05 May 2012

Football Coaching – Techniques

From a football coaching point of view, the first thing football coaches should understand is what is a technique and how to coach a player on improving and developing their techniques. A technique, with regards to football coaching is an action that a player performs that is related to a requirement to be able to play football. For example, the Technique of Ball Control. To master the technique of ball control, the players must first learn to work on their techniques in unopposed training sessions. This allows the players to progress without the pressure of opposition and to work solely on improving their technique.

The three graphics below, taken from the football coaching design software Coaches Chalkboard, which can be found at legacy.grassrootscoaching.com Using the Coaches Chalkboard software I have designed a football training session to improve the Technique of Ball Control.

ORGANISATION

Organise the players into 3 groups of 3 with a ball for each group.
Layout a series of squares with cones
One of the players from each group makes a run into one of the squares, the player with the ball passes the ball to the player in the square, who must control the ball within the square they are in.
After controlling the ball the player then passes the ball to the third player in the group who has made a run into another square.
The practice is then repeated.
Encourage players to pass the ball over different heights and speeds to test different ball control techniques, using different control surfaces.

KEY COACHING