Youth football Development.
Structure, system, tactics and technique.
Develop a Developmental System of Play.
What we promote a 'development orientated' system of play that tries to
maximize each player's opportunity to apply the 'first principles of technique' when they play.
We feel systems of play that are direct, pragmatic and focus on results (before a well rounded developmental approach) will not always provide the best environment in which to maximize the opportunities to apply the 'first principles of technique', and therefore consequently fail to maximize the development of the players playing under such a system.
This failure is never felt by the players, junior clubs, parents and coaches involved in this system.
It only becomes apparent when a national team plays a direct, pragamatic style of play based on physicality.
It only becomes apparent when your national team can't use intelliegently applied technique, intelligently designed possession, and individual creativity is some thing that was abandoned along time ago.
A direct, pragmatic and results focused system may work for adults who have plateaued in terms of development, but if applied to young developing players, it either robs them of potentially good development opportunities, or says to the players that results are more important than maximizing the development process and that short term success is more important than maximizing long term developmental gains.
An analogy might be compared to the choice between a diet of party-food or a well rounded diet.
One might be more fun right now, but one is definitely much better for you in the long run.
With this in mind, work through this resource so that you develop a base understanding of what a 'developmental orientated' system of play might look like. To work through this resource section by section, use the table below, and to get a complete picture of this 'system of play' resource, use the second table below (all page links) and go straight to the page you want.
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To return to this page, there is a 'page link' at the top of the page that can bring you back to this page.
For example :
:> Youth football Development : Structure, system, tactics and technique [Open Access] : P3.5 : System of Play : Pictures