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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Saying and doing are quite different. I've developed a rather simplistic method to determine how committed a youth club is to possession soccer especially at the younger ages.  What happens when the goalkeeper has the ball.  Do they pass it off to their own team or punt it down the field.  If the coach lets them punt it all the time then they don't walk the walk.  Does the coach continue to push for possession no matter the game score or in a tournament.  Yes yes yes I know there is way more to it than that.  But watching a team especially younger ages it becomes clear very quickly if the coach is teaching possession.  My kids teams are told never to punt, except when the other team is cheating up so far that it can take them by surprise.  It often results in easy goals by the other team as goal kicks become scoring opportunities for the other teams but I still prefer they play that way as eventually they should develop into better players.[/quote]

You have to be careful here as well.  Lots of coaches have their players play out from the back meaning they play short goal kicks but then their backs just take a touch or two and slam it up field and they call it building out from the back/possession soccer.   Also, if goal keeper don't take their own goal kicks, you know that's a red flag.[/quote]

A red flag that they don’t have the leg strength or accuracy to get it to the open player?

It’s not a red flag and neither is punting necessarily.  It’s situational and shouldn’t be some kind of mindless, scripted transaction.  I want my players to think and respond appropriately. [/quote]

It's the difference between playing games to win the game and playing to develop the players.  A coach that is teaching build from the back and progressing up the field using passes, where the team works on this over and over during practices, would want the team to primarily do the same during games.  Yes there are exceptions and sometimes you need to play direct and the coach should also teach that.  And you could debate whether possession is the best style to be teaching.  But, if the coach says they are committed to possession as the style, then the goal is to develop the players to be able to keep and progress through possession no matter the score.  If the style is to have the goalkeeper part of the possession and distribute the ball, then having another player take the goal kicks doesn't help develop the team.  Players should be taught and practice the proper role for their position (keeper takes the goal kick), even if means sacrificing some goals and wins.  Could you imagine a little league baseball team where the catcher doesn't throw the ball back to the pitcher by himself, or in basketball doesn't take the free throw herself?  [/quote]

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