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English Premier LeagueAcademy Tour Journal

December 2006


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ANKENY SOCCER CLUB

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

COACHES TOURDECEMBER 2006

Notes provided by Ozzie White, DOC, Ankeny Soccer Club, IA

Published byWORLD CLASS COACHING

15004 Buena Vista Drive, Leawood, KS 66224

WORLD CLASS COACHING 2007


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Ankeny Soccer Club;

Expanding Coaching Horizons

EPL Coaches Tour December 2006Ankeny Soccer Club Professional Coaching Staff members Justin Vorster, Matt Sahag, andAndrew Kewley visited England during December as part of their ongoing coaching education.During the visit, arranged by ASC Director of Coaching Ozzie White, the coaches visited anumber of professional youth academies, attended training sessions, exchanged dialogue andideas with club coaches as well as watched a number of Premier League and EuropeanCompetition matches. The trip was a customized tour planned through renowned Soccer TourCompany, Travel and Play. Barry Walmsley and Martyn Heather are great to work as theyunderstand the nuances which make these visits invaluable, therefore, unforgettable.

We arrived in England and made our way to the hotel to unpack before going to the Valley; homeof Charlton Athletic to watch them play against Blackburn Rovers. Charlton won the game 1-0 togive them hope in the Premiership relegation battle. After the game we met and spoke with

American World Cup veteran goalkeeper Brad Friedel. He has enjoyed a magnificent career and

was happy to spend time with us and share some of his thoughts on the game.

Day Two took us to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club to visit with Trevor Webb and the coachingstaff at Spurs Lodge. In the evening we watched West Ham vs. Wigan Athletic at Upton Park.

Day Three was again spent at Tottenham Hotspur Youth Academy in the morning. During theafternoon we visited Arsenals new Emirates Stadium. One word- magnificent!!

In the evening we where again close to the action as the Spurs youngsters trained under thewatchful eyes of Coaches Alex Inglethorpe and Chris Ramsey.

Day Four was another visit to the Valley. This time we attended a presentation from DebbieBrown, General Business Manager Charlton Athletic Professional Womens Program. Debbie isso well respected for her contributions to the Womens game that she was recently invited by


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FIFA to present her Womens Football Business Model to a recent symposium attended by allWomens Professional Clubs throughout Europe. It was a pleasure receiving information fromDebbie as we at Ankeny Soccer Club aspire to make our girls program as successful as wepossibly can.

During the afternoon of Day Four we had the privilege of visiting the David Beckham Academy inLondon. This facility is what every coach dreams about. Two full sized indoor pitches, dressingrooms, a museum with memorabilia from Beckhams career, a canteen providing the right foodsfor athletes to train, and a full medical facility. The complex also boasts interactive white boards inclass rooms as well rooms full of computers, soccer DVDs and books for players to look up themoves for themselves.

During our visit to the Beckham Academy we watched the Charlton Athletic U/18 Girls participatein a training session run by Coaches Graham Webb and Keith Boanas. The Charlton Womensteam is fortunate to train at the Academy during times of inclement London weather.

Day Five was another Premier League match between Watford and Reading, followed by atraditional Saturday night out in England; a few beers to discuss the weeks football followed by alate night curry and an anticipation of the next weeks football.

Day Six had us all excited; we where attending the Chelsea vs. Arsenal match at StamfordBridge. We went early and savored the electric atmosphere on the surrounding streets. We foundour seat in the stadium and eagerly watched the build up to a fantastic game of football. JensLehman treated us to a mind blowing dynamic warm up followed by a comedy with Didier Drogbaduring the game.


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Day Seven was a travel day as Matt and I traveled up the M1 Motorway to Sheffield to meet withScott Sellars. Scott is the Sheffield United u/18 coach and he agreed to spend the day with us todiscuss training philosophies and how to implement certain methods with young professionalplayers. Brad Friedal drove across from Blackburn and the four of us enjoyed a great afternoon offootball discussion. In the evening we watched another great game Sheffield United vs. AstonVilla

Scott Sellars, Matt Sahag, Brad Friedal

Day Eight took us across from Yorkshire to Manchester and a visit to Old Trafford, home ofManchester United.


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Ozzie White in Alex Fergusons seat at Old Trafford

Day Nine was spent visiting family, sightseeing, and shopping?Day Ten was another visit to White Hart Lane in London to watch Spurs play Dynamo Bucharestin the UEFA Cup

Day Eleven and Twelve was indeed a pleasure. Justin Vorsters (ASC Director for YouthDevelopment) brother, Kieran is the personal trainer hired by Chelsea Football Club torehabilitate Goalkeeper Petr Cech following his horrific skull fracture back in November. Justinand I where invited to attend during Petrs training program.

Justin Vorster with Petr Cech

Day Thirteen was another quick commute up the motorway to wave goodbye to the family

Day Fourteen was a long journey home discussing all that we had seen, heard and discussed.The challenge is how to implement and adapt all of the great ideas we saw during an exhaustingbut memorable two weeks in the Premier League.


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Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

Academy Visit, December 2006

Tottenham Hotspur Academy coaches young footballers from the age of 8 to 18.

The operation involves approximately 150 young players, looked after by 30 full time and parttime staff.

A network of 35 scouts ensure that Spurs bring in the best talent locally, and compete for othernational players and those based abroad.

This season nine new scholars will join the 11 existing 2nd year boys to form the nucleus of theAcademy U18 squad.

The 3rd year Academy players all train with the Reserve/ Development Squad and compete forplaces in the Reserve Team.

We arrived in England after planning the trip through Barry Walmsley and Martyn Heather fromthe Travel and Play organization.

Trevor Webb is the Education and Welfare Officer at Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) Football Cluband has been a friend since a previous visit to West Ham United when he was employed by theHammers.

Trevor is a lifelong Spurs fan and the thrill of working with, and for, his childhood favorites provedtoo much of a lure and Trevor moved across London after a number of years serving West Ham.During our visit to White Hart Lane, (Spurs Stadium) Trevor pointed to a framed photograph onthe wall in the Spurs reception, and with obvious pride stated that he was in the crowd with hisfather on that day and remembers it as though it where yesterday. The photograph was of thefamous 1962 double winning Spurs team riding on the topless Double Decker bus through thestreets of North London and returning to White Hart lane. Trevor states that half a million peopleturned out to cheer the team on that day and he has been hooked ever since.

Spurs Stadium; White Hart Lane


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Andrew Kewley and Mathew Sahag holding the boot of Tottenham Center Forward JermainDefoe in the Dressing room at White Hart Lane

The Spurs academy is housed at the same training complex (Spurs Lodge) as the first team andother professionals at the club. It is always great to see the players who grace our televisionscreens each week, working on their game even harder than the young hopefuls at the sametraining facilities. It is an eternal inspiration for the young players to mix with the stars each day.

Spurs u/18 team training with Skills Coach Ricardo Montiz


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The Spurs Academy was started 9 years ago in response to the great strides taken in thedevelopment of young players in the professional game in England, especially within the PremierLeague Clubs. The players between 9-14 years train a minimum of 5 hours per week and playone competitive match. The 15-17 year old players are training every week day and playing amatch each week. There is great pressure on Premier League clubs to produce the best youngplayers as the value to the club as a financial asset is sometimes the difference between survivaland relegation. Being in a position to develop and sell at a profit is reality in todays game.

Spurs have signed four foreign 17 year old players in the last two months which proves the bigclubs will go to ends of the earth in order to discover the best young talent wherever it can befound. The club paid over 2 million ponds ($4 million) for 19 year old Aaron Lennon two years agowhen he was just 17 and he is now a regular member of the Full England Squad. TomHuddlestone is another big money teenager to arrive from Derby County, as is first team regularCenter Back Michael Dawson from Nottingham Forrest. This kind of money for teenagers makesthe role of the Academy and the pressure to produce home grown talent even more vital to thefinancial survival of football clubs.

The Academy staff comprises of a number of ex professional players who have attained thehighest coaching credentials to accompany their playing experiences.

John McDermott is the Academy Manager and is assisted in the coaching department by; Alex

Inglethorpe, Chris Ramsey, Perry Suckling, Ricardo Montiz, and Steve Palmer, all of whom haveenjoyed illustrious playing careers. The Academy also boasts its own doctor, fitness coach,physical therapist, Sports Scientist, and Education and Welfare Officer. The Spurs AcademyManager, John McDermott has implemented a one year, three year, and five year plan withtargets to produce a certain number of viable first team assets within those time frames.

Ankeny Soccer Club Coaching staff listening to Chris Ramsey Assistant AcademyManager for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club


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Training Session - Spurs U18 TeamSpurs warm up 1

Morning training session for Spurs u/18 team

Warm Up

Nathan Gardiner Spurs Fitness Coach warmed the players upThe coach set out a series of grids and the players used the cones as a maze.Session length 20 minutes

The players started in one corner and navigated through the cones using a variety of movementto reach a different corner.

Movement included;

Forwards

Backwards

Side skips

Carioca High knees

Butt kicks

Dynamic movements

The players then started in pairs by jumping in the air to complete a double handed high fivebefore turning in different directions to navigate to a pre determined corner.

This was repeated with a variety of starts;High five, back off 5 yards return and repeat the high five


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Jump and bump chests, land correctly, turn and sprint five yards, return, repeat, and navigate to acorner

The coach then added the balls

The players navigated the maze of cones with a ball at their feet

The players navigated the maze of cones while juggling the ball

A number of dynamic stretches where completed between running exercises

Spurs warm up 2

The coach changed the cones into a number of Diamonds

Players started in pairs by serving and completing a number of drills before sprinting around thediamond in opposite directions

6-Side volleys

6- Headers

6-volleys with laces

6-juggles, one touch

6-juggles, 2 touch

Slide from side to side doing low fives

Chest bumps

6-Half volleys keeping the ball moving between the players

6-Chest/volley keeping the ball up

Check away Header

Check away-volley

The warm up was concluded with a number of static stretches and a couple of drink breaks.


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All players where fully warmed up and had a good sweat on

Spurs Session

Coach Alex Inglethorpe; Pro License, UEFA A LicenseAsst Coach Chris Ramsey; UEFA A License

Spurs 2

Session organization:

Half pitch

Server

2 wide players

2 strikers

2 defenders

GK

Free wide Channel from 18 yard box to bye line

Supply of balls

Objective:

1v1 domination in wide areas Attacking the full back

Combination play around the box

Finishing

Server plays ball to wide playerOne defender leaves the middle and pressures the ball

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Wide player attempts to get past the defender into the free wide space ASAP

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Wide player crosses for strikers to finish

Defender retreats back into the boxSpurs 5


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Coaching Points:

Quality of serve

Angle and pace of pass

Body shape and receiving touch of wide player

Awareness of pressure

Decision making early cross or take on and beat the defender

Angle and quality of delivery from wide positions when and how

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Serve both sides to balance the attack and to look at the runs from either flank


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Add

Attacking midfielder

Attacking midfielder to get into the box after the ball is served wide

Coaching point for w ide player:Make an angled run at the defender then move in a different direction with ball before you reachthe defenders tackling distance

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Progression:

Serve into the striker to begin the practice

Striker can play wide or combine with strike partner

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Relationship between opposite wide player, central midfielder and strikers when making runs intothe box


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Spurs 11

Make sure that the near post, middle of the goal and far post are attacked and that the runs arestaggered

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Coaching point:

Can the wide player combine with players inside to improve crossing position out wide?


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Spurs 13

Progression:

Add a third defender to apply pressure on the ball and maintain a defensive presence in the box

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Progression:

Add a second goal and GK

Play 6v6 in a half field area

If you do not achieve success with crosses from wide areas then add a fee wide channelThe Spurs players have enough quality so crosses where delivered regularly

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Recognize during the free play of a game when and how to make runs into the boxThe players worked on all facets of the progression and the coach did not lose focus of hisobjective


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Spurs 16

1v1 domination

Attack the full back

Combine with strikers and midfielders

Deliver quality from wide positions

Attack the ball in the box

Finish

COOL DOWN


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Spurs Skills Montiz 1

Afternoon train ing session for Spurs u/18 team

Coach Ricardo Montiz

Brazilian born coach who came through the professional coaching ranks in HollandMontiz is the Spurs Skills Coach and works with all age groups including the first teamMontiz was employed by Tottenham Hotspur manager Martin Jol and came from PSV Eindhovenin the Dutch Eredivise

During a conversation with Montiz he expressed his skill coaching philosophy like this:

Ball manipulation that transposes to the game as opposed to choreographed tricks

How? Why?

Make the game natural

1ST

HALF

Warm upGrid 20x12 yards

Players navigated through the cones using various parts of the foot;

Left foot

Right foot

Sole of the foot

Inside


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Outside

Add

Quick touches

Look up

Disguise

Touches behind standing leg Drag back

Maradona

Open body shape up and drag with inside of foot


1v1 with passive pressure to startUse a variety of skills to beat the opponent and reach the opposite end line

Coaching points:

Look up

Disguise

Touches behind standing leg

Drag back

Maradona Open body shape up and drag with inside of foot

Mathews

Rivelino

Rohnaldinho

AddShielding


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Progression:

Ball is played to attacker who approaches pressure at speedAttacker opens up body shape, fakes to move one way and drags the ball across his body in theopposite direction

Work/Rest ratio 2:1

Work 30 sec

Rest 15 sec

The coach emphasized that he wanted a very high tempo and all of his sessions are verydemanding because the matches at this level are extremely demanding


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Progression

Allow support player to offer an option to the player in possession

Becomes 2v1

Still encourage player in possession to take on defender in a 1v1 situation

Players look to combine or add disguise and drag the ball in the other direction

Combine all moves into the practice;

Step over

Drag back

Sole of the foot drag

Session time 45 minutes

Montiz then spoke with the players for 10 minutes

He believes in breaking the session into two parts with a half time interval to mirror the real game


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2ND

HALF


Half field2 goals2 GK2- White2-Grey2-BlackCones as wide as the 6 yard box for the length of the field

Start with the ball at the feet of an attacking player who dribbles to meet the pressure applied bythe defending team2v2Beat the defenders by using 1v1 individual skill or combining to finish


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Coaching Points:

Visual cues to decide when to pass or use individual skill to beat an opponent

Timing of pass to distract 2nd

defender

Pass to front foot

Receive with an open body shape

Be ready to move with the ball

Add the wider channel to give more space when the players combine. The optimum objective isto beat the defenders in the tighter channel


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The pitch is narrow to eliminate time and space encouraging the players to get technically betterin tight spaces

Always focus on the end product


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Spurs Suckling GK 1

Conducted by Spurs goalkeeper Coach, Perry Suckling

Suckling took the two goalkeepers through a series of dynamic stretches including; Forward,backward, and sideways movements

Ballistic stretching

Dynamic stretching

Strength work

Fast footwork

Suckling then served a variety of balls to the GK who positioned himself in the goal

Ground balls

Midriff

Head height

High balls

When the GK joined in the players session the Coach worked one on one with the GK frominside the goal


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Charlton Athletic Womens U18

Session was conducted at the DavidBeckham Academy in London


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Ozzie White, Mathew Sahag, and Andrew Kewley of Ankeny Soccer Club, Iowa


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Charlton 1 warm up

Players are in pairs about 10 yards apartThey play one and two touch passes to each otherThe players complete 5 passes and then wrestle each other to retrieve the ball

The players increase the distance and play 20 yard passes before sprinting to each other andwrestling

Charlton 2


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The players complete five passes with another partner 20 yards away by receiving from theclosest partner, spinning with the ball and then passing to the player at the other end of the area

Coach encourages different turning techniques:

Inside foot Outside foot

Cruyff turn

Through the legs

Across the body

Charlton 3

Players complete five passes and then play the ball into space for their partner to chase, retrieve,turn and pass

Vary the distance of the serve

Pass through the legs

To the side Over the head


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Charlton 4

Partners head the ball to each other and then one partner heads over for her partner to spin andretrieve the ball as it comes out of the air

Dynamic and static stretching is performed in between these warm up dril ls

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Half field

GK

4 Defenders

2 Defensive m/f

2 strikers

4 Attacking m/f 4 target players over the halfway line

White team-score goalsBlack team-find grey target players

Objective:

Midfield transition

Numbers up

Midfielders joining the attack and combining with front two

Score goals

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Coaching points:

Runs into the box

Delivery of cross

Relationship between strikers and midfielders

Speed and timing of runs to unbalance defense


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Charlton 7

When play breaks down, a goal is scored, or the black team play the ball out to the grey teamthen the next attack starts by the grey team quickly changing position with the white teammidfielders.

Charlton 8 A group of players is taken by another Academy Coach to work on the runsinto the box

4v2 in a 15x20 grid on the half way line with a wide player on each flankWhite players complete five passes before passing to a wide player who dribbles at speed andcrosses into the box


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Charlton 9

Coaching points:

Angle of run

Speed of run

Visual and verbal communication to decide who runs where

Cover the near and far post

Attack the ball

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