The attached plan focuses on four areas: Conditioning,
Individual Skills, Team/Group Skills, and a new area, Team building. I
have provided a brief description of what these are and what our goals will
be.
Conditioning. We will be improving
our strength, flexibility, agility, speed and endurance. I am concerned
with the upper body strength and knees and joints in preparation for the
challenges of Division 1 (and WAGS) play. When I speak of speed, I am
focusing on both the physical and mental speed of the game. The players
will take an introduction to tactics test. I will introduce the subjects
over a series of emails. Physically fast players are dangerous, but a
player who can think and "see the field" as fast as they move is
UNSTOPPABLE. Our goal for conditioning is for players to be effective
for 35 minutes of straight play.
Individual Skills. Every
practice involves improving individual skills. Confidence with and
without the ball is what we will focus on. Players need to continue to
practice on their own using the practice booklet and their own imagination.
Coaches will provide guidance on areas that need improvement, but the time and
effort is the players' responsibility. Our goal is for each player to
improve one area of her game.
Team/Group Skills. The technical
side of attacking and defending as a team will be stressed this season.
We will train defense and attacking team skills to improve our time and space.
In defense this means denying opportunities for the opposing team to develop
an attack. In the attack, we want to organize quickly and un-balance the
other team's defense to open scoring chances. We will do this through
small-sided games, and see if we can transition the skills to scrimmages.
Team Building. High performing
soccer teams have the ability to COMMUNICATE and COORDINATE under PRESSURE.
We will be giving the players team-building exercises to improve communication
skills and the ability to organize effectively under pressure of a game.
One aspect is the PENALTY KICK CHALLENGE. Just like the shoot-outs in
international soccer, the players will compete each practice for rewards.
This is also great training for our 'Keepers.
We are all proud of what we have accomplished in ODSL.
I expect even more improvement and accomplishments in the future. The
success of this plan depends on the individual and collective commitment of
the players (time and effort) and parents (time and transportation).
Please review the plan with your family. If you have any questions, feel
free to contact Coach Paul or me.
Coach Rob
PRESEASON TRAINING
Objective: Prepare LMVSA Patriot Red players for U14G
Spring season.
Goals:
Initial priority is to condition players from indoor to outdoor environment
for 30 mins each practice.
· Build endurance - Build from 2:1
work/rest to 5:1 work/rest
· Flexibility
· Strength - Upper body, arms, abs, and
legs
· Agility
· Speed
Improve team COMMUNICATION through team building events.
INTRODUCE soccer tactics through a 20-question tactics test.
Continue to stress home practice of individual skills (Issue Practice
booklet).
Continue to train group and team tactics through small-sided games and
scrimmages.
Build confidence and competition through the "PENALTY KICK
CHALLENGE."
Method:
Coaches will use eight, 90-minute sessions that provide challenging and fun
activities.
Use economical training to make the best use of training time (i.e. combine
strength, aerobic, and dribbling activity).
Subjects for sessions are:
March 3 Defending (individual
and team)
March 6 Defending Using the
Keeper
March 8 Scrimmage
March 9 Indoor Game
March 10 Defending Against Restarts
March 13 Heading
March 14 Indoor Game
March 15 Scrimmage
March 17 Attacking (Controlling the
Ball)
March 20 Attacking with Restarts
March 22 Scrimmage
