The last team in the youth sector is the "spring" category, where the age limit is twenty ", but a player from the first team (out of quota) can also participate, who must recover from injuries and regain the pace of the race.
The spring category is played by young people who are now mature for the first team and with a professional perspective; the teams that take part in this championship are clubs that play with each other through a national championship, with the prospect of developing some good elements.
The training sessions can be combined with those of the first team: often, in turn, the spring players attend the training sessions of their older colleagues.
ANNUAL TRAINING PROGRAM FROM 10 TO 12 YEARS
To structure an adequate training program for 10/12 year olds, we must take into consideration that there are a series of parameters, such as technical-tactical and coordinative skills, from which we absolutely cannot infer.
REFERENCE SCHEME
TECHNICAL SKILLS
TACTICAL SKILLS
COORDINATE CAPACITY
AUGUST
Conduction, passage, reception.
Ways to kick
Defense of the door in numerical superiority. Game without the ball. 7c7
Games with and without the ball
SEPTEMBER
Conduction, passage, reception.
Ways to kick
Passage in the free zone. Defense of the outnumbered goal. Game without the ball. 7c7 - 11c11
Games with and without the ball
OCTOBER
Passage, reception. Ways to kick. Head shot. Defense of the ball.
Defense leads to outnumbered and outnumbered. Temporalization. Space creation. Passing and shooting. Game with and without the ball. 7c7 - 11c11
Collective games with and without the ball
NOVEMBER
Passage, reception. Ways to kick. Head shot. Defense of the ball.
Movement of deception
Space creation.
Marking.
Game with and without the ball.
Passing and shooting.
7:7 - 11: 11
Collective games with and without the ball
DECEMBER
Verification of the work done
Verification of the work done
Collective games with and without the ball
JANUARY
Passage, reception. Ways to kick. Head shot.
Movement of deception.
Dribbling.
Marking.
Temporalization.
Defense of the goal and taking a position outnumbered.
11c11
Collective games with and without the ball
FEBRUARY
Passage, reception. Ways of kicking the ball.
Movement of deception.
Dribbling.
Defense of the goal and taking a position outnumbered.
11c11
Collective games with and without the ball
MARCH
Passage, reception. Ways to kick. Movement of deception. Dribbling.
Unmarking;
Space creation;
Come on and go.
11c11
Collective games with and without the ball
APRIL
Passage, reception. Ways to kick. Movement of deception. Dribbling.
Head shot.
Attack against defense with final conclusion.
Collective games with and without the ball
MAY
Fundamentals of football in complex game situations
Attack against defense with final conclusion.
Collective games with and without the ball
JUNE
Verification of the work done during the year
Verification of the work done during the year
EXAMPLE:
TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES: domination, conduction, ways of kicking, ways of receiving, shooting on goal
TACTICAL OBJECTIVES: 2 attackers against 3 defenders
CONDITIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT: joint mobility, endurance, speed, rapid force
DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATIVE SKILLS: balance, orientation, adaptation, differentiation, reaction, rhythmization, coupling and combination.
EXERCISES DESCRIPTION:
15 minutes. introductory game: handball
20 minutes: Conduction of internal and external foot conditioning
30 minutes: 2: 3 to reach the opponent's goal on reduced fields
20 minutes: pass and shot on goal
15 minutes: free play
NOTES: difficulties, errors etc .... to be reported to redefine the objectives of the next lesson and of the annual plan.
PERFORMANCE MODEL
Today, thanks to the new existing technologies, it is possible to define exactly the performance model of a player.
For example, if we take running as a reference model, the parameters will be represented by the quality and quantity of running that the player is able to complete throughout the game. In this regard, it is necessary to take into account the different characteristics of the game. player, the role he plays and the movements he makes throughout the game; these movements can be indicated as follows:
- stopover
- walking (4 km / h)
- jogging (8 km / h)
- running at low speed (12km / h)
- running at moderate speed (16 km / h)
- high speed racing (21km / h)
- Sprint (30 km / h)
- backward run
The different speeds above have been detected on several occasions (various games) and mediated between various players.
Goalkeepers are considered separately, being a distinctly different role due to the peculiarity of the performance.
From the "percentage analysis of the run in the game, the following conclusions were reached:
- for 17% of the total playing time the players stay still;
- 40% walk;
- 35% run at low speed;
- for 8% they run at high speed;
- 0.6% sprint.
From these initial analyzes it is clear that a footballer runs on average 10.8 km, with differences ranging from 9 to 14 km.
Defenders and forwards run roughly the same amount of running miles, with greater speed and more sprints than midfielders.
The attackers are those who make the most head shots; the defenders instead make more tackles.
An average of 30 passes and 15 interceptions are made for each player.
Other
Elite players:
- they stand or walk for more than half of the meeting
- they run more during the first half than in the second half, but the distance traveled at high speed remains unchanged on average
- perform more racing at high speed than lower level players.
But how do we prepare our players in the light of the data described above?
When we talk about football training, we can't help but mention some authoritative authors:
- Cramer, 1987: "The best teacher for" training is the competition ".
- Northpoth, 1988: "if the competition is the best training it is also true that a good training must necessarily have the character of a competition".
If we observe a player throughout the game, we notice that he performs various types of running: in line, with curves, with changes of direction, etc. "emphasis on these characteristics, that is: running in line, with changes of direction, changes of direction and quant" other.
The traditional concept of football training must also be extended to all those factors that influence the player's performance and which at the same time increase the development of performance in the context of the team:
- Technique (coordination skills and kinetic skills)
- Condition (strength, speed, endurance and flexibility)
- Psychic abilities
- Health, constitutional and predisposition factors
- Tactical-cognitive skills
- Social skills
A "pure" generic type of training should only be applied in conjunction with regenerative, supplementary, compensatory workouts, etc ...
As with young players, adults also have to train that are not too biased in any direction. This consideration is often valid for strength training, where the strengthening of certain districts and the increase of certain parameters are frequently favored, neglecting the harmonious development of the organism and the need to successfully apply conditional improvements to practice. of the game.
SPEED OF THE PLAYER
Perceptual speed
Ability to understand and intervene quickly during a given game situation.
Speed of anticipation
Ability to intuit in a very short time the development of the game and above all the behavior of the opponent.
Decision speed
Ability to quickly decide which of the various actions is best to choose for the purpose of a correct continuation of the game.
Speed of reaction
Knowing how to react quickly in relation to unpredictable game situations.
Cyclic and acyclic motor speed
Ability to perform cyclic and acyclic movements, without and with the ball, at high speed.
Speed of action
Ability to perform specific actions quickly.
Intervention speed
It is the ability to intervene in the shortest possible time and with maximum efficiency, relying on all the qualities: cognitive, technical-tactical, physical, etc.
Flexibility
For a player, flexibility is of the utmost importance, especially in order to prevent injuries that happen during the match. Hence the importance of correct athletic training, especially at a high level.
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