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Last Post By: jmc09 ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:39 pm
Topic By: jmc09 ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:39 pm

Mourinhosapprentice wrote:Theres something I do want to ask - remember my player I really wanted to sign this but couldn't because he's 17 days out - can't play U10 at U11...can I play him in a friendly?

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Last Post By: cookie ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:09 am
Topic By: cookie ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:09 am
use floaters regularly no problems. use outside players the third team, asked the 2 teams to organise themselves and stopped the game after 5 mins , asked what their game plan was , one team said it was to get the ball to outside players as that is where the space is, asked what do they do match days , reply get the ball wide to players in space, thats why 433 is good as you have a good dispersal of players.
u7/8 never has a problem with line ball or 4 goal game , argentina game even works.

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Last Post By: Sirius ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:34 am
Topic By: Sirius ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:34 am
Does anyone use this to create session plans and then print them out?

If anyone does can you give feedback on it’s ease of use etc?

Is It free and does it remain free?

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Last Post By: happymanc ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:11 am
Topic By: happymanc ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:11 am
I think alot depends on how the player react to the result........how the adults/coaches treat a result.

Losing

i have seen kids come off crying....run of the pitch and cry behind a tree.....reuse to shake hands at the end........their behaviour gets worse as the match goes on later and later tackles.........name calling........coach getting more and more vocal.........coaches letting rip at the after match team talk. Seen managers refuse to shake hands

I have seen kids walk of after losing laughing and chatting....... really enjoyed themselves.......shaking hands and chatting with the other team.......have seen the coach giving them a good after match talk with smiles on the kids faces.

Winning

I have seen kids take the micky out of the losing team.........telling them they a re s***........forgetting to shake hands because they to busy running around like they won the FA cup. I have seen managers let rip because they didnt play well..even though they won

I have seen kids chat and shake hands with the losing team and pat them on the back........they walk of without rubbing in the win. Both managers laughing and shaking hands

do results matter to kids yes but it matters to much to some and to some kids it matters but its not the end of the world ......... are they just coping their coach and parents

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Last Post By: cookie ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:09 am
Topic By: CoachAndy ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:33 am
Just wanted to resurrect this topic.

I have been reviewing some of the training plans, including the follow up notes, I have used earlier this year and come to the conclusion that they can if they are not age appropriate and game realistic for the age group, especially at the younger ages when all they want to be doing is playing a "real" match .

I will give an example with the End line game. Some of the new players (U7/U8) got confused by this game. Its a simple game right? But I believe the way I had it set up was causing the problem!

I had set the games up in the 4 corner areas of the magic rectangle, effectively asking one team in each game to dribble over the goal line, but they know when the ball goes over that line its a corner, not a goal - even at their age!

Would they have understood the game better if they had played it in the middle 3 areas of the rectangle and I explained to them that they where playing as midfielders and they had to get the ball into the attacking area of the pitch?

Would they understand the 4 goal game better if I did the same, after all you dont shoot into goals in the corner of the pitch in the "real" game. But if those goals where in the middle areas as well and as before the players where midfielders making a great pass through the gaps for their teammate to get a shot a goal, would they get it? Would that in turn help them understand the playing positions quicker? Only one way to find out!

For those of you not fimilar with the magic rectangle take a look here http://www.kinggeorgefc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74:magic-rectangle&catid and have a chat with Coops if you want to know more

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Last Post By: jmc09 ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:39 pm
Topic By: CoachAndy ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:56 am
The rules on ages in the handbook do not seem to apply to friendlies,

To play in a KO Cup game or a game where points are awarded, or results collected, a
player must have achieved the age of 8 on or before 31st August.

The book then goes on to cover the dates for each age range, continually mentioning "the playing season"

So both Footydad and MA - there is no reason why they cant play - just be prepared for the other team to have a couple of Academy players, just trying out..........

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Last Post By: jmc09 ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:39 pm
Topic By: Sirius ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:45 am

Mourinhosapprentice wrote:Theres something I do want to ask - remember my player I really wanted to sign this but couldn't because he's 17 days out - can't play U10 at U11...can I play him in a friendly?

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Last Post By: cookie ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:29 am
Topic By: cookie ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:29 am
did some girls only sessions, the feedback was very good such as "thoroughly enjoyed the session and felt she got more out of it than her normal training night." so have another planned in a few weeks.

The wheels came off the wagon for u12 , and the parents showed the real spirit of true aussie grit , which is is to find someone to blame . It was just coincidence that the 3 lost games were when i was doing other football.
The wheels came of the u14 and again the true aussie grit came to the fore this time from the manager , they havent won since winning all 3 grading games.

Are we the only place in the world that books players for wearing the wrong colur skins, even in the world cup you could see the under shorts were a different colour but sending a 10 year old off to change is a bit far.

The playing up rules for girls are a complete jobs worth farce, if an 13 div 2 girls is short it cant take a div 2 mixed player or a u12 girls div 1 player, the result an u11 plays up 2 years .

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Last Post By: happymanc ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:11 am
Topic By: angela ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:07 am
are results a big deal to players -

only if they want them to be they are .

Do I want them to be -er nope not at all ,cos they are not important to me ,the kids are .

My own son played to a high standard last year -played the best in the local league -worked hard ,some games he was on fire ,some not ,oh my goodness they got their backsides kicked as a team by the opposition who outclassed them ,and sometimes they clawed back from a halftime drubbing to a draw .

He is 16 ,can tell you every goal ,how it was struck etc ,he has a great sense of humour coupled with a strong work ethic ,

"man he turned me inside out and back to front ,what a great game ,what you got to eat I am starving ?"

His manager would say -"lads you are playing for pride now,we need 11on the pitch ,stay on the pitch "

they would reply -"we are playing for survival in the next 45 mins " .and off they would go

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Last Post By: jmc09 ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:39 pm
Topic By: Mourinhosapprentice ON: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:00 am
Theres something I do want to ask - remember my player I really wanted to sign this but couldn't because he's 17 days out - can't play U10 at U11...can I play him in a friendly?