Player Handbook
BSC Oregon is a community committed to providing an environment of balanced soccer excellence.
Fall 2014
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BSC Oregon Core Values
Our Core Values guide BSC Oregon players, parents, coaches, administrators, and Board of
Directors
Excellence
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Pursue excellence in all endeavors.
Knowledge
Strive daily to continue our education and learning. We share our knowledge and support every
endeavor to further our education in all aspects. Knowledge is a prerequisite for wisdom.
Integrity
Do things the right way and on time. Be conscientious in your actions; respect every aspect of the game.
Industriousness
Work hard. A sense of fulfillment comes from hard work and achievement.
Enthusiasm
Be enthusiastic in all our endeavors. Pursue personal, team and club goals with passion.
Responsibility
Own our work and our results. We work to the best of our ability.
Loyalty
We are loyal to our mission, values, goals, the game and our membership.
Unity
Stand as one. We win together, lose together and grow together. Our group is strong and supportive.
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BSC Oregon Club Culture
Our Core Values allow BSC Oregon to have a specific and unique culture.
Be Humble, Strive for Greatness - Enjoy your work and the daily process of long-term
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Be Confident - Confident players believe in the work they have invested, arrogant players try
to convince others to believe.
Give Back - Mentor younger players, give your time, give your knowledge, support soccer,
your community and your club. Family - BSC Oregon is a club of members.
Supportive - Support each other, your coach, your club, your team-mates, your family. Treat
others as you wish to be treated.
Don’t Be a Donkey - DBAD - The BSC Oregon Way
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BSC Oregon Player Programs Structure
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Player Pathways
Adapted from Canadian Sports For Life
Soccer for Life
Train to Win
Senior Academy
U15-U18
Train to Train/Train to Compete
Junior Academy
U13-U14
Training to Train
Youth Academy
U11-U12
Learn to Train
Development Academy
U9-U10
FUNdamentals/Learn to Train
PreAcademy Program
U4-U8
Active Start / Fundamentals
Metro Program (Fall 2015)
U15-U18
BSC Oregon Player Programs Structure
BSC Oregon player programs provide a developmentally appropriate pathway for every
player.
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Pre-Academy - Fundamental Phase
Paid staff coaches overseeing Volunteer coaches with the emphasis on having fun and learning. The PreAcademy runs concurrently and in support of a player’s recreational soccer endeavors.
Development Academy - Learning to Train Phase
Young players looking for more training opportunities than typically provided in Recreation Soccer. Paid
staff coaches. Goal is to teach players the importance of focus and effort in training. Introduce basic
Principles of Attacking and Principles of Defense.
Youth Academy - Training to Train Phase
Increased training load from Development Academy. Focus of training is to improve soccer-specific
skills, soccer intelligence, small group tactics and general athleticism. Players begin to understand the
results of focused and dedicated training.
Junior Academy - Training to Compete Phase
Developing tactical concepts of the game while continuing to develop technical abilities. Whole team
tactical concepts and strategies are introduced. Training sessions become more tactically complex and
nuanced, covering various formations, strategies and tactics.
Senior Academy - Training to Win Phase
The final phase of player preparation aims to maximize player performance in all aspects of the game. A
player's capacities are becoming fully established while training to peak for major competitions. Training
is characterized by high intensity and relatively high volume with frequent periods of rest.
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Principles of Attack
Score Goals - The reason to play - score goals!
Penetration - Advancing the ball toward the goal we are attacking by playing it
past an opponent or group of opponents. Dribbling, passing and shooting can
be penetration. We penetrate to create opportunities to score goals.
Support - Provide proper angles and distances of support to the player in
possession (reaction) or the player about to be in possession (anticipation and
reading the game). The player in ball must have options to their left, right and in
front of them. This support must exist as your team-mate receives the ball
(timing).
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Width - Providing wide support of the ball to the right and left. Stretches
opposing defenders, creating gaps between opposing players that we can
penetrate.
Mobility - Movement off the ball to drag defenders out of position (unbalance
defense). Make defenders change their position in reaction. Make defenders
make decisions.
Based on the Principles of Play, #8 should:
1. Shoot - depending on range
2. Penetrate
1. dribble 1v1 to beat the defender
2. pass to #11 who is running in behind the defender
3. Possess - support/width
1. Pass to #7 (notice the defender’s position)
2. Pass to #11’s feet if space allows
Depth/Height - Support in front of, and behind, our team-mate in possession of
the ball. Getting length and depth allows us to spread our opponent and create
gaps to connect to teammates and penetrate.
Improvisation - Creativity and unexpected play (1v1 or combining); flair!
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Principles of Defense
Pressure
The main goal of defending is to get the ball back so we can score! If we can
not recover the ball, we want to stop penetration (first principle of attack!) and
then provide good defensive shape to recover the ball.
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Recovery - Recover possession of the ball immediately; the best time to get
the ball back is right after we give it away.
Pressure - Pressure on the ball denies Penetration. Keep your body between
the ball and your goal. If we don’t get pressure to the ball, our opponent can
play a greater number of passes, especially long balls.
Cover
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Cover - Supporting players nearest the ball taking up good angles and
distance of support to deny penetrating passes (splits).
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Balance - Players further away providing good team shape and balance so
that we can stop further penetration if our pressure is broken.
Balance
Compactness - Getting close enough to close any gaps to deny penetration.
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Patience - Not getting beaten by being overly anxious to win the ball when it
isn’t winnable. Do not foul when we have good shape and pressure to the ball.
Read the following cues of when, where and to whom your opponent will play
the ball:
-Their Eyes - where and to whom they look is often where the ball goes
-Their Body Mechanics - a big long step is a long ball, a short step is a
short ball
-Their plant foot - it typically points to where and to whom the ball will go
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Functional Numbers
9 - Center Forward: Target or False Nine
Target: Play High, Hold Up Play, Link to MF
False Nine: Drop into MF as an ACM at times
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11/7 - Wingers (Natural or Inverted)
Good 1v1 taking players on, provide width and overloads, quality
service from wide, stretch defenses at times - defensively: force play central,
double back wide
Center Forward
Left Winger
Right Winger
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10 - Attacking Playmaker (Maestro), Dangerous passer, link backs to Forwards,
Stop counters, combine to get forward, good 1v1 players, defensively - stop
counters, force opponent to play to specific parts of the field to recover ball
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Attacking Mid
8 - Center Midfielder - can play defensively (double pivot) or higher up the field
as another attacking center mid (single pivot). High quality passer, high soccer
IQ to unbalance defenses, control tempo/rhythm
Center Mid
6 - Defensive/Holding Midfielder (Regista)- link backs to midfield, control
tempo/rhythm, play outside backs into game, wide range of passing abilities,
solid 1v1 defender, stop counters, distribute
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Defensive Mid
Left Back
Right Back
3/2 - Outside Backs (Natural or Inverted) - provide width in attack, combine to
get forward, link to 6, 8, 10, 9, 7/11, change point of attack, get up and down
the flank
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Left Center Back
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Right Center Back
5/4 - Center Backs - high quality technically, able to keep possession in
numbers up situations, confident to play out of back, stay connected to one
another
1 - GK - play off line, always an option to reset attack, high quality of passing
with both feet myriad distances, confident on the ball, typical keeper duties
(shot stopping, distribution, organization), vocal organizer
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