4 VS 4 DUTCH STYLE GAMES - GIVE THEM A BALL AND SET THEM FREE !

"The game is only 11v11 in the
tunnel, once the game begins it’s a
number of different situations made
up of 1v1’s, 3v2’s, 4v4’s…………”






Anyone who has ever come to any of my futsal / grass sessions knows how big I am on small sided games, that's why I started futsal in 2014 as a team training session for our BHFC BLACK U/10 team. We recently did something similar at the BHFC SOCCER CAMP , Danny Parman made it 3 vs 3 though, so even more touches /passes/1vs1,s etc. Dutch style ?????? so I thought, although , Steve Lomas told me over a pint of Peroni in the 3 colts !!! Ron Greenwood was playing these games years ago .  These games  can be  taken further , I  also use target players at the side and the ends and can be progressed by only scoring by using different parts of the foot, weaker foot , chipping the ball the list is endless, they are great games for ,warm ups, mid session, or end games , can be used for sessions on short passing, turning, creating space etc etc etc etc

No coaching, the game is the teacher

 Simple to set up

 Simplifies the choices in possession [pass, dribble, shoot]

 More player participation

 Different games bring different problems to solve and skills used

 More touches of the ball

 More passes attempted

 More 1v1’s attempted

 More goals scored

 When used, keeper participation is greatly increased

 No refs

 No results recorded

 No positions, just footballers

 Children take responsibility






http://regioniii.usyouthsoccer.org/assets/926/15/4v4%20Games.pdf




https://www.nwtkicks.ca/uploads/page_content/documents/resources/coach/the_dutch_vision_for_soccer_-_4v4.pdf






http://www.anbfutbol.com/4V4%20Football%20a%20must.pdf

The Coerver way , why i am big into ball manipulation and 1 vs 1,s

Just applied for a job as a part time coach at Coerver , which led to me look through their website again .The top video is the course I attended at Fulhams fc in 2013, the 2nd video explains a bit about their  player development structure, good watch for those interested






https://www.coerver.co.uk/youthdiploma






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQgWlw5mpGE

Wanting to play Futsal after xmas ?

 Futsal club Roding are looking  for players who want to play Futsal after xmas in the Loughton area . u/7,s u/8,s Tuesdays 5 till 6pm  and u/9,s u/10,s Tuesdays 6-7 pm .Email me Stuart.blake@bhfc.co.uk.
What is futsal , best explained here by youth coach Steve Watson


http://7coachblake.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/by-youth-coach-steve-watson.html

By youth coach Steve Watson

Turbo charge your players’ football skills in 20 minutes








I am not exaggerating when I say - in terms of youth player development - 20 minutes playing futsal is worth hundreds of minutes playing regular youth football.

What is futsal?

Futsal is a 5 a side football-like game that is played on a small (usually indoor) court.

How will playing futsal help your players?

Children develop their football skills via practice and experimentation. They need to find out what works and what doesn't when they're faced with an opponent.
Several studies have shown that in a 60 minute small sided football match a young player will have the chance to practice their skills in 1v1 situations about twenty times.
But in a short, twenty minute game of futsal, the same player will find themselves in more than eighty 1v1 situations!

Futsal is great for young players to learn a range of key skills

Children who play futsal become more agile, faster, stronger and have better balance. It also helps youngsters become more comfortable with the ball and give them lots of opportunities to practice passing, dribbling, turning, shooting and ball control whilst under pressure. Your players will pass more often, shoot more and score more goals.
Compared to football, futsal demands more versatile players. It's normal for every player to play in every position on the field during the course of a game. Futsal players are not labelled as defenders, midfielders or attackers like they are in football.
In futsal, you will never see bored defenders stuck in their own half while all the action is taking place thirty yards away, as you do in so many youth football games. You will never see a young futsal keeper shivering from the cold and desperately trying to look interested as his team-mates play with the ball at the other end of the field.
The small court and the way a futsal ball sticks to a young player's feet helps players learn how to control the ball quickly in tight spaces, make rapid decisions, shoot instinctively and constantly look to support their team-mates. So it's an excellent way to develop competencies that can be directly transferred to seven, nine or eleven a side football.

So why don't more coaches teach their players to play futsal?

1. Lack of facilities
Futsal is best played indoors but there is no reason why you can't play futsal in school halls, car parks, on Astroturf, 3G or even on grass.
2. I don't have a futsal!
A futsal ball has a special bladder that gives it it's unique low bounce but if you don't have one, you can play futsal with a football ball that has been slightly deflated.
3. I want be The Coach!
The coach in futsal is very much in the background. There is no time to shout instructions and players have to think for themselves. There are often no parents on the sidelines to impress. So futsal is a bit of let down for the many coaches who like being The Coach and love to hear the sound of their own voices.

EXPERIENCED DEFENDER WANTED (U/10) READ ON !!!!!! ...........................................

Another top performance on Sunday against a team who like us have only lost 3 games this season, it was just as thou we had continued from where we left off from the last league game .We was on the front  foot from the start with Tobi on the right and Hayden on the left destroying the right and left backs, some great link up play and double J found Hayden in space to put us one up on 17 minutes and well deserved as we had gone close on numerous occasions , we just couldn't find that finish. The passing and all round movement off the ball which has been evident all season was a joy to watch , adding that solidity at the back ,with Will playing only his 2nd game in defence with the more seasoned Joe Regan, we was always going to be hard to beat. Faith back in that holding midfield role holds it all together and all 3 know that if space allows they have licence to attack at Will. Faith's  confidence in attack  in recent weeks I think comes from trusting the boys understanding of there  defensive duties now, they seem to have finally realised the importance of defending, and when you have a team who all understand and can play in defence and add to that anyone can hit the back of the net, you are always going to be hard to beat. The midfield also work tirelessly supporting who was ever playing in the final 3rd and helping out the defence .Double j,s passing vision, Mitch,s tireless running, and when we had to bring players off, the players who came on ,  in this case the two Nathans were as good as the players you bring off . Coby had a few saves to make but was reasonably un troubled in the game . I have to give credit to the headed goal by the opposition , one of the best headed goals I have seen in youth football (mind you I havnt seen too many , and when I have they have probably been by our team #justsaying!!)Been a great season so far, far better than I expected, we trained pretty much all summer, added to the team well bringing in Will. We have a tight nit group which you will always get with a core of players who go to the same school, most train together twice a week and socialise together. Add to that when they play they play with no pressure or fear of making a mistake. Going forward it wouldn't be unlike me to pick a team to play who lets say may give us something to think about, like we did at the start of the season , a good whooping wont do them any harm, as we always seem to come out of it for the better.




NON COMPETATIVE LEAGUES


A few of you see the whatsapp post about a county FA talking up the value of no league tables /non competitive games . I have never met anyone who likes to lose,  man /women or child, but the result should never take precedent over development, we would of won shed loads more games over the last 4 years if I would of played the stronger defensive players every week  and our best goal scorers/ attacking players in the same positions . . From research and talking to highly qualified  coaches ,every player must have a defensive and attacking mind-set, be comfortable on the ball be dominant in 1 vs 1 situations and be able to play with both feet by the time they exit the foundation stage at 12.You definitely wont get all them skills  pigeon holing players at 9 years old . By being able to play in multiple positions at a younger age you will develop an all-round better player at 15. If you was great at maths at school would you only want your child to do maths but not English ??  Players will find their  better positions organically. I would never enter to into a league where I couldn't rotate players, that would go against everything I have ever been taught .The player should be at the centre of everything we do as coaches , but we see it all to often in the English game the " win at all costs mentality " .I was sent a tweet this week by Rudi at Belmont , a team looking for an experienced DEFENDER AT U/10 !!!!!! WTF. Only in England would that happen! .Why not coach one into being a defender "that's coaching " We will continue with the " total football " mentality win lose or draw, that will definitely give our players a better grounding to take into what ever they standard they end up playing. Back to non competitive leagues , every team will be placed into a league on ability, the teams struggling will be relegated and the teams winning will be promoted. But would you want to win games at u/10 by playing your best 7 players every week, no rotation ,  no equal playing time ? I personally wouldn't , I would rather make the players I coach better, because that is coaching. We have good players all of similar ability but with different strengths, 4 naturally left footed players, four players who scored 100 goals between them last year, every player can defend , most can play in goal,  We are probably at our level in league status, we are challenged every week and the kids are enjoying there football, having 2 teams at the club in leagues above us I would definitely want to repeat the friendlies over 20 mins we had at the start of the season , I think the two loses (one very heavy ) didn't do us any harm , caused me a few sleepless nights !!! but again its all about the kids

Article from "Keep the ball " by John Cartwright , it was thou i wrote it myself !

  This ‘rotational’ form of playing requires a team of highly talented individual players who possess the skills, game awareness and physical qualities for the game. I have often thought that we have not utilised opportunities to convert talented players to other areas of a team to both enhance their own playing qualities and increase the playing standards of that team


https://keeptheball.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/total-talent/


















Too often players remain ‘fixed’ to a positional role due to limited team selection or a lack of positional experimentation and our game has failed to make sufficient progress. There have been successful ‘conversions’ in the past but these have been rare.




https://keeptheball.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/total-talent/

He demanded mastery of the ball in every training session at every level, and he also wanted his players to adapt to different positions on the pitch.

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