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Building a Winning Team: The Art of Squad Selection

Regulation. The sport of football is limited by a number of rules that the coach should know in order to teach them to his players and by following the same, set the goals to be achieved, select the content, design activities, etc. … It is important for the coach to propose activities taking into account the rules of the game. For example, if we want to improve our team’s attack, the offside rule must be present in collective actions; otherwise we will be training players in an unsuitable way.
Game basics: in attack and defense. When we make an analysis of the game, there are two situations that determine the roles of each team: if the team has possession of the ball then it is in the attack phase. If, however, the opposing team has the ball, we will be under defense. For both situations there are a number of principles and tactical fundamentals of the game we need to know to apply for the game’s development. These matters are and should be trainable during theoretical and practical sessions with our players.

Technical basics. The football regulations limit us in using the body parts in contact with the ball. We cannot use arms and hands, just the legs, trunk or head. The exception is the goalkeeper, provided he’s in the penalty box and if the ball hasn’t been passed to him by a player of the same team. These limitations force us to teach players the best way to use the body parts to make the necessary technical actions, which are basically: control, driving, dribble, kick and punt.
Basic principles of sports training. The sport of football is a high-intensity physical activity. When you play or train, the body organs “suffer” stress. A good coach should have a basic understanding of physiology applied to exercise to see how bodies react to stress. Having a basic understanding of the principles of sports training helped to establish the optimal stimuli, times and types of adequate recovery (threshold law and principle of super compensation and overcompensation). Besides physiological aspects, it would be smart to know the principles related to psychological concepts (motivation, transfer, meaningful learning, etc. …)

Training and methodology: How I like to coach. What is my training methodology.

Global Methodology – looking for situations and experiences to improve and influence decision-making . At the same time we must teach the tools: techniques and tactics so that players face problems on defense with confidence and assurance. More than a guided discovery – it’s a meaningful learning journey.Training should be planned: goals, objectives for each of the organized and sequenced cycles. Planned objectives, as defined above. Each workout is an opportunity to get better and to achieve a specific goal that puts us closer to the ultimate goal. Design and prepare well-organized training sessions: structure, subgroups, assigning bibs, heart rate monitors, set-up activities, materials.

I like to encourage players to move as soon as possible. If the design of activities is correct, and the rules are clear, the goals are achieved without having to talk much at all. Pausing only to drink water and recover.We train game systems adaptive to the circumstances to play our game.All the tactical work is always thought from the stages of the game and the application of offensive and defensive tactical principles. Apply “ Real life game situations in training”, so players are prepared come actual game time to react should these common situations occur.Technical work is always thought from the tactic. Decision-making is involved in some way.
All the physical work is directed from the tactics and positions.In training, our duty is to provide each young player with as many different experiences as we can – teach them to play, moving without the ball, anticipating, finding and creating spaces, play with confidence and belief to win. Winning should be the result of playing well collectively as a team, to achieve the goal and end result.

They are my reason for being a coach. When I was 13 years old, I chose to prepare and study to be a coach because I wanted to help other players to be better, to achieve their full potential in football.They are my priority. I always think about how I can impact more positively towards each player’s future.It’s the greatest feeling to see players appreciation for their confidence in me. My greatest respect because they perform activities in my trainings well and because they follow my advice.

Players have all my admiration because it is they who make it possible in their chosen sport with their talents for me to teach and encourage and watch them grow as players each year. I always continue to learn from my players, they keep me “alive” in this game. They give me their time and confidence because they know that they learn and improve with me. They “speak” for me in the field, they are the proof of whether I’m doing well and how I can improve. I learn from their successes and learn also from my mistakes. We need players with motor intelligence who understand the game and anticipate what will happen.

They need to be active and take the initiative not waiting for the adversary. We need to create players that are committed to their fellow players. When attacking, they should always seek and support the player with the ball: angles, displacements, move defenses out of the way. All are attackers. When defending they should help the whole team. They all defend. The sum of the parts is greater than one. Each player has a role, roles that the team needs. I like to train honest players: committed to the team, sacrificed in the effort, and in solidarity with colleagues who “give” everything for their team.

As you can see, answering all the questions of the introduction is part of my privacy as a football coach. There is no right or wrong answers, they are just guidelines that guide me as a Pro. I would like to know about your own philosophy and idea of football. Send me an email and let me know.
The first thing is to select which goals we want to achieve in each period, which content we will develop for these objectives, what methodology we will use, how to evaluate the objectives we have achieved and the improvement proposals for future intervention.

Players have all my admiration because it is they who make it possible in their chosen sport with their talents for me to teach and encourage and watch them grow as players each year. I always continue to learn from my players, they keep me “alive” in this game. They give me their time and confidence because they know that they learn and improve with me. They “speak” for me in the field, they are the proof of whether I’m doing well and how I can improve. I learn from their successes and learn also from my mistakes. We need players with motor intelligence who understand the game and anticipate what will happen.

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