| that’s how important National Team coaches Dorrance, DiCicco and
Heinrichs considered player skills. U.S. Soccer Development Academy Technical
Director John Hackworth recently said something similar: “Too many
youth coaches, in their quest for results, emphasize speed, strength,
size and tactics over ball skills … We need our younger players
to be comfortable with the ball. We need our older players to be able
to do it in a phone booth, with two or three defenders around them.”
Another long time coach and administrator in a nearby state addresses
the needs of all players – not just the elite – when he writes,
“Teach skills and players will play a lifetime.” Put simply,
you can’t do enough skill work. Through U14, we recommend that at
least 75% of a Team’s Training should focus on developing players’
skills.
The Coerver NW Team Skills Training program consists of sets of eight sessions led by Coerver Master Coaches. Being a Coerver® program, sessions will include work on foot skills and ball moves, 1v1 play, attention to developing a dynamic first touch, technical work on striking the ball, and developing effective soccer habits. Sessions follow a detailed written curriculum, a copy of which is given to the coach for follow-up purposes. Follow-up is essential between sessions for teams to get maximum value from this program. Each session also includes a number of activities players can do on their own away from the team training environment.
Ball Magic - This fast-paced program for U8 and U9 players focuses exclusively on the essential elements of Super Skills Training. We recommend this as first course of Coerver® instruction for these young groups of players. 75 minute sessions, bi-weekly over two seasons to allow the team’s coaches to follow up one each session before the next.
Super Skills - For teams U10 and older. We recommend this as first course of Coerver® instruction for all teams. Eight 90 minute sessions over 10-12 weeks in one season, or split between fall and spring.
Advanced Super Skills - Advanced Training, for teams that have completed the initial Team Skills Train-ing program. Eight 90 minute sessions over one or two seasons. The first two sessions and the first half of the remaining ones focus on taking each of the elements of the initial Team Skills Training to the next level – skills used at greater speed, under greater pressure. The remaining time is devoted to topics (each team chooses two) such as: Eliminating the Weaker Foot, Back-to-Goal Training, Creating the Easy Goal, The Building Blocks of Team Play. Or perhaps a topic suggested by the team.
The fee for Super Skills Training is $1200. This provides eight 90 minute sessions of instruction for up to 16 players at a training site provided by the team. Where two teams arrange for back-to-back training sessions (e.g starting at 4:30 and 6:00), the fee is $ 1050 per team. (For programs with 75 minute sessions: $ 1025; $ 925 per team when two train back-to-back.) If a team does four sessions, divide the appropriate price in half.
For further information or to discuss Skills Training and/or a Partnership for your Club, please call 206.243.3984 or e-mail us at info@coervercoachingnw.com
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