Saturday, April 26, 2008

Soccer Practice Planning Recommendations for Coaching Success

By Scott Carlson Platinum Quality Author



Training a team correctly involves planning practices that are both fun and informative for players. If players are not entertained, they are not likely to pay attention, which will obviously make it very difficult for them to learn. However, the drills must involve a skill element in order for players to improve their game, which are repetitious, and can be boring. The objective is finding the right mix for your team, which is dependent on the age group, competitiveness and other important factors.


Take the example of Coach Wing Init. He never plans practice beforehand, and instead spends the entire practice scrimmaging. While practice may be fun for the players, this is not going to get the players high numbers of touches on the ball, and the uninterested players will surely disengage. These practices are clearly not educational enough for players to learn and progress.


Compare this to Coach Bo Ring, who spends 95% of practice time doing drills that do not inspire creativity, and do not give players a chance to learn by doing. Avoid the pitfalls of each and structure your soccer practices in a way that mixes both fun and work.


Educational skills drills, followed by high energy small sided game element drills give players a chance to work on what they have learned. If you focus players attention on improving during the game element what you have previously worked on in the skills drills, pretty soon they will do it without even thinking. Quality soccer practices are designed with the intention of evolving the play of your players, both individually and collectively.









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