This week's video shows some game footage from my 2010 girls team. I want to focus on the way we try to build from the back as well as how the other team did this. The video was recorded with the Veo camera. Go to Veo.co for information about the camera. Have a great week!
Continue readingThe year our club is emphasizing the need for our teams to learn to play out of the back from goal kicks and goalkeeper possessions. It will take time for the players to learn how to maintain possession under pressure and build up an attack. There will also be times when we give up goals because of mistakes by the goalkeeper and defenders. However, the long term up-side far out weight the loss of a goal or even a game. If we train our players to deal with pressure and play around it from the back, they will be better able to do this all over the field.
This starts with our youngest teams. Here is how we want our U8, U9 and U10 teams to take goal kicks:
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