A few principles should be at the core of one's training system. I use three principles (or rules).
If you haven't read my previous two posts, please do. I talk there about my first two principles of developing good football (soccer) players.
This third principle is my favorite one. I know that many of you will like it too. We could call it: the principle of the bicycle learning wheels.
The idea is to teach someone to do something without him even realizing that he is learning it. You give a kid a bike with learning wheels and let him ride it for fun, from time to time you put the learning wheels a bit higher and after a while the kid will be able to ride the bike without the learning wheels. And it was fun all the way!
In the old days of street soccer this is how everyone learned to play soccer. And it was so much fun!
How to incorporate this principle in football (soccer) coaching? I will give just an example: instead of always giving your players indications, in practice and in games, to keep their heads up when they have the ball, why not use a practice game or drill that makes them keep their head up. My following post will give an example of such a drill. Use such a drill a few times and they will get into the habit of having their head up.
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