Best 2005 Possesion Coaches
- Thread starter Loveofthegame7
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FWIW I see a lot of teams trying to play "possession," but the players lack the technical ability to execute it. Traps are loose; passes aren't to feet; girls lack confidence on the ball when they're under pressure. So they don't move the ball quickly, can't play out of tight spaces, and they end up having to hoof it. Most teams, despite what their coaches say, end up playing direct when they're not playing a wildly overmatched opponent. Hurtarte's CDA Slammers team makes a real effort to possess; the Galaxy teams do, as well. And I'm obviously biased, but ball mastery, technical ability, and possession are the foundation of Jacob Tudela's teams. (I'm not selling -- we're in LA.)
You speak the truth. My daughters team looks pretty good when playing a lesser opponent. But when are matched up against a faster, bigger team it looks pretty rough.
A coach who teaches possession is important. But it's also important to face the right kind of competition. Too easy and you won't learn much. To hard and you'll learn less.
bruinblue14
SILVER
Not quite North OC, but try Anthony Burrola at FC Premier.
SoccerFrenzy
SILVER ELITE
Carlos Guerrero is the 06 coach and not 05. He is indeed a great coach though! You should look at IE Surf RB
smellycleats
SILVER ELITE
In my humble opinion “pure” approaches are not the most effective. There is a place for an athletic direct style play and a place for possession. I think a good strategic coach knows when to direct players to use one of the other given the circumstances of the game. A hybrid.
The problem is that you can't teach a true possession style of play in one year. It takes multiple years of dedication in which there will be bad, bad losses. And parents nowadays hate bad losses and see it as a result of poor coaching. You'll only see true possession teams at a club that mandates it at the youngest age groups. And most clubs fall on the spectrum between SD Surf/West Coast/Beach --------------------- LAGSD/Legends/Arsenal
Absolutely. It requires a commitment from the coach (who may not collect as many trophies from his or her 8 to 12-year-olds) and from the parents (who, as you say, may have to sit through some losses.) So great coaching is important, but so is great communication. For example, a team might make a lot of progress in Tier 2 and get to the point where they can dictate play pretty consistently against other teams; then they get promoted to Tier 1, where everyone is a little bigger and a little faster, and suddenly there's a fraction of a second less time to make decisions, and then the whole possession thing falls apart. Girls can lose confidence ("Why doesn't it work anymore?"), parents can lose patience ("WHY DOESN'T IT WORK ANYMORE?!"), and the coach has to send the message that what's needed is just good training and time. And if the coach backs that up with some good training over time, the team will eventually hit the next level.
So, yeah, it's mostly on the grown-ups. In my experience, when the coach commits to a philosophy, and the parents support it, the kids are actually the easiest to get on board.
Oh, E! Kicks are for kids, so you can punt and chase all you want.
Jogabonito
BRONZE
Possession soccer is a method of playing soccer with the ball in order to reach the ultimate objective the goal. This method for the most part involves the ball staying on the ground and being distributed throughout the field with an objective. The kids playing this style of soccer need to have a different kind of soccer IQ. The coaches coaching this kind of soccer need to have a different kind of soccer IQ. The ultimate goal of possession soccer is still scoring a goal. Finding coaches that coach this style correctly are not very common. In my opinion this method isn’t very easy to coach because it involves a great deal of work and development by the coaches. It’s a shame we don’t have more coaches out there coaching this style of soccer, specially at this critical age.
Kick or chase?
Draluck is kick. Kale is chase.Kick or chase?
chefsilver
SILVER
Kale is the prefect defention of kick ball, kick and chase, go deep.
Well put Sir.
It's like watching the Raiders for the last 20 years until Carr got there...
We played Apple Valley about 4 weeks ago and they were doing this the first 10 minutes of the game and they were undefeated until this past weekend, so I imagine it is a common trait for their team. My daughter was playing outside the 18 most of the time to clear every ball. Hats off to Apple Valley coach who switched mid game and stopped playing that route, instead running possession through the midfield. I think my daughter had about 45 touches that game, crazy high number for a keeper when she usually gets 15-20.
I think if a team defensively runs a high back line, presses with its mids and fowards, then going over the top for the other team can be the best bet. Especially if their keeper stays on her line. Adapting during the game and taking what the other team gives you should be under consideration for all coaches. In the NFL if teams only run and throw short passes, the safeties creep up. Need to go long to keep the other team honest.
sdklutz
SILVER ELITE
What happens to the girls when they are no longer the fastest and biggest? Does anyone have any experience on how their players develop as they move onto the older ages? Are they missing skill or lack the mental ability? I am genuinely curious...
I don't see a lot of skill development happening at practices. From my very brief experience with club soccer it seems that most of the individual skill development (needed for possession soccer) comes from private trainings.
It is a myth that teams who practice a direct high-energy approach to games as conditions warrant don't also spend practice time developing individual skills.