Seeing Zhang Sheng's focused eyes, Heike Fogel also felt very accomplished. After taking a sip of coffee, he continued: "Every training session of mine, at the beginning, during the process, and at the end, I will
Explain the content of this training separately, ask the players the reasons and purposes of such training, and ask the players again at the end of the class. After a training class, 50% of junior players may not be able to master the technical movements taught in a class, but
They all know in their hearts why they should learn this action and under what circumstances they should use it. In this way, as a coach, you will clearly understand the progress of the players, which is also a success in teaching. Therefore, there is no need to adopt purely
commanding manner, and simply concluding to the player, 'This kid is not fit to play football, he can't learn it.'"
As a former youth training coach, Zhang Sheng strongly agrees with Heiko Fogel's words.
Zhang Sheng also knows that guiding players during training is far more effective than directly ordering players. When you train players to dribble the ball from one area to another designated area, one player uses the ball to change direction in order to avoid the crowd.
action, changed the route of dribbling the ball, and finally reached the designated area. The coach should praise the player for taking the initiative to observe and think at this time, but many coaches did not encourage them, but told the players what to do rightly, and then let them
The players refer to the exercises over and over again. The training rules should be simplified so that the players can focus more on the practice itself; cultivate children's independent judgment instead of "robots".
After talking about the usual training, Heiko Fogel talked about the youth competition: "This time I traveled around so much and saw many youth competitions. During the competition, I paid attention to
There is an obvious problem. This problem does not lie with the players, but with the performance of the coaches during the game. To give a recent example, when I went to Xiangfan for an inspection last month, I happened to encounter them doing a 7-year-old
In a game between the two teams, there were coaches from both teams standing on both sides of the court, and they were shouting non-stop, and the content of the shouts was nothing more than rough instructions to the players, or even reprimands.”
Speaking of this, Heiko Fogel said helplessly: "During the game, communication between the coach and the players is necessary, but it is the players, not the coach, who are playing on the field. Those rough instructions
It does no good to the players. It will only increase the pressure on the players and even cause confusion. 'Run here! Pass the ball! Run there!...' The coach is like playing a real version of live football, and he still lacks a controller in his hand.
, and the children were manipulated by him. The coach yelling at the players on the field will not help at all."
After hearing this, Zhang Sheng's mind immediately thought of the scene Heike Fogel mentioned, and he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
Seeing Zhang Sheng's helpless smile, Heike Fogel continued: "I think if the games are like this, accompanied by huge psychological pressure and fear of losing, players will only get worse and worse. As
Coach, you have enough time to explain the problems exposed in the game to the players before the game, at halftime, and after the game, but do not blame the players during the game; in addition, never make targeted remarks in front of the entire team.
Accusing a certain player. In my opinion, this kind of behavior is a kind of verbal punishment or even humiliation, which has a great impact on the mental state of the players. Not to mention that there are some such young children on the field.
, these coaches’ accusations not only affect the game, but also affect the children’s daily interactions and face.”
Zhang Sheng responded seriously: "That's true. It's not just youth games, but any game. You can't just blame the players during the game."
"It seems that we have the same idea, so I will talk about my general approach in the competition, and you can also give me some opinions." Hearing Zhang Sheng's response, Heike Fogel was also very excited and unhappy.
Not knowing whether it was him getting into the zone or the caffeine kick, he continued: "There was one time when my team was trailing 0-3 at halftime, and both the defense and the goalkeeper performed very poorly, and the players were on the field.
I often get intercepted and lose the ball. At this time, I will give the players some simple encouragement: 'Pay attention to looking up and observing more, concentrate, and you will definitely score a goal.' This simple method will give positive encouragement to the players. Of course,
In the end, the game ended in defeat, and the players' performance was still terrible, but scolding and blaming the players will not do any good."
"During halftime, I will first shout, 'Everyone, come here, sit down, drink water and rest, don't talk, relax.' Let the players sit around me and let them relax. This will relieve the players' tension, and even
The mentality of fear.”
"Then I will ask everyone some positive and brisk questions, such as, 'Everyone is in good physical condition now, no one wants to pee, right?'"
"Next, I will ask everyone very tactfully, such as, 'Who thinks they should have played better? If we worked harder, our performance on the field would be better?' I know that most players will hear this kind of question.
They will definitely raise their hands. They know that their performance is not good, but they can do better. During the whole process, I will not criticize any player by name or put pressure on the players."
"Then we will break down some processes of the game and let the players achieve some small goals first during the game. And I will encourage them. For example, I will say, 'The score doesn't matter, what I want to see is that you improve every time.
"Don't think about the final result of the game, try to score a goal, and run hard for your teammates and the whole team.' Even if they are likely to lose the game, as a coach, you should not dampen their ambition and put more pressure on them.
Doing this will not do any good for the players, either mentally or in terms of game performance. During the game, what players always need is the positive encouragement of the coach. Over the years, I have seen many coaches do nothing but keep on the sidelines.
He scolded and yelled, even verbally abused, which is completely inconsistent with the sportsmanship of football."
After listening to Heike Fogel's description of youth game directing, Zhang Sheng nodded in agreement. These coaching details are indeed the result of the long-term coaching experience of many high-level youth coaches, which are also mastered by most domestic youth coaches.
Inaccessible places.
After talking about this, Heike Fogel flashed his coffee cup and signaled that he was going to add more coffee. Zhang Sheng also deliberately asked him to take a rest after talking for a long time and asked: "What did you just say?
Has it been documented?”
Heiko Fogel, who came back from pouring coffee, nodded and said: "Since the last time we were preparing to write a plan, I have synthesized some notes from my previous coaching days and some youth training notes you gave me.
Organizing, basically the first draft of the document is almost completed.”
After speaking, Heike Fogel did not stop and continued: "I will also talk about some daily training plans and details. Do you want to understand?"
Of course, Zhang Sheng would not miss the opportunity to communicate like this and said, "You can continue talking."
Heiko Fogel continued: "What I will talk about next is planning first. I think coaches should have a complete curriculum plan. When I was a youth training coach, I always had a three-year curriculum plan.
Courses. The first-year course sets basic training goals for players to lay a solid foundation for participating in the game; the second-year course adds some game-related training goals to allow players to start participating in the game; the third-year course
Strengthen game training and improve players' competitiveness. Every year, there must be training goals, and ultimately achieve greater goals step by step. During the whole process, coaches can clearly evaluate the changes and progress of players. I am also prepared to let
All our football school coaches have also submitted their own long-term training plans."
Zhang Sheng strongly agreed with this opinion: "That should be the case. Coaches of each age group should have their own long-term plans."
After Heiko Fogel nodded in agreement, he first talked about his coaching method: "When I coached before, every training had a clear theme. For example, in a training session for junior players, I would set
One topic: basic dribbling skills. My expected goal is to dribble the ball evenly with both feet, master the dribbling movements of three different parts, and control the distance between the ball and the feet when dribbling. So in the whole class, I will not involve fancy tricks.
The dribbling skills do not involve techniques and tactics, so there is no need to have high expectations for the teaching results of this lesson. Simplify the training and make the training content closely related to the theme!"
Next, Heiko Fogel talked about the shortcomings he saw during his trip to several campuses this time: "When I went out for inspection this time, I often saw this situation happening to some coaches during training: the coach started to
The training theme is not stated, so I don’t know; the training purpose is not fixed; at the same time, these coaches do not care about the different actual requirements of players of different age groups. Children aged 8-11 will practice together. During warm-up, they will go around the court.
There was no football in the whole warm-up process for running. When it came to training, there were rope ladders, sign discs, and plastic rings. It looked like it should be a speed-agility-cadence training, but the coach did not demonstrate the technical movements in detail. 14 players
They lined up in a long line to train one by one; some were doing static passing training, with no teaching points; others were dribbling around the mark plate, with no teaching points. In the training game, when the whole court was 7v7, there were no game conditions set to strengthen this section.
The training objectives of the lesson.”
Then Heiko Fogel sighed: "As a player, when they finish training and go home and are asked by their parents what they practiced today? I'm afraid they can't answer it themselves. Such training is unacceptable. Formulated
It should be very simple to involve everyone in the training plan. However, many coaches often choose the simplest and fastest training method, perfunctory, and then end it hastily. Players may only come to training once a week, and they are not interested in training.
This training session is with great anticipation, and coaches should treat training with the same attitude and maintain the same enthusiasm and devotion to each session from beginning to end."
Zhang Sheng actually understands what Heike Fogel said. Many youth training coaches nowadays are not only about abilities, but also about professional ethics.
Then Heiko Fogel talked about some official youth competition issues: "Every coach wants his players to run around the field wearing uniform jerseys, score goals, celebrate, and enjoy the joy of football. But
In real games, the stadium and goal are too big, and the number of teams is unreasonable, which will greatly reduce the effectiveness of the game. For example, in the 'Haha Cup' invitational match we just watched, there were many problems in their game."
Zhang Sheng said quickly: "Tell me."
Heiko Fogel was not polite and explained the problems one by one: "First of all, the venue. Their playing venue is too big. Normally, if the stadium is too big, the players will feel uncomfortable standing on the huge surface.
They are at a loss, have no sense of position, and have no way to implement their techniques and tactics. If the children usually train and compete on the five-a-side court, but suddenly use half or even the entire 11-a-side court to compete, this will do nothing to the young players.
Meaningless. Because in training they may be practicing passing and dribbling about 5 meters, but suddenly in the game, they need to dribble the ball over 20 meters or pass the ball over 10 meters... This arrangement cannot allow players to truly
Improvement. Small venues can enhance the frequency of players' movements with and without the ball, and enable quick 2-to-1 short passes, thereby improving players' creativity, comprehensiveness, and control of the game."
"Then there's the goal, which is too big. When young players participate in the game, the score is not important. If a big goal is used, it is impossible for the goalkeeper to move quickly and cover the distance between the goalposts on both sides. This arrangement is meaningless, and
In this case, players tend to kick forward directly without paying attention to precision. Players will not improve in this kind of game. With a small goal, the goalkeeper can make effective saves. If the opponent is stronger
, no matter what goal is used, they will still win in the end, but a 4-1 game is much better than a 1o-2. At the end of the game, both teams can have a better mentality."
Hearing Heike Fogel's words, Zhang Sheng also thought of some youth invitational tournaments hosted by the organizer in reality. No matter what age group they are, they all use gates. Therefore, Chinese youth teams often lose by a large margin.
, for example, in an invitational tournament in 2o16, Xinjiang U15 lost to a Japanese club with a score of 1:9. Such a score can only make your team more ridiculed.
There are so many things in just one venue and one goal, and Zhang Sheng finally understands how important the details of high-level youth training are. (To be continued.)
