Interview With Ian Shaw, Technical Director Capital Football - Part 2

This program was broadcast on 2xxfm (98.3mhz), Tuesday 28 Spetember 2010 at 7:00PM, through the Australian Community Radio Network.

In Part 2 our discussion with Ian Shaw, Technical Director Capital Football, we continue our discussion based on the Capital Football HPP and the Summer 20's. As things go with Football discussions we get into a lot of related subjects which are never far from thought or discussion. The Capital Football HPP and Coach Education has made a lot of good ground in the last year, as the FFA National Football Curriculum is implemented in the ACT Region (and everyhwere else in Australia). Clubs feature far more in the development dialogue than ever before. There is a very contructive effort being made to eliminate the age relative effect and becom more inclusive of all the talent at age as it develops, largely through the reduction  of the unhelpful aspects of "playing squads". The focus has shifted, slowly but steadily to the benefit of all those young players that wish to be developed, not just the selected few. As much "community development" as "High performance" type development. Good thing too! Its a complicated business, a job never realy completed and one that takes a lot of time, years in fact, before we see the outcomes. Some of the indicators already look very promising. This discussion is worthy of careful listening.

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DRAW - 2010 FFA NATIONAL YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR BOYS

The full competition draw for the Boys Under 14 and Under 15 National Youth Championships can be found on the Capital Football Website.

Go to http://www.capitalfootball.com.au/userfiles/B%2010%20NYC%20Draw.pdf

ACT Under 15 Boys (1995 born) Squad to Compete at the NAtional Youth Championships

All the best to the the ACT Under 15 Boys team to contest the FFA National Youth Championships for Boys to be held in Coffs Harbour from the 28th of September to the 1st of October.

I would think all of these lads are already playing Premier League Under 16 or in some cases, Premier League Under 18 Football this season just passed. There is some first rate talent in this group. It is sure to be a red hot competition at this age.

Jakob Cole
Hugh McGrath
Gianmarco Senatore
Sam Ossato
Keighan Ramirez-Hodgson
Aitamoit Mon
Nathan Tidmarsh
Ilija Cotric
Goran Mukevski
Connor Nolan
Jas Abarquez
Kirby Murdoch
Regan Walsh
Romeo-J Romeo
Michael Taurisi
Rory Larkin

Watch the Capital Football webiste and this Blog for results.

ACT Under 14 Boys (1996 born) Squad to Compete at the National Youth Championships

The following players will compete at the FFA National Youth Championships to be held in Coffs Harbour from the 28th of September to October 1.

These lads have played some terrific football int he lead up to the Nationals and they are well coached.

All the best!

Ben Jackson (GK)
Matt Stirton
Nicholas Matkovic
Alex Gelonesi
Johnno Cimminelli
Antonio Barbaro
Jordan Tsekenis
Jak Olim
Alex Popovich
Joshua Gaspari
Kieran Matress
Ryan Little
Nick Keir
Alex Moscatritolo
Alex Tilley
James Trevanion (GK)
Darian McGarry-Watson

Watch the Capital Football webiste and this Blog for results.

Boomerangs FS to represent ACT in National Club Championships

Boomerangs FS will represent Capital Football in the National Club Championships to be held in Dural next weekend.

Futsal Grassroots Coaching Seminar

This really is a good initiative. If you are coaching a team in the local South or North competitions, do your best to get to this seminar.

FUTSAL GRASSROOTS COACHING SEMINAR

 

 

 

Date: Friday October 15
Time: 6.00pm-8.00pm
Location: ANU Sports Hall
Fee: $25.00
Registration: Register and make Payment Online Now

This seminar has been designed to provide the beginner Futsal coach/Parent with some basic information in regards to coaching Futsal. (Fifa 5-a-side Football).

 

Topics covered will include:

• Practical Session on Basic Laws of the game.
• Theory Session on Basic Team Tactics (Formations, Positions, Individual roles and responsibilities)
• Practical Exercises for the development of players aged 8-14.
• Practical Exercises for team warmups
• Practical Session on appropriate Coach Behaviour

 

Coach Smarter, Not Harder

Sourced from http://www.footy4kids.co.uk/

If something isn't working on the training pitch many coaches resort to shouting louder or making their players do a routine over again until they get it right.

Here's an example: Your U11 players give the ball away too easily in matches so you decide to devote a training session to keeping possession of the ball.

The usual way of doing this is to play games where one team has to keep the ball away from the other team for a set number of passes. Sounds like it should work, doesn't it?
Divide your players into teams and tell them to try to make five consecutive passes before losing possession. Easy! But it doesn't work. If you continue to make them try for a long time without success, they will lose interest and you will be frustrated.

What a coach in this situation should do (and we've all been there) is to take a step back and consider why the game or drill isn't working.

In this example the answer is clear: keepaway is boring. Passing the ball around the pitch with no end product – other than the coach shouting at you to try harder – is not soccer. There's no fun in it. A smarter coach would realise this and stop playing this way.
He would think of a different way to achieve his objective. He might, for example, put up a couple of goals and tell his players that they must pass the ball five times before shooting.

You might think that this is just common sense. And you're right - it is! But, as Roy Keane said: "Coaching is common sense. Trouble is, common sense isn't that common." You have to work at it. If you want to be a smarter coach, you have to be flexible.

If something isn't working, stop doing it and do something else instead. Be creative and don't be afraid to take risks. Smarter coaches also know that young soccer players get bored easily and they have two session plans in their back pocket – one that should work and one they can use if the first plan falls flat.

Coach smarter, not harder!