problem
solving
Skill learning
Example street soccer
session
Technique/ skill
practice
3v3
games
Free play
Small
sided
games
Can they
improve?
Problem
solving
game
Developing free thinking
players
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Confidence
Motivated
Culture
Parents/ carers
Step by step
Progression to higher levels/ age groups
Don’t judge anyone
Lots of play
Lots of mistakes and experiments
Think how you learn the best
DO KIDS NEED TROPHIES AND MEDALS? LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM ABOVE
The future?
 Belgium
 Can we change quick enough?
 Street soccer methods or traditional methods?
Recent Academy u13 coach wrote the following on
wall:
 No risks
 Pass at every opportunity
Agree?
Questions/ Debate?
Any Questions?
Points?
Feedback?
Thank you!