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(work with having width in the last third and spreading the play. From 13 the boys play 4-3-3- However, I must reinforce that it is not the formation that is important, but the style of play. All the academy’s yearly objectives and weekly plans need to be supervised and agreed by both myself and Guillermo Amor. 6) In your opinion what implications will the recent changes in the game have on coaching young elite players? Our coaching methods have been developed over the years in accordance with our playing style. We feel that our methodology will develop players to play for FC Barcelona, a club that will always wish to compete at the highest level. Our emphasis on passing and receiving the ball has been there for a long time, however, the modern game has placed greater focus on the tempo of technical and tactical executions. We want to develop players who are comfortable with both feet, so that this will not restrict their ability on the pitch. Additionally practicing in small areas is a good way to place players under the sort of pressures that they will experience in the game, from a technical, tactical, physical and mental point of view. Of course you need to adjust the size of the area to accommodate the players needs and ages. 7) In reference to your answer to the question (7), how should coaches conduct coaching sessions from a practical point of view? Our coaches plan integrated sessions to develop players within our philosophy. We have exercises for controlling, passing and
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receiving. Exercises working on combinations of actions. Technical and tactical training with all or part of the team, small sided games, often working with a joker to let the players in attacks practice create 2v1 situations and in defence to learn to defend when outnumbered and work together to deny space in danger areas. And of course we have “Possession and position” exercises designed to keep the ball. I mention position in the same sentence as possession as you need to take up the correct position on the field in order to keep possession of the ball. We have certain exercises that all of our teams practice, even our first team. The exercise below would be a typical possession position game that all of our teams would practice, the only thing that would change would be the size of the playing area, bigger for the younger players and extremely small for the first team, almost the size of a postage stamp!!
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