Coaching Session Planner

Session Information
Date: 22/11/2017 Time Available: 1:00 HOUR

Facilities/Resources
Location: Maccabi Sport Centre, Rowley Lane, EN5
Maccabi London Blue Lions.

Session Plan
Pre-Session
Topic / Theme DEFENDING IN AND AROUND PENALTY BOX
Key review factors from Observation and analysis from match to match individual and team performance
previous session: We allow the opponents to take a shoot so easily not enough courage to block or deflect, lack of concentration and
reaction. We need to work on compactness along and across the pitch or the penalty box, team work as unit primary
defensive player in agree with the match stages
Individual player Technical/Tactical Psychological
considerations: Body shape, defensives, lower gravity, principle deny, Decision make be brave, confidence, concentration, first
Deny, delay, block. Pressure, cover , balance, recovery run, individual reaction
compactness

Physical Social
Speed, agility, reaction, strength. Communication, teamwork, have fun.

Session objective: Improve compactness along and across of the pitch, build confidence, be brave to block and win challenge.
Constant communication scanning, trigger area, when, where, how and why to drop or press
Emphasis on defensive Technical and play principle out of possession.
Pressure, cover, balance, recovery run deny, delay, dictate, support control and restrain. Angle approach, distances between
team mates and opponents, decision make in agree with their position, and match stage

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Coaching Session Planner
During Session
Organisation:
Arrival Activity(ies)
 Check and clear area and equipment from any potential hazard.
 Check health condition of the player.
 Organise and prepared the training area.
 Review and out lining aims and objectives practice.
 Start warm up from lower to higher intercity.
 Detail about training session.
 Marking area 60 by 50 yards one full goal and two small goal on
each side at the other end of the pitch representing #9,10
 Two team same formation for both 1-4-4-2
 Game can start with two different way with a miss pass from the
goal keeper to any of C.B. of the opponents or build the play from
the back looking toward strike the goal.
 Defending team have to remain compact in and around the penalty
box and react as unit to defence, identify the trigger to press the
ball.
 Defensive units#11.4.8,7;#1.2.5.6.3;#8,7,6,3;#4,8,5,6;#
Additional Practice(s)
- Shooting in and around penalty box.
- Playing out from the back with pressure from the front.
Coaching Notes:
 Planning, organise, reviewing and delivery a training session
with realistic game and related practice enable the players take
ownership and take a lots of decisions.
 Emphasis aims and objectives of the training defending in and
around the penalty box.
 To keep equal values and work.
 Encourage to take challenge and be brave
 Communication at all the time
 Avoid to concede a fault in and around the penalty area. Keep
eyes on the ball, be patient, tight mark in and around the area,
 We going focus on body shape y in your foot work
 Concentration, compactness, scaning
 Pressure, cover, balance
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Post Session

Reflect on your practice(s) / session considering the different areas below. Think about yourself as the coach and your actions, but also think about the
players that participated in your session. Also consider what went well and what could have been even better if you were to do it again.

How We Coach
Examples of things to think about… Self
Planning, reviewing, organizing and delivery session design across the
four corner F.A, model trying to develop realistic and relate practice to
 Session duration and intensity the game to maximize player time and facilitated their learning process.
 Coach/Player interactions Building a good relation through clear and simple communication
 Coaching interventions and styles between players and coaches, with work and equal values in agree with
 Coach observation positions players need.
 Links to desired four corner outcomes
 Use of own fundamentals
 Peer
 Keep good communication, working together, follow the session plan,
meet before, during and after the training session to consolidate the

aims and objective, to evaluate players progress and facilitated their
learning process.

Player
With trust, respect and friendship, keeping good communication, design
practices where we keep the ball rolling the majority of time, lets them
to take ownership give them the opportunity to give us their feedback.

Tutor
Where the players informed of the session content?
Were instruction clear, concise and appropriate? Were appropriate
coaching methods used in developing each player? Was a positive
feedback and appropriated corrective action provide?

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How We Play
Self
Examples of things to think about… From general observation on player’s attitude and performance, we can
make change in agree with player needs.
 Adaptions made by coach following observations Set up different challenge where the player have to take a lost decision,
 Realism to the game tight area, overload situation, minimum number of pass, game restriction
 Links from practice to competition like just play forward, keep possession with skill.
 In possession I try to encourage ball possession, try to exploit space their own strength
 Out possession and opponents weakness. Also like to see them playing sensible, feel
 On transition confidence trying and facing to shoot near or farm to goal. Out
 possession positive defensive attitude, compactness, communicative,
 pressure, cover, balance, deny , dictate, delay, be brave to nick the ball,
 intercepting blocking passes

Peer Good communication, share the same or similar philosophy with

your assistant make more easy to achieve the aims and objective of the
training, working together for the benefit the club, coaches and players

Player
In possession, confidence, creative in control, adaptable to any of the
training of match situation, weather condition, strategy and different
player, be coachable.
Out of possession: enthusiastic and positive defence, recovery quick as
possible, not allow the opponents spaces and time, support as team unit,
be confident and brave on 1v1 situation, supporting

Tutor
The coach position on training it was correct? It was realistic and related
practices, messages it was clear and concise that the player could
understand? It was enough and equal opportunity for all the player, they
it was challenging for the player?

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How We Support
Self
Examples of things to think about… Creating safe and enjoyable environment follow and reviewing health
and safety procedure for the player, building trust relationship between
 Safety of players players and coaches, being flexible to share and listen players suggestion,
 Player enjoyment facilitated the learning process through a variation of methods to deliver
 Supportive, inclusive and engaging environment a clear messages to the player
 Relationship building
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 Peer
 Working together for the player benefit, provide the necessary tools to
 facilitated their learning process, football practices videos, draw,
 diagram, magnet board, equipment, cones, ball, bids, emphasis the
important about be safe, keep motivated and prise feedback

Player
Remind the importance of avoid been injury, and put in practice the
health and safety elements. Give them the opportunity for suggestion,
and for question as well, outlining the aims and objective through verbal
explanation, with diagrams, paper print, videos and demonstration, keep
simple and clear messages in agree with the players need, consolidate
every single practices with Q&A

Tutor
Before, during and after it was the training area safe? How the players
feel, does the coach connect with the players, Was appropriate
equipment selected? WAS the first aid person know in case of
emergency? Was there a clear messages and goal for the session?

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The Future Player
Self
Examples of things to think about… Meet, connect and know them give us the opportunity to develop good
relationship and create realistic and related practice with different
 Approach to supporting individual player needs challenges trying to improve their attribute, working across with the four
 Opportunity for all corner framework, providing equality work and values to everyone on
 Player ownership their own needs and ability.
 Level of challenge for all/some players Peer
 Relevance to the age, maturation, ability and experience of players Keep working together, maintenance high standard level across the four
 Linking players together to create units corner through observe, analysis, and constant evaluation and providing
 the correct support for facilitated their learning process
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 Player
 Be able to recognise and solve problems for themselves and the team,
showing personality and great confidence, excellent technic variation

control, facing and deal 1v1 situation, great physical condition, excellent
social skill and attribute, intelligent defending, competitive and winner
mentality, been adaptable.

Tutor
Was a positive feedback and appropriate corrective action provide? Was
questioning used to encourage players to self-analysis their
performance? Were the players allowed to question? Were the player in
their training group given them equal attention/and opportunity

Was the session objective met? If so, how? If not, why?

YES, it was good, positive attitude, very dynamic training, good concentration, restricted to number of touch and pass.

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Match Day Planner

Match-day Information won 3-2

Date: 26/11/2017 Time Available: 2:OOHOURS

Opposition: AYLITH BELSIZE Kick-off Time: 11:30 AM

Arrival Activity/Warm up:

 Meet the coaches, parents, players, opponents, and match officer.
 Check and clear the area and equipment for any potential hazard
 Review and organize the training area.
 Health and safety player reminder
 Start warm up from lower to higher intensity, with and without the ball, psychologic games
 Bring the players together and provide details, about formation, individual and team task
 Match target
 Motivational chitchat.
 Consolidation to find out if everyone get messages of the main target.

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Match Day Planner; LONDON BLUE LIONS VS AYLITH BELSIZE won 3-2

Observations: Individual Objectives:

 Goal keeper play his area, and supply with lofted ball pass.

 Tom and Sam keep communication, provide support each other

 Zack hold your position try to avoid been spread out

 Winger try to put on practice different crossing

 Max in charge of the front kick

 Josh try to hold the ball the must as you can, take advantage of your
body strength

Team Objectives:
 Try not to conceived a goal so early

 Try to keep a relative short distance between line

 Keep compactness on the last third

 Do not concede a fault in and around the area

 Try to regain possession as soon as possible.

 Have fun

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Match-Day Reflections

Pre Match
 Check player’s availability, and health condition. Check equipment ball, bids, cones, ID card, flags, whistle and lineman assistant.
 Check weather condition and pitch safe condition, planning the journey to be on time
 Send email or text to the parents to encourage player wearing appropriate clothes in agree with the weather condition.
 Reviewing match target, individual and team task.
 Meet parents, players, coaches, opponents, and match officer.
 Check areas and equipment for safety.
 Organise warm up area and sequence from lower to higher, start the war up.
 Bring the player to give them details, about formation, match target, individual and team task, roles and responsibility.
 Encourage and motivational chitchat
During Match
 General observation player’s attitude body language performance and progress of each player regard the results.
 Keep encourage and motivation
 Prise feedback
 Player are 100% responsible for their performance.
 Coach try to anticipate action and solution.
 Comments or feedback about the progress of the player and the team.
Post Match
 Right attitude, connected with the game, showing desire, respectful with referee decision.
 Good performance
 Achieve some individual and team task and match target.
 Team work very well as unit, good effort
Other Reflections
Keep working to keep consistence. How to improve concentration.

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