By now most teams have played their first
tournament and league games. Hopefully your teams are developing and the
hard work from the winter and pre-season training is starting to pay off!
Barry
1. coach training
2. MYSA reminder
3. Away Game tip.
4. website of the month
5. Article of the month - Stick to the Point!
1. coach training
We had a good turnout for the VUSC-sponsored MYSA Y module at
Velocity Sports on 4/18.
2. MYSA reminder.
MYSA has asked us to remind you to check both goals before each
game to be sure they are anchored. They also asked that you remind your
team parents that younger siblings should not play around the goal area before
or after games to help preserve the goal area for the season.
3. Game tip.
A day or two before an away game, it's a good idea to contact the
opposing coach to: a) make sure the game is still on for the scheduled time and
field, and; b) see if the published field directions are correct (or if there's
a better way to get there!). It's nice to keep the last-minute surprises
to a minimum on game day.
Also, please remind your players, players' parents, and coach team
about sportsmanship. We want to be sure that Valley United keeps its
reputation as a club that values fun, skill and sportsmanship!
4. website of the month
Secrets to Soccer - skills and drills videos - https://www.s2s.net/todays_
a great collection of sample
skills and drills with video, written description and coaching points.
5. Article of the month - Stick to the Point!
from
If there is one thing that will both confuse and turn players away from soccer
more than anything else, it's coaches trying to cover too many subjects in
their training sessions and talks.
It's important when running a training session to have an emphasis and to stick
with that emphasis throughout an activity and throughout the session. For
example, if the session's emphasis is on possession and in the course of a
small sided scrimmage, a player hit's a shot poorly, if you, as the coach, make
a big deal about the poorly struck shot, it takes the players minds away from
the correct emphasis (possession) and changes it to shooting technique.
When designing a training session, pick one point of emphasis and stick to
it. This emphasis can be somewhat broad (for example attacking with
numbers would allow you to work on 2 v 1 then 3 v 2 then 4 v 3 etc) but if you
try to combine two that aren't closely related (possession and tackling for
example), it will most likely fail.
On a similar point, when a coach is talking to the team, it's also important to
stay on point. Too often, during a halftime speech, coaches will try to
address every point they noticed during the first half. As the coach goes
down the long list of points, the players will start to lose focus. At
best, they will remember the last points mentioned. Instead, the coach
should pick three or four points (at the most) and stick to them in the
speech.
The thing to remember, when trying to address everything, nothing gets
addressed properly. Instead, pick the points that are most important to
the team and address them and while you aren't addressing everything, you will
get more accomplished.
If there is something you feel needs to be addressed with an individual player,
pull that player to the side and address it one on one. This way you can
get it addressed without confusing the rest of the team.
Stay on point and you, and your team, will be more successful.
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