Objectives:
1. Introduce drills that require the players to use their weaker foot.
As the lads were warming up I had a brief chat with the manager who told me that the lads scored twice in the late stages of the previous match. I was delighted by this. As the lads were stretching I set up the drills. By stretching the lads will be able to increase their range of motion (Anderson,1981). The drills in this session were all going to involved passing and controlling with both feet. The ability to use both feet in football is important as it makes the player less predictable whilst in possession of the football.
To begin with I got the lads to pass the ball to one another (Eteamz.com). This simple exercise would increase the lads confidence. The lads obviously used their stronger foot. To progress it further I only allowed the lads to use their weaker foot. This caused problems. To make it easier I suggested to the lads to use their stronger foot to stop the ball. This would make it easier to make the pass. Once I was happy with the outcome I was ready to progress.
As the lads were stationary in the previous drill, I felt it was now appropriate to involve movement. In groups of four I made the lads pass the ball to each other. However, to make it difficult I made the lads move into space (Totalyouthfootball.com). It must be noted that the same control and passing method was used from the previous drill. To make it harder I challenged the players to increase the tempo of the drill.
To end the session I introduced a game. However, I only allowed the players to use their weaker foot as I wanted to relate it with the learnt drills. Despite not being attractive to watch it allow the players to become familiar with their weaker foot. Even though it was awful I continued to encourage the lads as I didn’t want to damage the rapport with the lads, something that can contribute to player anxiety (Cote&Hawes). This ended my session.
Anon (2007) Totalyouthfootball.com [online] [accessed 16th November 2007,11.37hrs]
Anon (2007) .Eteamz.com [online] [accessed 16th November 2007, 11.17hrs]
Anderson,B. (1981) Stretching. GB: Hollen Street Press
Cote & Hawes: The relationship between coaching behaviours and sport anxiety in athletes: Vol 3, Issue-2, June 2000, Pages 110-119.
1 comment:
There is an obvious attempt to link what you are doing in practice with the theoretical components of the course. However, these links are at times somewhat tenuous.A greater effort needs to be made in linking individual elements of theory with individual elements of practice. How about using expressions such as - Anderson (1981) in his seminal book on sports stretching highlights how ...
Your references are not in Leeds Met Harvard format I suggest that you read the book "Quote, Unquote" which can be downloaded as a pdf file from the Leeds Met website.
Colloquial use of language in your blog is acceptable but try not to make spelling and basic grammatical errors.
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