Technical Footwork Training: Good or Bad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have 2:26 to spare? Listen to some wisdom from one of the legendary coaches of the 90s-00s

“You build a player like you build a house. You start by technical foundation. If you don’t have the touch by age 14, forget it, you’ll never be a football player”

https://youtu.be/8vA0uBgzLYU?si=Mcu2gT3jAx0bT49N

Every kid from u7-u17 is a football player.

40 kids head to the local superstar trainer.

5 leave with a little more skill than when they showed up and were talented before going.

35 others just head back and do maradonas all over the field and are objectively worse. they were always going to be bad to mediocre but could be contributing players, but now they are ballhogs and literally costing games.

yes, in a perfect world technical training at a young age is important for developing players. its just not getting done right.

Your personal gripe and lack of high level youth development knowledge makes your cynical comment silly

You actually associate having technical skills with over dribbling
sigh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who say you have a bad trainer could you please explain what a good trainer does differently, what drills, how avoid those 3 issues, etc. Thanks

To be fair, it is not easy. Most trainers “know everything” because they played D1, pro, ABCD license, etc.

Check out this video. As a parent who did not play at a high level but did play as a youth as one of many sports, this really helped me understand what I am looking at locally and what can be done by simple first touch technique to help my child: https://youtu.be/63jp5z5v-xI?si=nTXAN79tbdsVXW0v

This is just one turn to learn but you can really see the margins when a player knows how to control under pressure versus when they have an ordinary touch that does not progress the play. This type of training does not sell on IG so you don’t see it but the top players know how to execute it along others first touch turns and movements.

I have reversed engineered to find trainers. When I see a kid with a quality first touch or turns, I have approached the parents to see who they train with. You want the meat and potatoes people. Some are on IG and some aren’t.

Here is the rub. Christian has the right mindset with False8. At the same time, in the top flight of our age group, those False8 kids don’t try any of those fancy combinations on the pitch so I don’t understand the purpose of that if that is how they spend 1-1.5 hours in training. Top flight kids are too fast and it is not practical. It sells on IG so I can’t knock the business model but parents have to understand it is a business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who say you have a bad trainer could you please explain what a good trainer does differently, what drills, how avoid those 3 issues, etc. Thanks

To be fair, it is not easy. Most trainers “know everything” because they played D1, pro, ABCD license, etc.

Check out this video. As a parent who did not play at a high level but did play as a youth as one of many sports, this really helped me understand what I am looking at locally and what can be done by simple first touch technique to help my child: https://youtu.be/63jp5z5v-xI?si=nTXAN79tbdsVXW0v

This is just one turn to learn but you can really see the margins when a player knows how to control under pressure versus when they have an ordinary touch that does not progress the play. This type of training does not sell on IG so you don’t see it but the top players know how to execute it along others first touch turns and movements.

I have reversed engineered to find trainers. When I see a kid with a quality first touch or turns, I have approached the parents to see who they train with. You want the meat and potatoes people. Some are on IG and some aren’t.

Here is the rub. Christian has the right mindset with False8. At the same time, in the top flight of our age group, those False8 kids don’t try any of those fancy combinations on the pitch so I don’t understand the purpose of that if that is how they spend 1-1.5 hours in training. Top flight kids are too fast and it is not practical. It sells on IG so I can’t knock the business model but parents have to understand it is a business.

There is a massive difference between functional skill and freestyle skill. The best players absolutely can do fancy moves, they have the highest technical ability in their age groups. However, they rarely use them just for show. When you are that good at the basics, you don't need the bells and whistles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who say you have a bad trainer could you please explain what a good trainer does differently, what drills, how avoid those 3 issues, etc. Thanks

To be fair, it is not easy. Most trainers “know everything” because they played D1, pro, ABCD license, etc.

Check out this video. As a parent who did not play at a high level but did play as a youth as one of many sports, this really helped me understand what I am looking at locally and what can be done by simple first touch technique to help my child: https://youtu.be/63jp5z5v-xI?si=nTXAN79tbdsVXW0v

This is just one turn to learn but you can really see the margins when a player knows how to control under pressure versus when they have an ordinary touch that does not progress the play. This type of training does not sell on IG so you don’t see it but the top players know how to execute it along others first touch turns and movements.

I have reversed engineered to find trainers. When I see a kid with a quality first touch or turns, I have approached the parents to see who they train with. You want the meat and potatoes people. Some are on IG and some aren’t.

Here is the rub. Christian has the right mindset with False8. At the same time, in the top flight of our age group, those False8 kids don’t try any of those fancy combinations on the pitch so I don’t understand the purpose of that if that is how they spend 1-1.5 hours in training. Top flight kids are too fast and it is not practical. It sells on IG so I can’t knock the business model but parents have to understand it is a business.

There is a massive difference between functional skill and freestyle skill. The best players absolutely can do fancy moves, they have the highest technical ability in their age groups. However, they rarely use them just for show. When you are that good at the basics, you don't need the bells and whistles.

But but we need the IG highlights for views and hearts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who say you have a bad trainer could you please explain what a good trainer does differently, what drills, how avoid those 3 issues, etc. Thanks

To be fair, it is not easy. Most trainers “know everything” because they played D1, pro, ABCD license, etc.

Check out this video. As a parent who did not play at a high level but did play as a youth as one of many sports, this really helped me understand what I am looking at locally and what can be done by simple first touch technique to help my child: https://youtu.be/63jp5z5v-xI?si=nTXAN79tbdsVXW0v

This is just one turn to learn but you can really see the margins when a player knows how to control under pressure versus when they have an ordinary touch that does not progress the play. This type of training does not sell on IG so you don’t see it but the top players know how to execute it along others first touch turns and movements.

I have reversed engineered to find trainers. When I see a kid with a quality first touch or turns, I have approached the parents to see who they train with. You want the meat and potatoes people. Some are on IG and some aren’t.

Here is the rub. Christian has the right mindset with False8. At the same time, in the top flight of our age group, those False8 kids don’t try any of those fancy combinations on the pitch so I don’t understand the purpose of that if that is how they spend 1-1.5 hours in training. Top flight kids are too fast and it is not practical. It sells on IG so I can’t knock the business model but parents have to understand it is a business.

There is a massive difference between functional skill and freestyle skill. The best players absolutely can do fancy moves, they have the highest technical ability in their age groups. However, they rarely use them just for show. When you are that good at the basics, you don't need the bells and whistles.

But but we need the IG highlights for views and hearts

Protip: the followers view and heart everything. It’s mindless.