The 5-Minute Football Coach - Issue #4

Dribble or pass, VR, Playing vs Winning

Here are this week’s top picks:

Practice of the week

Last week we talked about whether to stop young players from ‘hogging’ the ball. Well, here is a good session plan about getting 5- to 11-year-old players think about whether to pass or dribble. (Note: a free registration is required)

That plan was designed for a 1h30 session - for a 1-hour session I would probably drop the arrival activity and shorten the other phases.

And here is another interesting view on the topic:

Video of the week

You might have seen this on the telly - pretty impressive stuff! But it may be a while before we get this sort of things at the grassroots level…

Thought of the week

Grassroots @FootballGrf

Just come across this interesting peice. Thoughts on this one guys 🤔Y

As always, feel free to email me any link you’d like to see included in a future issue!

Have a great week

Fabrice