WORLD CLASS COACHING Soccer Intelligence By Jason Carney TABLE OF CONTENTS Part One INTRODUCTION A COACH'S VISION FOR PLAYERS Part Two TECHNICAL PRACTICE - PASSING AND BALL CONTROL Part Three TECHNICAL PRACTICE - RUNNING WITH THE BALL Part Four TACTICAL SMALL-SIDED GAMES Part Five PLANNING A TRAINING SESSION Part Six TRAINING SESSIONS INTRODUCTION The development of game
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Soccer Intelligence By Jason Carney TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Two TECHNICAL PRACTICE - PASSING AND BALL CONTROL Technical practice sessions - The foundation Passing and ball control Q. Is passing a part of tactical training? A. Yes. The tactical purpose of passing is to keep possession. Passing should be used more than
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Soccer Intelligence By Jason Carney TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Three TECHNICAL PRACTICE - RUNNING WITH THE BALL Technical practice sessions Shooting, running with the ball and dribbling Every player, whether it be a defender, midfielder or forward loves to shoot at goal. We need full focus from coaches and players when running
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Soccer Intelligence By Jason Carney TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Four TACTICAL SMALL-SIDED GAMES Tactical small sided games (Game related practices) Allow the players to learn through playing The priorities for youth today have changed and it is virtually impossible to get back to “the good old days” of street soccer. The
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Soccer Intelligence By Jason Carney TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Five PLANNING A TRAINING SESSION You are the head coach, what next? Make your players feel important Work alongside good people. Having someone to talk to someone to bounce ideas off is so crucial for you and the team. Work on the philosophy that
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Soccer Intelligence By Jason Carney TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Six TRAINING SESSIONS Training Sessions 1. Playing through the midfield Warm up and technical Exercise: • Area: 25 x 25 with 4 cones placed at an angle in the middle of each line (as shown) • The exercise shows 10 players starting with two
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