Football Coaching

[LFCman]

Soon i'll be assisting a friend of mine coach an under-15s side. I was wondering if anyone had any good resources we could use for drills etc. Anything would be valuable.

Soon I hope to go for my coaching licenses through the FFA. Hopefully this will be a good start.

[anfieldanfield]

Take the coaching badged mate.

The first one is ridiculously easy, but still a good laugh and quite interesting.

I'm doing the second one soonish. Looking forward to it.

[LFCman]

I might be doing it later this month.

The thing is, it's one thing knowing Football and then knowing drills etc to teach the young'uns. Knowing training drills and methods is something that i've never really looked at before. It's alway just been about the game on the day and analyzing what happens in the 90 mins.

[Shaggy]

I've got a UEFA badge.

[Shaggy]

I've also got an "I am 29" badge, a Beatles badge, a Blur badge and a Syd Barrett badge.

:D

I'll get my coat.

[PTP]

I'm a player/manager for a pub team - there is loads of drills to do - but with younger kids it's important that they are interesting/simple to do/and vary otherwise they will get bored. Try to do things in larger group work aswell rather than indvidual training or just fitness work

Say in a hour or so training session

.Warm up - jog/stretches etc

.Some ball work - split everyone into groups of 5 - play piggy in the middle then 'no bounce' to get the brain working/touch going

.Split into two teams - do a session like attackers vs defenders, working on set pieces

.Always finish playing a game - give yourself plenty of time for the player to get into it, say half an hour - play 2 touch football for 20mins -this is the best way for kids to learn how to play football and results will show on the pitch - then 10 mins as at the end with as many touches as they want so they finish on something fun.

.Quick warm down.

[PTP]

Few other pointers

Have the session pre planned - with no gaps while you decide what to do next - you need to keep youngsters going all the time otherwise they will lose concentraion and start pissing about. If they see you thinking about what to do next they will think "he doesn't know what he is doing" and will lose interest/confidence

Don't let them take the piss early on - if you get someone thinking he's the dogs bollocks and can do what he wants - send him on a lap of the pitch or something.

At the same time - it's a fine balance - make it fun - if it's too strict/regimental they will fuck you off

Make sure you have enough equipment - cones, balls, bibs etc the more the better as it will make them feel like they are part of a big team.

Make all the players feel important but don't lie to them - if someone is upset cause they are on the bench - tell them why they are there and don't lie to them eg "we will get you on in the 2nd" if you have no intention of playing them as it will destroy them.

[Harv]

id like to go for a coaching badge...whereabouts do you do it in adelaide mate....id be interested in doing it.

one drill that i did when i played, and i found to be hard, yet rewarding was playing on a basketball court, and trying to score using only your feet. Its bloody hard, and it really helps your shooting/aiming....when i was playing regulary i could hit the top corner on command. Its a bit left field but it seemed to help me immensly.

another drill i used to love was practicing one-twos, and shooting first time on the re-collection of the ball. It helped in games heaps, and it fun to practice, cause you can score some absolute cracking goals.

[Red_Polo]

This is a pretty good resource...

http://www.nasl.com/drills.htm

[Red_Al_77]

Soon i'll be assisting a friend of mine coach an under-15s side. I was wondering if anyone had any good resources we could use for drills etc. Anything would be valuable.

Soon I hope to go for my coaching licenses through the FFA. Hopefully this will be a good start.

You need to speak to Revo. He is a fully qualified coach.

[LFCman]

id like to go for a coaching badge...whereabouts do you do it in adelaide mate....id be interested in doing it.

one drill that i did when i played, and i found to be hard, yet rewarding was playing on a basketball court, and trying to score using only your feet. Its bloody hard, and it really helps your shooting/aiming....when i was playing regulary i could hit the top corner on command. Its a bit left field but it seemed to help me immensly.

another drill i used to love was practicing one-twos, and shooting first time on the re-collection of the ball. It helped in games heaps, and it fun to practice, cause you can score some absolute cracking goals.

Check here mate: http://www.ffsa.com.au/pgs/cdevcors.asp

and

http://coaching.footballaustralia.com.au/public/coaching/courselist.asp

[LFCman]

You need to speak to Revo. He is a fully qualified coach.

How can I get in touch with Revo?