The passing skill in Najib's words does not specifically refer to the passing action that players must use to dribble and break through, but a general reference that can be understood as ball feel, ball skills, and the player's ability to control the ball.
This is easy to understand. Players with excellent extraordinary skills can use their skills to escape on the spot and control the ball in a small area to expand their options. They do not necessarily have to beat the defensive players in front of them head-on. Players with such skills can kick
It can be more "cunning" when playing ball, with strong deception and unpredictability, making it more advantageous in one-on-one confrontations.
However, clubs generally do not specifically teach players how to pass people. Players can pass people in training sessions, but that is free play. If you can pass, you can pass. If you can't, you will be judged as not having enough talent.
Teams will not systematically teach players passing skills, because this is a waste of time in most teams. Firstly, a team will not allow too many players to pass freely, and secondly, coaches will not
Take the time to bet on whether the player has this talent.
In the traditional concept, players' extraordinary skills are often not systematically trained. Talent is considered to account for a large proportion, including physical characteristics, such as the bent-legged Garrincha and the short Maradona. It is undeniable that
, the taller the players are, the less agile they are than the shorter players. This is determined by innate conditions.
However, the importance of passing skills proposed by Najib is not to pass for the sake of passing, but to serve the players' characteristics.
For example, in Peter Pan, Overmars likes to pass from behind. He passes the ball and then passes, which can directly lead the opponent's entire defense line to retreat and disrupt the opponent's defensive rhythm.
Aldridge began to review his youth training policy. Looking back at when he first took over the team, his focus in training players was for the team and to unite the team into a whole. Therefore, he must emphasize the integrity of the team. This is inevitable.
, if he emphasizes the skills at his feet and allows the players to perform as they please, then the team will be doomed and will only be a mess.
It can be said that Millwall did not have a youth team at all last season. The youth team is just a training stage to practice first-team tactics so that the players can play team football through teamwork.
This season, Millwall officially has a youth team. The youth training base was built less than half a year ago, and Nagy discovered the shortcomings of this youth training system.
There are two types of excellent coaches. The first is to let 11 geniuses fully display their strength, and the second is to let 11 ordinary players display their strength as 1+1 is greater than 2.
From the beginning, Aldrich did not think that the players he bought for the team were mature talents. Otherwise, it would not be his turn to acquire them. Therefore, what he has to do is the second point, let the players perform 1+1.
If the strength is greater than 2, then the foundation of the team is of course the team, which is also the long-term policy of building the team.
But with too much emphasis on the team, Aldridge somewhat ignored the players' personal growth.
What's the reason?
When Aldridge reflected on himself, it was probably because he valued teamwork more, so subconsciously he did not have the expectation for players to perform individual heroic performances.
Therefore, when the players pass the ball on the court and the players are in place, he is satisfied.
Is this enough?
not enough.
Far from enough.
Aldrich suddenly woke up. No team can achieve a permanent tactical lead. No, because tactics are a cat and mouse game. When your tactics lead, countless people will start to study containment strategies, and eventually return to the game.
Balance, and then wait for the next tactical change.
Excellent tactical concepts can improve the team, but in order to maximize tactics, players still rely on them.
Aldridge was a little annoyed. He even boasted that there were no secrets in tactics with Ferguson. The key was the fit between players and tactics, but he ignored this.
Are the tactics mysterious?
It’s not a mystery. Countless teams want to imitate the tactics of the strongest teams, but many latecomers’ coaches have failed miserably. The results of the experiments are just imitating others. The most critical factor is that the composition of the players is uneven, and perfect results cannot be achieved at all.
Don’t later teams want to imitate AC Milan? But do they have Nesta, Maldini, and Costacurta in the defense? Do they have Seedorf and Pirlo in the midfield? Do they have Shevchenko at the forward?
,Inzaghi?
The same goes for Barcelona. Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Puyol, etc. are all unique and cannot be copied perfectly by imitating tactics.
A successful team should be the product of a perfect combination of tactics and teamwork, both of which are indispensable.
Aldridge was a little too focused on tactics and neglected the team.
He was blaming himself, and it could be seen on his expression. Naji comforted him: "Aldridge, you don't have to be like this. Millwall has performed so well this season. It's really difficult to find problems in good times. You can't be too harsh."
You’re not perfect enough, are you?”
Aldrich collected his emotions and said after a moment of silence: "I think I made this mistake six years ago."
"Six years ago?"
Najib doesn't understand.
Aldrich asked, "Have you ever heard of Gutfreun?"
Najib shook his head.
After reminiscing, Aldrich said: "I studied in the Netherlands six years ago. The youth training policy implemented by the Dutch Football Association at that time was based on the football philosophy of Michels and Cruyff, and the concept of total offense and total defense was simple.
, I admire this philosophy very much, because I think the future development trend of football is that offense requires overall defense.
Defending also requires the whole team. People will often see defenders assisting the frontcourt and forwards retreating to the penalty area. The mainstream Dutch football style is very popular with me, but in the Netherlands, there is a relatively unknown football style that I only hear about occasionally.
Only after talking among colleagues did they find out that the person who created that genre was named Gufren."
Najib asked curiously: "Is there such a person?"
"Yes, but in the Netherlands, he is not tolerated by the mainstream. Dutch football is dominated by the tactical thinking of Michels and Cruyff, who believe that tactics are supreme and that simple football is the best for players. In my heart
Deep down very much agrees, because the development trend of football is that players are getting faster and faster. Regardless of offense or defense, fast and concise is the mainstream, and slow and leisurely
If you organize an offense and stick to the ball too much, you will only be eliminated by the times. Gufren created a training method called cm, which advocates technical flow. The core idea is that if a person controls the ball, he will control the opponent.
As a result, they have dominated the game, requiring players to only practice skills and not tactics from an early age, as if they want to prove that genius can be cultivated, rather than determined by talent."
"Genius can be cultivated...Genius can be cultivated..."
Najib murmured to himself and kept repeating this sentence, which sounded incredible.
How many football players have there been in the past 100 years of football? It is difficult to count, but hundreds of millions is not an exaggeration, because players are replaced within 15 to 20 years.
But in the past hundred years, how many geniuses have there been? According to the proportion of the football population, it is simply a proportion of zero percent after the decimal point after adding countless zeros to get the number.
If genius can be trained, then if the players put in the sweat, wouldn’t they be Maradona, Bailey Beckenbauer?
"At that time, I heard a statement made by Gufren, and I was repulsed by his football philosophy. In order to refute Michels' tactical flow, he said that the opponent's success depended on having Cruyff.
With a talent like Van Basten that can only be seen in a century, it doesn’t matter what formation he uses. I think this is very ridiculous. Brazil, which is full of talents, has proven countless times that it is impossible to command 11 days.
Achieving success will not be much easier than commanding 11 idiots. Because of this preconceived notion, I have no interest in the training model that advocates practicing skills instead of tactics. But looking back now, I feel that I was guilty.
We made the same mistake as the Dutch Football Association. There is no life-and-death relationship between the tactical stream and the technical stream, just as the barrier between the power faction and the technical faction is getting weaker and weaker."
Najib blinked and said with a sigh: "I think this kind of thing should not be black and white. Tactical flow and technical flow can coexist, but there should still be a distinction between priorities."
Aldrich nodded with deep understanding and said: "Yes, that's what I want to say. The tactical flow is the soul, and the technical flow is the body. Only when the two are perfectly combined can the best results be achieved. The famous super strong man in history
The team, at least the tactics are not lagging behind, and the team has talented players to execute it. But I did underestimate the top-heavy situation in the past."
Najib asked with some confusion: "Why didn't anyone remind you? There are so many coaches here."
Aldridge smiled bitterly and said: "Jenson and the others were both from Ajax, and they advocated tactical flow. In the Netherlands, they were instilled with tactical concepts, and their technical characteristics were based on talent, rather than deliberate training. They
It will make the players spend more time practicing passing and running awareness instead of specifically practicing how to pass people. I can't blame them for this. If you don't raise these questions, I don't see anything wrong."
Najib nodded in understanding and then asked: "So how to solve this problem?"
Aldrich thought for a while and said: "Sometimes football schools think too idealistically, which is not good, and there is always a disconnect between ideas and reality. For example, technical flow can train players with good skills, but it does not necessarily train geniuses.
, maybe one hundred thousand players train their skills regularly, and no more than ten will eventually become geniuses. And among these ten, how many can integrate into the team? We need players to improve their skills. That is when they have the talent.
On the basis of talent, it is to turn potential into ability, rather than treating this kind of training as the mainstream. It is unrealistic to hope that after day-to-day training, mediocre players will become the next Maradona.
Training the soul is still a tactical concept. Secondly, targeted technical training should be used to let players grow up so that they have distinctive characteristics in the team. While complementing each other, they can also maximize their advantages, which helps with tactical flexibility.
."
"But where can we find such a coach?"
"I remembered two people."
"who?"
"You don't know even if you tell me, I hope I can recruit them to join."
Aldrich's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table.
Two figures appeared in my mind.
One is Meulensteen, who later in history transformed Ronaldo from a flashy cycling boy into Mr. Golden Ball.
The other one is Ricardo Moniz who retired three years ago.
The former has not yet been lured to Manchester United by Ferguson, but Aldridge doesn't know where he is.
The latter can be found in the Netherlands. This man later trained Robin van Persie in history. Even when Van Persie moved to Arsenal, he would regularly return to Moniz for training. It can be said that Van Persie's technical characteristics are the result of special training.
What the two have in common is that they are both admirers of Gufrun. Meulensteen has studied CM in depth. Aldrich has heard of CM before, but only six years ago did he know that it was Gufrun who created it, and Mullenstine suddenly understood it.
How to train Ronaldo? Moniz has been taught by Gufren's words and deeds, and he has learned everything he can.
The most important thing is that Aldrich hopes to recruit these two people not only to train players, but also to train coaches.
