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Author: Trevor Charlie Date: Category: Likes: 0 URL: https://www.skool.com/coachingacademy/disjointed-team-struggling-to-gel-possesion-poor-any-advice
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 8Hi Trevor, thanks for the message.Yeah, that’s an extremely frustrating situation and well done for trying to be analytical to diagnose it on this level.I’m unsure of the age group you’re coaching or the format you’re coaching at, so apologies if my advice is not accurate.My advice would be lots of 1v1s, lots of small-sided games (4 players on each team max), and lots of “rewards” for aggressive defending. The smaller the space, the more body contact. Usually, you would add more players for more… See more2Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 8Hi Trevor, thanks for the message.Yeah, that’s an extremely frustrating situation and well done for trying to be analytical to diagnose it on this level.I’m unsure of the age group you’re coaching or the format you’re coaching at, so apologies if my advice is not accurate.My advice would be lots of 1v1s, lots of small-sided games (4 players on each team max), and lots of “rewards” for aggressive defending. The smaller the space, the more body contact. Usually, you would add more players for more… See more2Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 8Hi Trevor, thanks for the message.Yeah, that’s an extremely frustrating situation and well done for trying to be analytical to diagnose it on this level.I’m unsure of the age group you’re coaching or the format you’re coaching at, so apologies if my advice is not accurate.My advice would be lots of 1v1s, lots of small-sided games (4 players on each team max), and lots of “rewards” for aggressive defending. The smaller the space, the more body contact. Usually, you would add more players for more… See more2Reply
Trevor Charlie
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Trevor Charlie • Sep 8Thanks Kevin. I’m coaching U15. 11v112Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 8@Trevor Charlie Thanks for the further information. First or second season at 11s?How come the players left? If you don’t mind me asking1Reply
Trevor Charlie
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Trevor Charlie • Sep 8@Kevin Middleton Second season at 11s. First season on full size.So we lost 6 at the end of the season for various reasons and 2 during the season. Mainly to play with mates. Our players player of last year was travelling 30mins each way for training and more for away matches and wanted be closer to home. 2 quit football. The 2 that left mid season were our best players. 1 of them was golden boot winner 24/25 with 29 goals and 8 assists.There was also some disharmony which I’ve only recently fou… See more2Reply
Steve Miles
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Steve Miles • Sep 9What positions have been filled with new players this year. 1st job for me would be getting them up to speed with the rest.The best teams turnover the ball around 150 times a game. Don’t focus on the turnovers, focus on the reaction when it happens. Quick counter or quickly press or quickly get into a defensive shape. Depends on your philosophy and playing style but I would focus there.5Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Sep 9@Steve Miles Great advice Steve0Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 9@Steve Miles 👏1Reply
Chris Unruh
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Chris Unruh • Sep 9Totally agree. I just wish kids had better context (coaches too for that matter)It would help take the edge off pressure wise and in turn probably breed better results3Reply
Trevor Charlie
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Trevor Charlie • Sep 10Last couple of seasons I’ve been working the true definition of success into my coaching language. My wide attackers were frustrated that there were not assisting with more goals and getting tackled losing the ball at the byline. My response was to try and reframe that if the loss of possession resulted in a foul or a throw in the opponents half or a corner, that was success as it gave us a chance at the advantage. There’ s also the fact that their run even if stopped gave us yards into their half and further up the pitch.3Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Sep 10@Trevor Charlie Great Trevor. I saw an interview with Ryan Giggs recently where he was talking about wingers not worrying about IF they lose the ball. Just keep getting your defender in 1v1 situations and get at them. I’m a huge advocate of taking risks in the final third.1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 10@Trevor Charlie Love that, and I love the concept of reframing success into little victories. I am huge on the aggregation of marginal gains (a concept I learned in my data analytics days)Also, in a 1v1, the defender has to win every time, the attacker only needs to win once to punish the opposition2Reply
Trevor Charlie
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Trevor Charlie • Sep 10Ah the law of the 1% also one of my fave phrases. If all the squad give just 1% more effort/concentration/focus …. (Insert applicable) then we will be at least 11% better. 16% including the whole squad.2Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 10@Trevor Charlie and it compounds over time!2Reply