Footwork Drills
Seven Tips for having a Successful
Practice
1. Set a target for each player to get an absolute minimum of 300
touches each and try to achieve this in the first 20 minutes of the
session.
2. Don't run drills which involve long lines of players standing around,
chatting to each other, waiting for their turn to have one or two
touches. Design practices that keep everyone involved all the time.
3. Make all of your practices as realistic as possible. Simulate real
match conditions when ever possible.
4. Restrict practices to set periods of time or target scores (you do
have a stop-watch don't you?) and don't let them run on for too long -
5-10 minutes is usually enough.
5. You might understand the practice and what it's meant to achieve -
but do your players? This is the hardest thing for a coach to
communicate to his players. Plan how you are going to communicate the
practice before you get there. Is it easy to understand and communicate?
If not, ditch it and do something else. Always have a back-up plan!
6. Avoid long practice games or scrimmages. A number of players will get
considerably fewer touches than others. Keep it to 10 minutes maximum.
Smaller sided games is a preferred method!
7. Make it fun for your players, for their parents, (if you coach kids)
and for you. This is
the most important aspect of Coaching, you have to satisfy all people
involved. When you can successfully please everybody involved, Coaching
becomes easy, and your team becomes winners!
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