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Author: Jamie Birch🔥 Date: Category: Likes: 0 URL: https://www.skool.com/coachingacademy/what-advice-would-you-give
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Steven Hall
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Steven Hall • Aug 4 (edited)Fun tag games for movement without then with a ball as Ball mastery.Anything competitive they love that’s game realistic like ssg’s, overloads etc keep it fast paced, then slow it down a bit with tactical drill but quickly go through it get them into position and let them learn the drill on their feet as they go, if you talk over it and they don’t understand you lose valuable time where they could be doing the drill and learning it repeat for a few weeks to maximise the learnings etc but they do… See more2Reply
Steven Hall
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Steven Hall • Aug 4 (edited)Fun tag games for movement without then with a ball as Ball mastery.Anything competitive they love that’s game realistic like ssg’s, overloads etc keep it fast paced, then slow it down a bit with tactical drill but quickly go through it get them into position and let them learn the drill on their feet as they go, if you talk over it and they don’t understand you lose valuable time where they could be doing the drill and learning it repeat for a few weeks to maximise the learnings etc but they do… See more2Reply
Steven Hall
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Steven Hall • Aug 4 (edited)Fun tag games for movement without then with a ball as Ball mastery.Anything competitive they love that’s game realistic like ssg’s, overloads etc keep it fast paced, then slow it down a bit with tactical drill but quickly go through it get them into position and let them learn the drill on their feet as they go, if you talk over it and they don’t understand you lose valuable time where they could be doing the drill and learning it repeat for a few weeks to maximise the learnings etc but they do… See more2Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Aug 4@Steven Hall great points Steven. Fun and competition are really key. Glad you’re enjoying the game model!0Reply
Stephen Kavanagh
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Stephen Kavanagh • Aug 5@Steven Hall Tag games are great when they are small (well, pro teams use it so it obviously isn’t restricted to U12s!!). We played a lot of these.0Reply
Chris Unruh
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Chris Unruh • Aug 5For distractions a few things that make a difference- consider what way you are having the kids face when you talk to them- is there a play structure behind you- a road with cars driving by? Flip their orientation so the park or road or other games are behind them, or the least distracting scene is behind you. Game changer.Body language too, getting down to their level when you talk to them, especially the younger kids makes a difference. Try and make themlaugh once in awhile so that they know w… See more0Reply
Stephen Kavanagh
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Stephen Kavanagh • Aug 5@Chris Unruh I like the detail about - what’s going on around you and can you setup so they aren’t distracted by it. My group always wanted to go on the adventure playground, I used to dread being near that or a ball going over there!!Switching activities regularly is a top tip and also if you are playing SSGs not changing the game at all - but maybe change a constraint like if you’ve got two pitches make one bigger or smaller; change the scoring zone from ‘you have to be in it’ to ‘you get 1 po… See more1Reply
Chris Unruh
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Chris Unruh • Aug 5@Stephen Kavanagh at the real younger ages I’d let them go after listening or a drill as long as it was a “speed run”. They’d get one minute to go on every single slide, bridge and swing and it would be mayhem with a countdown and a race to get back to me. Got it out of their system and kept them less distracted afterwards. And speed runs became exhausting for them lol1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Aug 5This is a great video, Jamie, well done. It’s always good to be open and honest when you’re reflecting.1Reply
Ross Whitehead🔥
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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Aug 5Some of these might be a repetition of some of Jamie’s but here’s what I wish I knew:1. Be prepared for a real mix of abilities and how quickly some kids will learn compared to others. Not everyone learns at the same rate, so be patient.2. Young kids do not need to be run around the pitch as a punishment for not listening. If they’re not listening, maybe your message is too long or too boring. Or (as I found out) they might have ADHD and can’t help it!3. Make your sessions as much fun as possibl… See more3Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Aug 5@Ross Whitehead Great additions, Ross. I’d be interested to hear everybody else’s advice/additions as well.I love the advice of number five because it links in well with number four.1Reply
Stephen Kavanagh
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Stephen Kavanagh • Aug 5I think @Jamie Birch and Chris and Ross have got them all! The levels of distraction when they are 6, 7, 8, 9 are off the scale. I used to get so frustrated about it, I nearly packed it in after an away game where in the warm up they mucked about driving me nuts, it rained and hailed, we got hammered even with extra players on the pitch…. But my FA tutor said two things that made a difference, one was ‘give them the game’ so we played Funino every week, all session and the messing about vanish… See more2Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Aug 5@Stephen Kavanagh amazing advice Stephen. I think cabbage might be your new nickname 😂😂0Reply
Stephen Kavanagh
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Stephen Kavanagh • Aug 5@Jamie Birch Hmmmm.0Reply
Stephen Kavanagh
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Stephen Kavanagh • Aug 5I got a lot wrong being new to it when I started. Wish I’d had the Game Model.1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Aug 5@Stephen Kavanagh If it’s any consolation, Stephen, I wrote the thing, and I still wish I had it when I started!I’ve made more mistakes than anyone in the years between starting to coach and writing that game model document (and I am still making them!). Hopefully, it can help coaches avoid some of the same mistakes that I made.2Reply
Emrah Yalpur
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Emrah Yalpur • Aug 64 things I wish I knew when first starting to coach kids a few years ago are;
- You must bring energy! Fun, positive energy with kids. And create short trigger words.. I.e scan, open up, shape
- Don’t intervene everytime kid makes a mistake. You can find 10 000 mistakes in 2 hrs of training with kids if that’s all u are looking for. Instead, when a kid does something good.. I.e. head up, open body, back foot receive, then stop play, ask him to do it again and praise him and continue from there.
- Don’t … See more
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Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Aug 6@Emrah Yalpur great advice Emrah, and welcome to the group!Can you expand on point number 3 please? Do you have examples where you did this and it didn’t work?1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Aug 6@Emrah Yalpur “You must bring energy! Fun, positive energy with kids. And create short trigger words.. I.e scan, open up, shape”Love this! It is great advice2Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Aug 6I love making the defenders link arms in the rondo, i’ve never seen that before - i’m stealing that! Thanks Emrah!1Reply