Game Training
Game Training
Game Training
• Session Planning
• Principles:
• Passing Practice
• Positioning Game
• Game Training
• Training Game
National
Playing Style
Statement
Playing Style Statement
Formation 1-4-3-3
Ever Changing Game!
Ever Changing Game
Session Plan
4 Easy Steps
Session Plan
Training Playing
Performance Stage
Learning how to win
17 17
Game Training Stage 11 v 11
Learning how to play together as a team
13 13
Skill Training Stage
Learning the technical skills to play the game
9 Small-Sided
9
Discovery Stage Football
Building a love of the game in a fun enviroment
5 5
Four Stages Of Development
Building Blocks
13
Skill Training Stage
9
In the Skill Acquisition Phase the coach must focus
exclusively on providing a solid foundation of technical skill
If the player does not gain this skill foundation during this
phase, it will be very difficult to make up later
No amount of fitness or competitive spirit will ever
compensate for deficiencies in functional game skills
Skill Training Stage
Skill Acquisition Phase
What to teach?
4 Functional
Game Skills
Functional game Skills
First Touch
1v1
44Core Skills
Core Skills
Training Playing
Performance Stage
Learning how to win
17 17
Game Training Stage 11 v 11
Learning how to play together as a team
13 13
Skill Training Stage
Learning the technical skills to play the game
9 Small-Sided
9
Discovery Stage Football
Building a love of the game in a fun enviroment
5 5
Fo us
D Li e eBlocks
Building
16
Game Training Stage
13
• Applying the functional game skills (core skills)
• Lea i g ho to use the te h i al tools playi g as a tea ,
using 1-4-3-3 as the preferred formation
• Developing of tactical awareness, insight and decision
making through a game-related approach to training
Game Training Stage
16 What to teach?
Ball Possession (BP)
Transitioning (BPO>BP)
• After winning the ball, play first pass forward and
support.
•Get as quickly as possible in BP positions.
•If a quick forward pass is not possible or there is no
suppo t afte the fi st pass, keep the possessio , do t fo e
the pass.
What to Teach in Transition
Transitioning (BP>BPO)
• Win the ball back as soon as possible.
•Straight away pressure on the ball to prevent opponent
from playing quick forward pass.
•Get as quickly back into BPO positions as possible.
Skill Acquisition
Game Phase
Training Stage
How to teach?
The game is always the starting point
Simplify/modify the game situation for training
by reducing the game specific resistances until the
obtained training aim is realized by the players
Is FOOTBALL being played
Street
Need Footballthe players
to Challenge
Street Football
Street Football
“E erythi g I ha e
achieved in Football is due
to playing Football in the
streets ith y frie ds “
Zinedine Zidane
Warm Up/Passing Exercises
Passing Exercises
Session Conduct
Warm up
Passing Practice
• Warm up should be relevant to the game,
make it simple.
• Include a ball (always)
• The e elated i ludi g a le el of de isio
making.
• Use it as p epa atio fo the positio i g
ga es pa t of the sessio .
Passing Practices
Positioning Games
Positioning Games
4v2 3v1
Game Training
5v3
Positioning Games
Positioning Games
Game Training
3v1
Positioning
PositioningGames
Games
4v2 3v1
Game Training
5v3 4v2
Positioning Games
4v2 3v1
Game Training
5v3 4v2
5v3
Game Training
Game Training
Game Training
Game Training
Training Game
Training
Training Game
Game
A training game must be concluded at the end
of every training session:
• 2 teams (usually even numbers, but if
appropriate to the objective, one team may
have an extra player)
• Goals o ta get fo oth tea s
• Most, if not all, of the 11 v 11 rules applied
Training
Training Game
Game
• Coach can observe how well the players
apply what has just been learned
• Reality test as ost, if ot all of the ga e
specific resistances are in place
•I t ai i g ga es the e should e no
oa hi g stops (can some coaching on the
run)
Training
TrainingGame
Game
•Remove conditions
•All game specific resistances in place
•Normal game emphasizing the topic of the
session
•Coa h o the u
•Let them play (observe)
Playing
Training gameout fromOutdefence
:Playing from the back
GameGame Training vs Training Game
Training v Training Game
Game Training
Training that relates to the game
Training Game
A game that is conducted at training
Game
GameTraining
TrainingV vTraining Game
Training Game
Game Training v Training
Game
Game Training = Training that relates to the game
The coach = coaching
The players = learning
Football
Objective
Football Objectives
Football Objectives
WIN MATCHES
SCORE GOALS PREVENT GOALS
Get the ball and your players into a goal Prevent the opponent getting the ball and
scoring position their players into goal scoring positions
Structured build up/Controlled possession Win the ball back as soon as possible/press the
ball immediately on loss of possession
Quick forward passing/Quick forward Deny opponents time and space to play
movement
Creative combination play to create goal Limit the opponents forward passing and
scoring opportunities movement
Individual skill to create and convert goal Limit the opponents ability to create goal
scoring opportunities scoring opportunities
Playing Style Statement
Formation 1-4-3-3
Model Session
Putting It all together
Session Objective
Building up
Playing out from the back
Passing Practice
Positioning
Positioning Game
Game
Game Training
Game Training
Training Game
Game Training
Model Session
Putting
Puttingititall together
all together
Session Objective
Combination play
Centrally
Passing Practice
Central Passing Practice
Positioning Game
Positioning Game
5v2
5v2
Game
Game
Training
Training
TrainingTraining
Game Game
Game Training Outcomes
• Session Planning