I'm having my central mid take the throw ins, with most of the time play onto the winger which has a good pace and cross into the box or if he beats the defender always encourage to take a shoot. My striker is always free in the middle and makes the run to the box.
Don't quite get why the 4/5 are disallowed from taking throw ins. All of the examples the defending team can easily win the ball but for whatever reason the players are setup poorly. Like 6:56 why is the red 3 on the blue 9? Should be the 5 and the 4 comes over for balance/cover allowing the 3 to pickup the thrower after the ball enters play. The red 2 is also disconnected and not pinched inside… Allowing the 4/5 to take throw ins allows for a better transition to 9v9 in my opinion and gives another option to throw the ball. The other CB shift over for a pass below and the GK balances us out the other way if we can/need to switch the ball
This is great, but how do you teach this? I've found that practices at the U-8 level have to be about constant action to limit standing around. What drills do you run to help get the players to understand this?
We took your advice today. A majority of our throws went back to the CB. But midway through the game, the CB asked me: "What do I do with the ball?" 🙂 The answer in almost every case, given our situation was "switch it". But the CBs didn't know how to take their space backwards or even *sideways*. I am not sure what kind of drill will address this, but something that gives the CB the perspective that there's massive space for them to use when the other team is assuming the throw is going to go forward and to train them to us it would be great. I am going to continue to think about what that might look like. 🙂
I'm having my central mid take the throw ins, with most of the time play onto the winger which has a good pace and cross into the box or if he beats the defender always encourage to take a shoot.
My striker is always free in the middle and makes the run to the box.
Thanks, Coach Rory!
I'm a first time U10 coach and these videos have helped me more than you know. Thank you so much.
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ALWAYS THANK YOU RORY FOR YOUR TIME AND SELFLESS SERVICE TO YOUTH SOCCER.
Don't quite get why the 4/5 are disallowed from taking throw ins. All of the examples the defending team can easily win the ball but for whatever reason the players are setup poorly. Like 6:56 why is the red 3 on the blue 9? Should be the 5 and the 4 comes over for balance/cover allowing the 3 to pickup the thrower after the ball enters play. The red 2 is also disconnected and not pinched inside…
Allowing the 4/5 to take throw ins allows for a better transition to 9v9 in my opinion and gives another option to throw the ball. The other CB shift over for a pass below and the GK balances us out the other way if we can/need to switch the ball
This is great, but how do you teach this? I've found that practices at the U-8 level have to be about constant action to limit standing around. What drills do you run to help get the players to understand this?
Would you consider creating video focusing on the role of a goalkeeper?
I always have the defenders take the throws. We have the lowest goal differential out of 51 teams in the league. 16-0
We took your advice today. A majority of our throws went back to the CB. But midway through the game, the CB asked me: "What do I do with the ball?" 🙂 The answer in almost every case, given our situation was "switch it". But the CBs didn't know how to take their space backwards or even *sideways*. I am not sure what kind of drill will address this, but something that gives the CB the perspective that there's massive space for them to use when the other team is assuming the throw is going to go forward and to train them to us it would be great. I am going to continue to think about what that might look like. 🙂
Would you continue to use wingbacks to take throws when deep in the defensive or offensive halves of the field?
Not bad but why on earth would on 7:53 the 6 play all the way back to 3 as opposed to using the clear path to the 9?