Trish
You're welcome
Good luck this week
Any other help I can give..feel free
RICh
-----Original Message-----
From: Johnson, Matrisha A. HS <matrisha.johnson@...>
To: 'Good-Bad-Ugly@yahoogroups.com' <Good-Bad-Ugly@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, April 23, 2001 3:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Good, Bad and Ugly (about Soccer)] please help


>Thank you Rich for your comments to Teri. I too coach an U10 boys team and
>think that your comments will be very helpful. We play our first game this
>coming Thursday.
>
>Trish
>
>Matrisha A. Johnson
>Hamilton Sundstrand-General Accounting
>Phone:(860)654-5336
>Fax:(860)654-3453
>matrisha.johnson@...
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Bourley [SMTP:richard@...]
>> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 9:19 AM
>> To: Good-Bad-Ugly@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [Good, Bad and Ugly (about Soccer)] please help
>>
>> TERI.............you need a lot of help
>> I run a team of 10/11 year olds, we are playing the final this week. I
>> played at a high level for years. If I can help........
>>
>> First.....11 players only!........then find out who can run
fast......they
>> are the wide players ( wingers)........who is strong and
>> confident......they
>> are defenders. 1 playmaker sits in the middle of the team and they are
the
>> best passer of the ball. If you have kids who wont come back and defend,
>> they only want to score......don't fight it, let them. The formation that
>> works best for me is 3 4 3
>> 3 defenders, 4 close midfield, and 3 attackers, 2 are wide left and fight
>> and they can run fast.
>> You will not often see a pro team play like this but it works great for
>> kids.
>> Get them to socialise...they will pass to each other if they like each
>> other. I have written about 30 pages of help for othet coaches here ( in
>> London), but it is not a book and i give it free to help. If I can be of
>> more help then i am happy to send you bits of info at a time to get your
>> team winning ( where do you play?)...........
>> The first thing you might want to try is this....and it is funamental to
>> playing good football.
>>
>> STAMP ON THE ANT!
>>
>> line the kids up opposite each other. they will pass to each other only
>> touching the ball ( with their foot) once. ONE TOUCH PASSING
>>
>>
>> TEACH THIS.....
>> There is an ant standing right in front of the ball, poking his tongue
out
>> at you......stamp your foot down on him hard ( he is wearing a crash
>> helmet,
>> so he will be alright)..Don't wait for the ball to come to you, kick the
>> ball with the instep( FLAT INSIDE) of your foot while it it just in front
>> of
>> you. Your knees are in line , your toes are pointing foreward on you
>> standing foot, and if you are right footed, they are pointing directly
>> right
>> on your kicking foot. Stamp hard on the ant as the ball comes to you.
>> The effect is a back spin pass which is easy to direct and doesn't
require
>> an extra touch. Some kids will be able to do it straight away. Others
will
>> get it in a few weeks. It doesn't give the players on the other team time
>> to
>> tackle you so its a safe way of playing. You can practice without the
ball
>> at home or with just two kids goig backwards and forwards.....see how
long
>> they can keep it up before it goes wrong. If you put 2 rows opposite each
>> other to begin with...it will always go to someone. If they say the name
>> of
>> who they are passing to you can see who is directing the ball well and
who
>> isnt.
>>
>> HAVE A GO....ITS FUN
>> If I can be of any more help.....rather than sifting through books.....i
>> am
>> happy to help......I retired very young so i have time for the things i
>> enjoy.
>>
>> GOOD LUCK
>> RICH
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Teri Munden <tmunden47170@...>
>> To: Good-Bad-Ugly@yahoogroups.com <Good-Bad-Ugly@yahoogroups.com>
>> Date: Monday, April 09, 2001 1:37 AM
>> Subject: [Good, Bad and Ugly (about Soccer)] please help
>>
>>
>> >im a new coach for a co-ed 7-9 youth soccer team. i
>> >know the basics, and i've heard of half and full backs
>> >but i'm not sure how to place them on the field. does
>> >anyone know where i can get a diagram of how to place
>> >my players on the field. we can have 7 but no more
>> >than 11 on the field at one time. thankyou for any
>> >help you can give me.
>> >
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