* The Winning Formula
I bought Soccer Coaching videos
SHOULD I GET MY MONEY BACK?
"WHAT IS THE BIG SECRET THAT GOT MY TEAM TO #1 IN THE LEAGUE?"
Please read on to find our exactly how I discovered the "SECRETS" to
that you won't find anywhere else.
From the desk of: The Soccer Coach
Time: 15th July 2007, 6am Australian Time
Re: Should I get a refund for soccer coaching videos that I bought?
Fellow soccer coach,
Let's get something straight before we start.
"HAVING THE BEST SOCCER DRILLS IN THE WORLD DOES NOT GUARANTEE
SUCCESS"
But first, let's start with how I got here, and why I'm writing
this...
It must have been about two years ago now, I was training my team
and a fellow soccer coach handed me a video of soccer drills. Billy
was very excited about this video and as I respected him as a coach I
watched all of it.
Now, Billy is actually someone whose opinion I trust, which is the
only reason I watched the video in the first place.
"BUT WHY ISN'T HAVING HUNDREDS OF SOCCER DRILLS GOING TO HELP?..."
Well, let me explain. I am a qualified soccer coach and I have spent
the last 8 years coaching kids soccer from 5 and 6 year olds through
to adults, and I spend a lot of time trying to raise the skill levels
of my players. I have researched thoroughly trying to find some
techniques and drills that would give me a complete suite of exercises
to ensure that I got my team to the very best that it could be.
But, I have never been a big fan of soccer drills that have no game
like characteristic and I have also found that have great technical
skill is not the only thing a player need.
FACT #1 - Great technical skill is the cornerstone of a good player
FACT #2 - Coerver is the #1 Soccer Coaching program in the world for
producing players of great technical ability
FACT #3 - The Winning Formula covers aspects of coaching soccer that
are not covered by Coerver or indeed any other soccer drill manual
You don't need to take my word about Coerver, see for yourself by
looking at their website
No matter what soccer reference books and soccer coaching manuals
you buy you are still faced with
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The drills have no game like characteristics
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The drills do not involve enough players
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The drills are not fun for players
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The drills do not teach the players how to play soccer effectively
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The manuals do not cover the core principles of playing soccer and
how to play the game
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The manuals do not cover the fitness required to play soccer, speed
agility stamina etc and how to get fit for soccer
THE WINNING FORMULA CONSISTS OF
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Getting players to develop great technical Skill
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Getting players to play the game effectively
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Getting players fit enough to outlast the opposition
GETTING GREAT TECHNICAL SKILL
To get great technical skill I used the Coerver Coaching Method, now
there are are lots of soccer coaching manuals and videos like Coerver,
but Coerver just happens to be the best, and when Billy showed me
Coerver I tended to agree. As I say, it was only because he was
normally spot-on that I even bothered.
When I reached the Coerver website, I was actually pretty impressed
with the content and even more impressed with some of the big names in
soccer that recommend this product...
But, again, I have to be honest with you...,
AT THIS POINT, I STILL THOUGHT TO MYSELF, _"NICE PRODUCT, LOTS OF
SOCCER DRILLS, THIS SHOULD HELP, ... BUT YET AGAIN, IT JUST ISN'T
GOING TO BE TOO PRACTICAL FOR BUILDING A SOCCER TEAM, IT SEEMS TO
CONCENTRATE TOO MUCH ON THE INDIVIDUAL... SO FORGET IT_".
So after looking at the ways to get great technical skill, I went
away and thought
_"Methods like Coerver will give my players great skill, but will
they know when to pass? when to shoot? how to play as a team? and also
will it get them fit enough for soccer?"_
That's when I realised the importance of the aspects of coaching
soccer that are
Not taught in the any other Soccer Coaching System
GETTING PLAYERS TO PLAY THE GAME EFFECTIVELY
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How does a player know when to pass or when to dribble?
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How does a team create more scoring chances?
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How does a team restrict the oppositions scoring chances?
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Where are most goals scored from?
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How can players work most effectively as a team
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How do I get players fit enough to last a whole game out
_ PLAYERS NEED TO WORK EFFECTIVELY AS A TEAM TO PRODUCE GOALS AND TO
RESTRICT THE OPPOSITION_
I am not talking about using specific soccer formations like 4-4-2
or a 4-4-2 or the Brazilian box, but the aspects that help promote
team work and correct decision making that govern the game.
The aspects that I cover in the The Winning Formula are not hard to
understand, but most coaching material ignores them and concentrates
on technical skill and combination play. Skill and team play is vital,
but they do not give the players the knowledge to make good decisions
when playing, nor do they help players adapt to different opposition
tactics.
GETTING PLAYERS FIT ENOUGH TO OUTLAST THE OPPOSITION
One of my favorite stories about soccer is when I was playing for
Waverley City (now known as Eastern Lions, see their website at
http://www.easternlions.com.au). We had a team of reasonable skill
level, but were no match for nearly every other team in the league on
a technical level. Because of our inferior skill level, our coach did
just one thing that ensured that we performed to our optimum. Because
of this one thing, we were runners up in a league where we were
probably the least skilled team in that league.
So what was the one thing that totally transformed our season? We
got fit for soccer
The aspects that I cover in the The Winning Formula are not hard to
understand, but most coaching material ignores them and concentrates
on technical skill and combination play. Skill and team play is vital,
but they do not give the players the knowledge to make good decisions
when playing, nor do they help players adapt to different opposition
tactics.
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THE WINNING FORMULA IS
Develop Great Technical Skill
(I used Coerver, but there are many soccer coaching videos)
combined with
The Principles of Play
Small Sided Games
Fitness for Soccer
and you will get the BEST out of your team
"BUT NOW FOR THE ULTIMATE QUESTION - DID MY TEAM PERFORM ANY BETTER?
WELL, THE RESULTS ARE IN..."
Let me put it this way.
The results were.... _interesting_.
While I haven't changed my tune re: soccer drills in general, if it
wasn't for developing great technical skill and discovering the
Winning Formula, the results I am about to disclose would not have
happened.
And the funny thing is I am not convinced that all Soccer Coaches
know about it... but I will return to that point. For now, let's
discuss those all important results.
SEASON 2006
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WE WERE IN THE B DIVISION
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WE FINISHED 5TH
FOOTBALL FEDERATION VICTORIA - MILO BOYS EAST 13 B
Rank
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Points
1
Kingston City
16
13
3
0
52
19
33
42
2
Boronia
16
9
3
4
43
16
27
30
3
Richmond
16
9
3
4
37
19
18
30
4
Monash City
16
9
1
6
50
20
30
28
5
EASTERN LIONS
16
7
1
8
25
28
-3
22
6
Manningham
16
7
0
9
26
19
7
21
7
Ashburton
16
5
5
6
17
28
-11
20
8
Nunawading City
16
2
3
11
7
43
-36
9
9
Sherbrooke Rangers
16
1
1
14
4
69
