How to expose incompetent coaching
Fitness!
“You don’t have to run to be fit to play football, by playing football you will get football fit”
Incompetent coaching: We run laps and do shuttle runs, because 70% of the game is running without the ball… This is not football fitness as there is no communication, no decisions to make. On the other words, you can leave your brain home before the practice.
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Competent coaching:
Play football fitness games 4-6 minute blocks with 2min rest, in the way that he wants his team to play in the game.
Short blocks are there to ensure that you will be able to play at your highest tempo the entire 4-6 minutes.
Competent coach is able to spot the drop in fitness levels when players aren’t able to perform their given team tasks anymore. For example slow in pressing or dropping behind the ball.
Now the players are getting position specific fitness in the football context. There will be communication and decision making happening all the time. And guess what are the players doing without the ball 70% of the time…
They are running without the ball!!!