Tempo with ball?

[Jstu3565]

@duxx

I should start working (on monday 8.january) with advanced players as head S&C for one second league club (which is first league club experiencing some “problems”).
When it comes to less advanced players, like kids and begginers, a ball is a must! They must develop ball handling skill with various drills, poligons etc. This is not an issue with already developed athletes (they have ball handling skills) — but this doesn’t mean they should not practice ball handling, but they do it in more demanding actvities, like 1on1, small-sided games, 4vs4 etc…
For kids and beggining soccer players:

1. Ball handling skills and drills
2. Speed, strength, explosivness development
3. Conditning comes from playing games and doing practices, thus no need for aerobic conditning especially long distance running… tempo now and then

When they become more advanced, less ball handling skills and drills, more speed and strength and more conditioning, both “aerobic” and “anaerobic”.

“As far as condioning” — Don’t know what you ment by this? Poor english Do you mean besides condioning, or for conditioning?

lol sorry I am bad at spelling. I had meant anaerobic conditioning which you explained in this response. Sounds like a good plan.

[duxx]

I will let “anaerobic” conditioning to head coach and small-sided games (skill-based conditioning games). I will deal with strength, medball, plyos and tempo. If the temperature permits we will do speed work too.

[pakewi]

@duxx

Here is one idea how to adress specific requirements of middle fielders by using tempo running.

Do you really think that having the ones running 16 seconds Tempo reps,and the others 20 secs is going to impact the two any differently?

[duxx]

@pakewi

Do you really think that having the ones running 16 seconds Tempo reps,and the others 20 secs is going to impact the two any differently?

1. Speed is the same among two groups (70%), thus second or two difference depending on the distance
2. Middlefielders have to walk greater distance and come to starting postition at the same time as other players
3. Middlefielders cover greater distance 10-20% in tempo run ---- this is important, because they cover greater distance at submax speed in a play compared to other players (sprint distance is same, about 300m)