The Game is the Teacher - Drills For Soccer Harmony

Football coaches can be compared to conductors.that working on the mentality of players is
Every musician plays their role and instrument in asynonymous with team building. At least as important
band. The coach like the conductor, they mustis the team building in regards to how the football is
ensure that every player is able contribute, and heplayed. All coaches work on developing team tactics,
must also ensure the result is harmonic. A coachand many do not identify or acknowledge it as a
must also create a team out of 11 players, whostructural process. It is more often seen as a form
together aim to reach the highest possible level. Aof game tactic, which is important, of course,
coach also has opposition that is wanting to disruptproviding that it is based upon an optimally developed
everything you do. When selecting how we are goingplaying style. this requires structural process. it is
to achieve this, the soccer drills we use are essential.more often seen as a form of game tactic, which is
During a game, every player constantly has toimportant, of course, providing that it is based upon
anticipate the ever changing situations and make splitan optimally developed playing style. This requires
second reaction about what options does he take.structural training work using clear team tactical
These actions are created by their teammates andguidelines. There are three distinct types:
the opposition.ORGANISATIONAL TEAM BUILDING
The truly great players all possess the quality toOrganizational team building concerns the guidelines,
continuously and quickly oversee all the possiblewhich play a role in the team organization, the team
options. they also have the technical abilities and swiftstructure, and the organizational form. These
movement patterns to come up with the correctguidelines define the role and function of every player
solution in most situations. And the coach preferswith the team organization. You can compare then to
team efficient solutions, through drills for soccer teamtraffic lights, whereby the individual behavior on the
building. These solutions will express directly orroad is steered via the guidelines in relation to other
indirectly the aim of the match: to win or at least notdrivers. to prevent chaos. These actions become
to lose. Complexity and unpredictability of the everautomatic. this is true for many things on a soccer
changing situations prevent the perfect form everypitch. There is no time to think. Action must be taken
being played. This is a positive factor. It is a given, offast and in a team efficient manner. Because in and
course, that every coach, especially those at thethrough this combination, the players make each
highest level, strive for perfection to get the mostother perform better.
out of their team. The qualities of his players decideSTRATEGICAL TEAM BUILDING
what the limits are of the achievement of his team.Strategical team building concerns a series of
The aiming for perfection is getting tougher all theguidelines which describe how with a certain team
time, this is why over the past years, on all fronts,structure, the whole team, a line, or a group of
coaches, clubs have aimed to raise the grade ofplayers, defend, build up, and attack. Important
perfection concerning the performance of the team.therefore is the continuous positioning of the players
More then anything, in this demanding athletic climate,in relation to each other, taking into account the
team defensive performances have greatly improved.resistance of the opponent and the developments in
As a result, high demands are put forward on build upa game.
and attacking qualities, in individuals as well as in teamTEAM TACTICAL
tactics. The individual top class players can not beTactical team building concerns such questions as
improved very much. However much can be gained"How do I prepare my team tactically for the
from improving their functioning within the team. Aupcoming match?" "Should I adjust to my opponent?"
structural learning process for players between theThere are variations of familiar team strategies. They
ages of 6-18 and 18-21 is needed now more thenare based upon specific resistances from a match.
ever, to fully ensure the complete development ofThe splitting up of the team process in three distinct
both the individual abilities and team tacticaltypes is of course a schematic approach. In practice,
awareness of the players.the three elements overlap and are intertwined with
At the top level, the cohesiveness of the team as aeach other. The are components of each other. This
whole has become more and more decisive. There isclassification must be seen as a frame of reference,
room for improving teamwork to raise theas a better foothold for coaches. Depending on the
performance level. It is then understandable thatperformance level of the team, one coach will use it
coaches wish to study factors that influence thea lot and the next will use it less often. Here is to
results of the team. The world needs a set of ruleshoping that more coaches start to develop the game
that from a framework for the process of teamas "the teacher" as standard for improving their
building.players as a group and in turn will improve there
In the football/soccer world, many coaches believeindividual ability.