July 28, Post Match Notes
- one player staying behind the player with the ball (in case he loses the ball)
- the other players staying away from the ball and going into and using open free spaces
Posted in | 7/29/2010 08:20:00 AM
Posted in | 7/28/2010 08:59:00 AM
Warm-up, running passes on 3,step on, always moving | 5 | |
Offer support: Stay Away | 10 | |
Pass to defender running on wings, center | 10 | |
Game | 12 | |
Throw-ins | 3 | |
Corner kicks | 5 | |
Free kicks | 5 | |
Headers | 8 | 58 |
Volleys | 8 | |
Emerson move, both sides | 5 |
Posted in | 7/25/2010 06:24:00 PM
Gustavo's favorite singer was in Ottawa Saturday. He took this picture of her:
Posted in | 7/24/2010 05:13:00 PM
It was an awesome day for soccer and rockets!
Posted in | 7/24/2010 03:11:00 PM
Here is the video analysis of both John ad Noah's instep drive shots. Interestingly, both have similar movements.
John shows great back swing. For a more powerful shot, at the point of contact his knee and chest should be over the ball, not behind it. Also, he is hitting with the front left corner of his foot as opposed to dead on center, which would give him more power. He has some follow-through, which should be oriented more forward as opposed to sideways (he is slightly off balance)..
Noah:
Similar to John, same comments above apply. Also, he is dropping his body at the time of contact as opposed to following through forward. Note how his foot sticks out to the right at the end, because he is hitting with the inside left of the foot as opposed to dead center.
Posted in | 7/22/2010 08:14:00 AM
Posted in | 7/21/2010 01:09:00 PM
Warm-up, running passes on 3,step on, always moving | 5 | |
Off-side (board) | 5 | |
Positioning (Board) | 5 | |
Corner kicks, drills, moving | 10 | |
Penalty kicks (team) | 5 | |
Goal kicks | 5 | |
Throw-ins | 4 | |
Sportsmanship | 5 | 44 |
Not bunching up | 10 | |
Free kicks | 5 | |
Ball clearance | 3 | 62 |
Midfield Long passes | 8 | |
Pass to defender running on wings | 10 |
Posted in | 7/17/2010 08:41:00 PM
This Saturday kids had a blast at soccer -literally, several times actually.
The match kids vs parents was decided by a penalty shoot-out, where after 5 shots the shootout score was 2-2, going into sudden death shootout, kids finally winning.
Posted in | 7/15/2010 07:41:00 AM
One of our players asked yesterday if the goalkeeper could take corner shots. The answer is yes, but that would be difficult as the goalie needs to run back to his net after taking the corner.
However, goalies can take free kicks and penalty shots much more easily. In fact, the goalie of my home team, Sao Paulo FC, is the goalie that has scored the most goals ever (91 total, list), he is the holder of the Guinness World Record. At age 37 he is still the goalkeeper number one and he is a great sportsman. He is a triple World Club champion.
Here is a goal against Santos earlier in 2009:
Posted in | 7/15/2010 07:25:00 AM
Another hot day, another great effort and good result against a very tough team which was short of players. Some of our players did our corner kick move during the match, it was a pleasure to see.
A couple of forwards displayed great speed and were even caught off-side a few times (we will be practicing off-sides). Forwards must be fast. Ball clearance needs work. There were some too slow clearances, as well as using the center instead of the sides.
We have talked and will talk again about sportsmanship: Things like never complain about a teammate, opponent, ref, coach or parents during the match, never fake injuries, never lie, never swear, no spitting, don't make fun of players, etc. Our players are great in this regards.
Posted in | 7/14/2010 07:01:00 AM
Warm-up, running passes,step on, always moving 5
Corner kicks 7
Olympics 18
Stay Away, Sportsmanship 5
G4 Bunching up drill 12
Pass to defender running on outside 10
Cone display, offensive, defensive support, stay away 6
63
Posted in | 7/10/2010 03:56:00 PM
It was a fabulous day for soccer. Some old friends showed up, and cold yummy watermelon for all (thanks Tom!)
Posted in | 7/09/2010 05:36:00 PM
Last week players started learning the chip shot and bending the ball. Gustavo demonstrates both.
Chip shot.
Posted in | 7/08/2010 03:24:00 PM
Posted in | 7/07/2010 10:22:00 AM
Warm-up, spot the coach, step on, side to side, sole to sole, on toes, dynamic stretching, always moving | 5 |
Pass to defender running outside, with ball protection | 15 |
Plus Defense positioning | 10 |
Corner kicks | 8 |
Turns, inside, outside, cruyff | 12 |
Speed Dribble cones and shoot | 10 |
Game, forwards outside of cones only | 15 |
75 |
Posted in | 7/05/2010 05:12:00 PM
For the other players who like airplanes, a video of the 2010 Air show on July 4th, featuring several aircraft. The snowbirds were amazing.
Posted in | 7/01/2010 08:06:00 AM
Amazingly, we had all players in - the night before Canada day.
It was a superb effort for our players, under very difficult weather conditions, cold, rainy, and muddy field. The team played an outstanding first half, when they were spreading themselves out much better, which was the objective of a couple of our practices.
During the 2nd half, players bunched up again and that makes scoring much harder, in fact no scoring happened. However, players are to be commended for still running hard under those conditions. Awesome job.
Areas for improvement:
- Spreading out, using open spaces
- Use of wide sidelines/wings
- Forwards coming back to help when we lose the ball
- Players arriving on time for practice!