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Author: Jamie Birch🔥 Date: Category: Likes: 0 URL: https://www.skool.com/coachingacademy/are-we-spending-enough-time-on-ball-mastery
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jun 26 (edited)Love this, Jamie.I used to be live on YouTube every morning during lockdown doing a Ball Mastery Breakfast Club. The kids loved it, and I noticed a difference in the ones who did it daily when we got back on the pitch.I’m a huge fan1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jun 26 (edited)Love this, Jamie.I used to be live on YouTube every morning during lockdown doing a Ball Mastery Breakfast Club. The kids loved it, and I noticed a difference in the ones who did it daily when we got back on the pitch.I’m a huge fan1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jun 26 (edited)Love this, Jamie.I used to be live on YouTube every morning during lockdown doing a Ball Mastery Breakfast Club. The kids loved it, and I noticed a difference in the ones who did it daily when we got back on the pitch.I’m a huge fan1Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Jun 26@Kevin Middleton Football’s own Joe Wicks 😂 that sounds amazing though.Amazing catalogue that can be done anywhere with minimal equipment and have a huge impact on development if they get those reps in!1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jun 26@Jamie Birch he’s got better hair than me 😬😂I get messages from parents of kids who are still doing those breakfast club videos on a rainy day.Never underestimate your impact as a coach 👍1Reply
David Woodhouse
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David Woodhouse • Jul 1@Jamie Birch this is something I’ve been thinking about recently. My team are moving into U12, so first year of competitive football. We only train once per week for 90 mins. My thought is that most of the session needs to be based on team training, rather than individual ball mastery. Ideally the kids should be spending time every day with the ball at home practicing.What are your thoughts?1Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Jul 1Hi David, how are you? Personally i would still dedicate some time to ball mastery, that still leaves you over an hour for everything else. I would suggest adding in some 1v1 or 2v2 games on the back of the ball mastery so you can see the skill in an opposed environment.@Kevin Middleton what are your thoughts?0Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul 1@Jamie Birch that’s a difficult one.@David Woodhouse how do you find the players concentration levels after about 60 minutes?At that age, I would be incorporating ball mastery technical squares as part of their warm up. Loads of touches, works their technique, and it will all be football movements as well.Best way to shake the after school hangover and get them tuned into football!1Reply
David Woodhouse
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David Woodhouse • Jul 1@Kevin Middleton that’s why I normally have them playing a match at around the 60 min mark 🤣. I think incorporating it into the warmup seems more viable but combining with homework.2Reply
Stephen Kavanagh
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Stephen Kavanagh • Jul 9I’ve thought about this a lot after moving through the age groups and now thinking about how I’d do things differently next time (oh yes). I think it depends on what time you have with them partly. I’d say warm up with ball mastery at younger age groups and play lots of games that require Everyone With a Ball (TM). You could maybe give ball mastery cards/QR codes out at training and get them to practice at home and then get them to show them off to each other at training. If the games you play a… See more1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul 9@Stephen KavanaghStephen, tens of clubs use 360@home to do ball mastery homework and warms ups for their teamshttps://www.skool.com/coachingacademy/classroom/7a4e0505?md=5625d82a36704053bae11cc9f76e6786I have made it available for subscribers of this community 👍2Reply
Ryan Anderson
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Ryan Anderson • Jul 9Does anyone have any good resources that can help guide players in ball mastery for homework? I’m thinking more than a list of skills and # of reps, but like 10-20 min videos that kids can push play on do the skills along with the video. I’ve looked and the videos I’ve found either aren’t the right developmental level (I’m looking for U9/U10) or not long enough to make a meaningful “homework assignment”. I’ve thought about making them, but don’t want to recreate the wheel and don’t really have time.1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul 9@Ryan Anderson hi mate, before I head to my YouTube channel to dig out videos, can I just check if you mean these videos aren’t the right age group?https://www.skool.com/coachingacademy/classroom/7a4e0505?md=5625d82a36704053bae11cc9f76e67861Reply
Ryan Anderson
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Ryan Anderson • Jul 11@Kevin Middleton That’s a great resource and some of it is for the right level for sure, but I’m looking for more of a complete workout in a singular video. Maybe 10-15 skills, guided by a coach. “Let’s start with 30 secs of Inside Taps…here’s how you do it…and go!….Now 30 seconds of toe taps…go!” and so on. The coach demonstrates and does that skill in the video so they can copy it (or has a kid doing the demonstration). That kind of idea.1Reply
Ryan Byng
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Ryan Byng • Jul 11I try to include Ball Mastery into the start of every session. A majority of my team were new to football last season but watching them now when they participate and the inprovement is huge. They don’t appreciate how much these 5-10mins every week has improved them1Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Jul 11@Ryan Byng agree mate, it’s a really important part of development. The reps all make a difference in the long run0Reply