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Day 5: Managing the Performance Environment and 3v3
Originally posted on January 3, 2020 on playbeautifulsoccer.net With my voice quite horse by this point, it was up to Davis to deliver the lesson. We talked about systems of play and setting up a culture for your team that upholds a standard of excellence. In talking about the system of play for Barcelona we referred to winning the ball back within three seconds of losing the ball in transition, working in connected lines defensively, and “tiki taka” offensively to disorganize and unbalance the opposition. We also talked about varying your system of play according to the sophistication/level of play of your team with examples of the system of play…
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Day 4: Coaching the Team
Originally posted on January 2, 2020 on playbeautifulsoccer.net On day four of the coaching course, we focused on coaching the team. As was always going to be, my voice was not strong enough to maintain while teaching over evangelical church services. Although my voice was weakened, we forged ahead. We explored team meetings, goal setting, game analysis with an emphasis on identifying and quantifying trends, and session design, focusing differentiating between game-like and repetitious activities, establishing experiences that allow players to develop autonomy (in decision-making), and touching briefly on periodization of adaptation demands and session type (game, fitness, threshold, maintenance, organizational, preparative, and recovery). On the field, the coaches watched…
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Day 3: Coaching the Player
Originally posted January 2, 2020 on playbeautifulsoccer.net The focus of the coaching course for day three was all about Coaching the Player. Davis and I taught on a holistic approach to player development and providing feedback through player evaluations. Drawing on information from participation learned working with US Soccer and SoccerPlus as well as experience analyzing players across the world at various age groups and ability levels, we provided the coaches with a template for analysis and set up games in the evening for the coaches to practice their ability to evaluate players. In the practical, coaches were assigned to a player. They were to coach and mentor this player…
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Arriving in Kenya for Coaching Course Level II-Days 1 & 2
Originally posted December 30, 2019 on playbeautifulsoccer.net Day 1: INCOMING! The adventure from St. Louis to Kisumu can be summed up like so: 1 hr flight to Chicago 1 hr 45 min lay-over 7 hr 45 min flight to Frankfurt, Germany 1 hr 45 min lay-over 7 hr 45 min flight to Nairobi, Kenya 30 min E-Visa customs 15 min to find luggage X marks the spot, interrogation of goods, tell the truth Meeting Wichita, helping hand Time is elastic 6 hr 30 min drive to Kisumu, Kenya, road construction, impaled bus, food, buckets of rain Arrival at Jumuia Hotel around 5:15 am. SLEEP After only a handful over hours…
