Official TFK Football (soccer, not Gah) Coaching Thread

[Bandage]

Because @TreatyStones wouldn’t give me the okay to open up the GAA coaching thread to actual sports. What kind of sessions would proper football men like @Juhniallio, @mickee321 & @Crutches run for an U9 team?

We’re a community club & all about participation & development, unlike the cut throat nature of some Dublin set ups. Plenty of the boys are really progressing but others are stuck in neutral at best. U9 is still 5 or 6 aside depending on numbers. So you have your squad of 12 or so & you play 2 matches. We try to balance our two matchday groups - no point in loading one team & the other getting thumped - but it’s tricky enough “hiding” a couple of weaker players in a small sided game.

Still focusing to a fair degree on the basics in training - passing, touch, dribbling etc - but obviously taking Kev’s example & adopting a constraints led approach too. Various drills to encourage passing, movement, creating space & finishing. And then different attacking & defending scenarios such as 3 v 2, 2 v 1, ghost players etc. 5 v 5 games also to replicate match conditions & work on positional play.

Is there anything else to be doing? This IS VERY IMPORTANT.

[Julio_Geordio]

If they aren’t rondoing they aren’t at anything

[Fagan_ODowd]

If your kids aren’t in one of the major academies by U9 you may forget about them. You’re only tormenting them trying to coach them.

[Bandage]

@Fagan_ODowd

If your kids aren’t in one of the major academies by U9 you may forget about them. You’re only tormenting them trying to coach them.

When you say major acadamies…do you mean a Belvo, St Kevin’s, Shamrock Rovers type of place?

[TreatyStones]

No you fuckin simpy, i told you there was already a soccer coaching thread.

Admins. Please merge these.

The Soccer coaches thread

is it just me, @TreatyStones , @Juhniallio @twiceasnice97 and my uncle who are at this? ok ill start where are we with getting 7 year olds ( senior academy) to learn to play out from the the back? Ive added the retreat line now to our games , we only revert to positions when the ball goes dead and goalkeeper must play ball to a defender, attacters cannot encroach beyond retreat line until defender has received the ball and defender must play it forward… When the ball in play they are all …

[Bandage]

It’s this lack of attention to detail that’s inhibiting my coaching journey.

[gilgamboa]

@Fagan_ODowd

If your kids aren’t in one of the major academies by U9 you may forget about them. You’re only tormenting them trying to coach them

Absolutely if you are only training these lads to play Sunday pub soccer you’d be as well off teaching them how to roll a joint one handed at least they will fit in

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

My lass had her first association football blitz yester

[Bandage]

@gilgamboa

Absolutely if you are only training these lads to play Sunday pub soccer you’d be as well off teaching them how to roll a joint one handed at least they will fit in

I was watching our Over 35s in a local derby over the weekend too. An intoxicating combination of filthy tackles, wily old campaigners, deft touches, minds being willing but the legs not so much. There was a couple of outrageous goals, comical incidents, red cards, infighting, entertaining mouthing off & then both teams retired to the club bar for pints afterwards. Amateur football is absolutely terrific. We all need to join Aodhán & continue to make funding football a political issue.

[gilgamboa]

@Bandage

I was watching our Over 35s in a local derby over the weekend too. An intoxicating combination of filthy tackles, wily old campaigners, deft touches, minds being willing but the legs not so much. There was a couple of outrageous goals, comical incidents, red cards, infighting, entertaining mouthing off & then both teams retired to the club bar for pints afterwards. Amateur football is absolutely terrific. We all need to join Aodhán & continue to make funding football a political issue

I played a couple of seasons of adult soccer as a late teen and it was some education both on and off the pitch. Changing in the ditch, fellas using the newspaper as shinpads, terrible refereeing and lots of cider… salad days