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The original question was the following:
What is the best way to teach possession ball to young players?
The answer is all about creating an environment where players are in the proper progression of complexity and where care of the ball is emphasized. For example from 7-9 years old this would be a 3v3 environment in which players have a huge amount of contact with the ball and make many decisions about when and where it is best to dribble and when and where it is better to pass the ball. Not taking anything at all away from emphasis on isolated technique which is extremely important, but most possession is lost at the highest levels by poor perception and decision making and not by technique. Where to run, how to open the body properly to receive second foot, to look over the shoulder, to get into a lane to receive a pass (into the light) etc... Rondos (keepaway games) of which there are many variations are taught to Spanish youngsters as young as 6 years old. This comes directly from Barcelona youth coaches. The repetition of technique can be learned from a combination of wall work or through analytical exercises at the training session. When players are beginners there should be more time and space and this should be progressively taken away as they become adept at working in tighter spaces. So small sided games (less large team tactics and more important concepts) mixed with technical work away from the training session and during short periods during the training session. Just a reminder that the whole purpose of possession soccer is to move the opponents to one side of the field in order to switch play and attack on the other side taking advantage of 2v1 situations. This is important to remember because the game for our youngsters becomes more lateral rather than just a direct game. This in turn allows for more building of the game rather than just a run and gun approach.
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Right on brother!!!
Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe original question was the following:
What is the best way to teach possession ball to young players?
The answer is all about creating an environment where players are in the proper progression of complexity and where care of the ball is emphasized. For example from 7-9 years old this would be a 3v3 environment in which players have a huge amount of contact with the ball and make many decisions about when and where it is best to dribble and when and where it is better to pass the ball. Not taking anything at all away from emphasis on isolated technique which is extremely important, but most possession is lost at the highest levels by poor perception and decision making and not by technique. Where to run, how to open the body properly to receive second foot, to look over the shoulder, to get into a lane to receive a pass (into the light) etc... Rondos (keepaway games) of which there are many variations are taught to Spanish youngsters as young as 6 years old. This comes directly from Barcelona youth coaches. The repetition of technique can be learned from a combination of wall work or through analytical exercises at the training session. When players are beginners there should be more time and space and this should be progressively taken away as they become adept at working in tighter spaces. So small sided games (less large team tactics and more important concepts) mixed with technical work away from the training session and during short periods during the training session. Just a reminder that the whole purpose of possession soccer is to move the opponents to one side of the field in order to switch play and attack on the other side taking advantage of 2v1 situations. This is important to remember because the game for our youngsters becomes more lateral rather than just a direct game. This in turn allows for more building of the game rather than just a run and gun approach.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe original question was the following:
What is the best way to teach possession ball to young players?
The answer is all about creating an environment where players are in the proper progression of complexity and where care of the ball is emphasized. For example from 7-9 years old this would be a 3v3 environment in which players have a huge amount of contact with the ball and make many decisions about when and where it is best to dribble and when and where it is better to pass the ball. Not taking anything at all away from emphasis on isolated technique which is extremely important, but most possession is lost at the highest levels by poor perception and decision making and not by technique. Where to run, how to open the body properly to receive second foot, to look over the shoulder, to get into a lane to receive a pass (into the light) etc... Rondos (keepaway games) of which there are many variations are taught to Spanish youngsters as young as 6 years old. This comes directly from Barcelona youth coaches. The repetition of technique can be learned from a combination of wall work or through analytical exercises at the training session. When players are beginners there should be more time and space and this should be progressively taken away as they become adept at working in tighter spaces. So small sided games (less large team tactics and more important concepts) mixed with technical work away from the training session and during short periods during the training session. Just a reminder that the whole purpose of possession soccer is to move the opponents to one side of the field in order to switch play and attack on the other side taking advantage of 2v1 situations. This is important to remember because the game for our youngsters becomes more lateral rather than just a direct game. This in turn allows for more building of the game rather than just a run and gun approach.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNothing wrong with my perceptions I watch these clubs play almost ever weekend and there are a lot of good teams. Are you confusing the select teams with the premier? I can see if you are referring to select teams up north.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSorry, but the guy you are responding too is right. Washington doesn't do anything different than Oregon and if you think there's some greater sophistication of play going on up north you probably don't know what you are watching.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThats why so many scholarships to northwest colleges go to the Oregon players?
Girls up in Washington seem to be bigger, stronger, and faster than in Oregon. That is what I notice when I watch the games.
I didn't say Oregon players were any better at possession than Washington, so all things being equal... the better athlete will get picked.
If you take a look at D1 soccer schools in Oregon (UofO, OSU, and Portland) than there are more Oregon and SW Washington than N. Washington.
The schools up in Washington (UofW, WSU, and Gonzaga) have more kids from N. Washington.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThats why so many scholarships to northwest colleges go to the Oregon players?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostO WISE one... Please tell us then what the BEST way to train kids are. And for an FYI in the majority of the countries around the world with established youth systems its all about individual development at those young ages. But hey you are going to tell all of us weaklings the proper way to train kids.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThats why so many scholarships to northwest colleges go to the Oregon players?
So for these two schools combined, you have 16 rostered players from the Portland metro area and 4 from the Seattle metro area.
Now what was it you were saying about Oregon players not getting scholarships?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostHmm, well just checked the rosters of University of Oregon and University of Portland. Oregon has 10 players on the roster from Oregon and 1 from Washington. Portland has 5 from Oregon, 1 from Washougal, WA, which is just north of the border of Gresham, and 3 players from the Seattle area.
So for these two schools combined, you have 16 rostered players from the Portland metro area and 4 from the Seattle metro area.
Now what was it you were saying about Oregon players not getting scholarships?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostHmm, well just checked the rosters of University of Oregon and University of Portland. Oregon has 10 players on the roster from Oregon and 1 from Washington. Portland has 5 from Oregon, 1 from Washougal, WA, which is just north of the border of Gresham, and 3 players from the Seattle area.
So for these two schools combined, you have 16 rostered players from the Portland metro area and 4 from the Seattle metro area.
Now what was it you were saying about Oregon players not getting scholarships?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI am talking about the boys soccer on this. Not everything on this post is girls soccer related parents. Look at all the soccer schools in the Northwest area regardless and you will see the stronger players are Washington up north. Overall, if you went outside your geographic area you would see this. I bet if you looked at the schools north most would say Seattle players. Bottom line I guess is which teams do the best overall and that would have to be team up north boys or girls.
Univ. of Portland has 10 Oregon boys on their roster and zero from
Washington. U of O has no boys soccer team, but simply substituting Oregon State, you have 12 boys from Oregon (including one Vancouver) and 2 boys from Washington.
Combined, that's 22 boys from Oregon/Vancouver and 2 from Washington proper. That's even more extreme than on the girls side. I'm happy to send the links to the rosters if you're having a hard time.
I mean at what point do you accept that the facts are completely inconsistent with your statement?
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