Youth claloma Course Handbook Created By Alf Galustian & Charlie Cooke EER ne DE ead Oke ed ee DR ee eed photocopying without permission in writing from the author except for brief extracts for purposes of review only. The word COERVER® and the COERVER® COACHING LOGO are registered trademarks of Sportsmethod Ltd. And Be EE acdCreo adidas® is a part of football history, we are not only one of the world's leading sporting goods brands, but also take pride in contributing to the development and improvement of the game. adidas® and COERVER® Coaching has touched millions of players and coaches over more than 32 years all over the world and will in the future provide many more with the opportunity to enjoy and improve in this ‘beautiful game” adidas® is committed to this area of ‘grassroots” football and through its global grassroots partner, COERVER® Coaching provides: * The world’s leading football education brand; combining fun with improving performance. + Aprogram that is unique in that it touches elite as well as recreational players and teachers * A program that is global through key markets, services and materials oe Commo) Bes ae oe ie ee a 3 ie Sania www.adidas.comFoe Warns Coerver Coaching Asia Pacific has a proud history assisting in the development of players and coaches over the past 26 years. Our goal is to make the Coerver Coaching program accessible to as many people as possible across the Asia Pacific region. The increasing emphasis on the development of creating technically sound players is a challenge we at Coerver Coaching are striving to achieve for all players at grassroots or professional level. We are dedicated to ensuring the Coerver Coaching program is continually evolving without compromising our history or global reputation as the World’s Number one skills teaching method. | look forward to seeing you at a Coerver Coaching Program in the near future. &- Jason Lancsar Vice President Coerver Coaching Asia Pacificfo Alex Bow to ! PRESENTER PROFILE ALFRED GALUSTIAN Alfred Galustian started hi layer for Wimbledon. He is the Co-Founder and International Director of Coerver® Coaching, and has been largely responsible for building the program Globally. To date Alfred has worked as a Coach Instructor with 17 national federations including the French, English, Japanese and Australian Alfred has also worked with over 50 top professional clubs includin Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Benfica, Olympique Marseille, Newcastle United and Arsenal During the 2010/11 Season Alfred was the Specialist Skills Coaching Advisor to the Premier League. Founder Charlie Cooke, he has devised and and devised 7 Video and DVD series on Skills Training,THE EXPERT’S VIEW “| admired Alf's presentation (of Coerver Coaching) when | was at Real Madrid, and again in La Manga at a youth training camp. What you (Coerver Coaching) have done for over 31 years is to be commended and celebrated” Vincente Del Bosque - FIFA World Cup Champion Manager, Spain “| have personally seen the evolution of Coerver Coaching from the start in the late 70"s. We appointed Alf Galustian as a technical consultant to the FFA, because | was convinced that every coach , whether Pro or Grassroots, should study the updated Coerver Program Han Berger — Former Technical Director FFA & Holland “Alfred's Coerver Coaching's training clinics in Brazil, convinced many of us that this Method is not only for the young recreational players but also for the very best players in our National Team squads.” Carlos Alberto Parreira — FIFA World Cup Champion Coach, Brazil "We at Arsenal are strong believers in the Coerver Program. We have worked closely with Alf Galustian for the past 16 years to instruct our Academy Coaches in this Method.” Liam Brady - Former Academy Director, Arsenal FC “Coerver Coaching has changed how Football is taught alll over the World” Ossie Ardiles FIFA World Cup Champion, Argentina “Coerver Coaching became an integral part of my soccer training, and it played a huge part in my success as a player.” Kristine Lilly — Two Time FIFA World Cup and Olympic ChampionEon Introduction - Youth Diploma 2 Dear Coach, Thank you for attending our Coerver® Coaching Youth Diploma 2. Youth Diploma One focused on how to construct sessions using the Coerver® Coaching Session Planner. In Youth Diploma Two our focus is how we develop a positive attacking team style. Enjoy the course. Coerver® Coaching Co Founder Ono Cabs Alfred Galustiancoerver’ The BOX/TRAPe2014: “The Coerver® Coaching Approach to developing a Team Style” Background In 1984 the first part of our Coerver® Mission Statement was: “To develop skilful, confident and creative players who: a) Can combine effectively with team mates Or b) Go it alone if they have to.” This acknowledged that our focus was on the individual player's contribution to the team effort and not just as an individualist, We believe results depend on individual and small group skills in attack and defence and Youth Diploma 2, “Coerver® Team Play’, is the natural evolution of that belief. Systems are normally referred to by numbers, 4-4-2, 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3 etc., the common denominator being there are more players in defense than in attack and in some cases many more. In Coerver® we're interested in numbers too but only in so far as players are distributed around the field and especially numbers where the ball is. Parking the bus, passively surrendering ground to defend with two lines of 4 or 5 players in front of your own box, and a single player working alone in front of them is NOT Coerver® Team Play.. Coerver® teams do not passively surrender ground or allow opponents to freely pass, cross or shoot, they are actively challenged to do so wherever the ball is on the field. The key point for Coerver@ is that there is not a lone or even 2 attackers, The Coerver® system features 3 attackers and the other two lines featuring 3 or 4 players in them with the purpose of fairly dividing the workload. So 4-3-3 or 3-4-3 would be the Coerver® team system. Coerver® Coaching has always had an attacking philosophy and our System to develop this positive, attacking team style is called the Coerver® BOXITRAP.coer ver’ WHAT IS THE COERVER® COACHING BOX/TRAPo2014 The BOXITRAP is approximately 20/25 x 20/25yds or smaller anywhere on the field. The BOX is Coerver® Attack. The TRAP is Coerver® Defence. The BOX and TRAP are constantly forming and reforming, We believe it is how fast and efficiently teams form and reform that determines their effectiveness. The BOX immediately becomes the TRAP and vice versa on every turnover. The BOX/TRAP moves with the ball Phase #4: 3 v 2— Red Box / Blue Trapcoeryer THE COERVER® COACHING BOX/TRAPe2014 COERVER® DEFENCE: We defend with the COERVER® TRAP. Individual TRAP defence is defined by Coerver® Coaching's 3P’s on losing possession. PRESS - Immediate. Sprint and brake. If possible the Player who has lost possession. PERSIST - Touch close. Bother. Bustle. Break opponent. POSSESS - Gain & Keep. Probe for attacking possibilities. In TEAM TRAP defence, on a turnover, the 1* Defender immediately presses in the BOX which is now the TRAP. The 1* Defender's action immediately triggers Team mates in the TRAP who immediately apply the 3P’s while team mates outside the BOX get tight. Our players are coached to know that getting the ball back is a GROUP effort with a shared responsibility and a shared reward, no exceptions. The first player to apply pressure gets as much credit as the 2nd, 3rd or 4th player who finally recovers the ball 3rd and 4th defenders may get the applause for collecting a loose ball but he/she along with his/her team mates are coached to know where the credit should go. Every player is coached to recognize that it's the individual and group 3P’s effort that lead to ball possession and team success.coer ver’ COACHING The COERVER® COACHING BOX/TRAP©2014 COERVER® ATTACK: We ATTACK with the COERVER® BOX. The BOX features individual and combination play to advance the ball and develop scoring chances. Just as the TRAP features the 3P’s, the BOX features all of the Coerver® Kid! 5"S" Skills, Speed, Strength, Spirit and Sense attributes. Our players learn how to combine with each other in small groups in : + Overlaps + 1-2s (Wall Passes) Take overs, Screen runs, Killer pass/Run OR Go it alone, using the Coerver® 1 v 1 Moves and finish themselves. Players outside the box support their BOX players. Every pass outside the BOX moves the BOX. So a long ball from a central defender to an outside flank player moves the BOX to the flank player who becomes the fulcrum of the BOX with supporting team mates populating and surrounding the BOX.ecoeryer’ COERVER® BOX/TRAP BENEFITS We believe the BOX/TRAP system provides many benefits: - It speeds up our game on both sides of the ball - It makes players physically stronger and more assertive - It makes players emotionally more resilient - It increases pressure on opponents - It builds team spirit and trust. - It makes Coerver® teams tough to play against and hard to beat. - It helps to win more games For these reasons and many more, we believe the positive, attacking BOXITRAP system is how Youth Football should be coachedcoerver ALL THE TOPICS IN OUR “BOX/TRAP CURRICULUM” REQUIRE A “COERVER MINDSET”coeryer’ A GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS The Coerver® Mission (1984) — Our Goal To develop skilled, confident and creative players who can a) Combine effectively with team mates (Team Play) OR b) Go it alone if they have fo (1 v 1) The Coerver® Code The 5S qualities that are the goals for all Coerver® Players. Skill Speed Strength Spirit Sense The Coerver® Kid Players who exemplify the Coerver® Code. The Coerver® Curriculum: The Pyramid of Player Development A six topic curriculum of skills, drills and games developing the Coerver® Mission Goals The Pyramid of Moves (1 v 1) A three topic curriculum of skills, drills and games focusing on 1 v 1,2v2 Attacking & Defending. Coerver® Core Skills These are: First Touch/1 v 1/Ball Striking /Running with the Ball. Ball Mastery Is the Foundation of all these skills. Our Approach to Team Training The Coerver® Box/Trap Box is our attack Trap is our defence The BOXES & TRAPS constantly form and reform with each turnover. Parking the Bus A tactical formation that surrenders ground to opponents in order to consolidate in two lines of 4 or 5 players in front of its own penalty box. Opposite to the Coerver® Approach Coerver® Brand Protection Name, Logo protected by TRADEMARK. Published content protected by COPYRIGHT.coerver’ A GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS The Coerver® Method A method that trains the coach to adapt drills and games to suit the level of the player by increasing or decreasing difficulty to achieve confidence and improvement. Coerver® Steps: Skill (Training) - using repetition to improve skills. Skill (Stretching) - increasing difficulty with graduated opposition pressure Skill (Success) - correct player decision making of “when and where” to use skills. Limited Pressure Defending - sufficient pressure by defenders to add difficulty for the attacker without making a tackle and enabling the Attacker to be successful. Graduated Pressure Drill - a drill where the number of players, size of field, number of goals, touches on the ball or other conditions can be adjusted by the coach to increase o decrease the difficulty of the task. Full Pressure Drill/Game - a fully competitive drill or game. Effective possession - Keeping the ball while probing for attacking opportunities. Work rate - effort and energy put in by a player.coerver’ DRILLS/GAMES TERMINOLOGY Ball Mastery - Our Skill Foundation - this is the hundreds of ball manipulation exercises that we have devised over 30 years + years. First Touch - the first touch on receiving the ball to maintain possession and find space, to pass, shoot, or run with the ball, Cushion - withdrawing the body surface that receives the ball so as to control the ball by reducing its ‘speed. Touch Direction - Where you want the ball to go on your first touch. Touch Speed - How far and fast you want the ball to move Running with The Ball - what is commonly called “Dribbling”. Pressing - closing down the player with the ball quickly. The Killer Pass - a defence beating pass that puts a teammate through on goal and gives her/him the chance to score. Finishing -a shot or header on goal First time Finishing - first time strike at goal. Small Sided Games - games that are played with a minimum of 3 players and a maximum of 7players on each team Conditioned Game - a game where the coach sets rules/conditions that help create and practice specific skills or tactics. Free Games - games where the coach does not interfere or stop, apart from safety points. Neutral Players - additional players nominated by the coach to play with the team in possession of the ball. Fast Break Attack - an attack that moves quickly to surprise opponents and attack them before they are set in their defensive roles. Wall passer - A team mate that a plays a one — two pass. A Coerver® Session - a session that follows the Coerver® Session Planner formula's. Theme Session- a session that focus’s on a topic e.g. Fast break Attack or Star Messi/Germany.coerver DRILLS/GAMES TERMINOLOGY Move — in Coerver Coaching we have 50 + "Moves" many of them developed from the signature “Moves” of the greatest players of the game and divided into Change of Directions, Stop & Starts and Feints categories. Feint - an action to freeze or send opponents to one side; used when your opponent is in front or behind you. Change of Direction (C.0.D) - an action to tum the ball while shielding it. Stops & Starts - an action to fake a stop with the ball, and then restart almost immediately, used usually when the opponents either side of you Mirror Moves- one move that has two parts which enable attacker to go either side of their opponent Home Assignment- Work given to Coerver students from the Ball Mastery Apps or 1 v 1 Apps to do at home alone and where possible with parent involvement Ball Mastery - repeated ball manipulation using all surfaces of both feet. It is the foundation of the Coerver Coaching curriculum. Toe Taps/Shuffle - tapping the ball lightly between the inside toe parts of the feet. Ground Juggling - The ball manipulation skills that follow from “Toe Tapping and Shuffling.” Pull Push - pulling the ball back with the sole and pushing with the inside/outside or laces part of the shoe Cut - changing the direction of the ball by guiding it with the inside or outside of the foot. Dribble Cut - cutting the ball quickly with the inside of one foot across the body and pushing it out with the other foot. Slap - hitting the top of the ball with your sole, so it travels across you Slide - sliding your foot from the top of the ball to its bottom. The Matthews Move - a Move made famous by the legendary Sir Stanley Matthews. Take - taking the ball with the Outside of the foot. Drag - Taking the ball with the Inside of the foot. Chop - Cutting the balll firmly with the inside or heel part of the foot.coer ver” COACHING PRACTICAL SESSION ONE “The Link Between Ball Mastery and the Team Game”coerver’ “The Difficulty” 12yds © Copyright www.academysoccercoach.co.uk 2015 PURPOSE. To improve quick combinations and protecting the ball SET UP, Two 12 x 12 yard boxes. Two teams of up to 10 players in each box. ACTION. On coaches signal 3 player of one team go into opposite half and try and touch the ball; the team in possession has up to 3 touches. Once a defender touches the ball, the coach serves into other box, and the 3 who were defenders sprint back to their box and 3. players from the team last in possession sprint into half and become defenders. A scorer is appointed for each team. The first team to 40 ( non consecutive) passes wins. COACH TIP. Make sure you have a large supply of balls. Adapt the size of the area to suit player level PLAYER TIP. Remember pass and move, always look for the spacecoer ver Drill Notes The Coerver Engram(Skill) builders, are The Pyramid of Ball Mastery & The Pyramid of Moves, developed over 30 years. * Coerver has three steps, supported by Science, to develop “The Golden Touch” ¢ Coerver Ball Mastery is also a sure way of developing two footed players.coerver’ The Coerver® Engram (Skill) Buildersez016 160 x Motor Engrams | oy on xsi Coerver® Pyramid Coerver® Pyramid of Ball Masteryo2014 of Moveso2004