Winter Academy
Bay Area Soccer Association Curriculum
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE
1. Style and Principles of Play
2. Age Groups
3. Training
Style and Principles of Play
· Offensive style
All teams should be encouraged to display an offensive style based on quick movement of the ball combine with appropriated skill elements.
· Quick transition and finishing
Speed of play, use dribbling in no-risk area, looking for an organized and quick moving of the ball. Decision and responsibility to finish will be encouraged to all ages.
· Position Specific
Any team must be organized defensively, keeping their specific position in formation. Players will be aware to look for spaces and movement, in order to support forwards when attacking phase occur.
Style of play/Technical
Players will always be encouraged to play with fantasy and creativity, using different turning and faints moves, in order to beat or unbalance the opposite players.
Passing needs to have the right pace, receiving the ball in the space away from the pressure.
Players will be encouraged to develop the ability to shoot from different angle and distances, using a variety of techniques such as: power shoot, accuracy shoot, bend shoot.
Style of play/Tactical
All teams should train to play the ball from the back or to play a direct style, based on field conditions, opposite team formation or team players potential.
All teams must learn the concept of ball possession and where and when need it to be applied in the game. Players will be encourage to support and move in order to create passing options.
When possession is lost players must react quickly and apply pressure to regain the ball.
Style of play/Physical
Speed and Agility training from the early ages
Strength and power training in order to develop quickness, and gain competitiveness.
Style of play/Psychosocial
Players will take responsibility for their action
Players will be educated to respect teammates, coaches, referees and opponents.
Each player will be educated under team concept, and will cooperate with his/her teammates to achieve the final objective.
Principles of Play/Players
Keep the game simple, do not force situations, over dribble or give the ball away.
Players should be educated about the importance of first touch, the position of the ball in front of the player and the touch away from pressure into free space.
Minimize the number of touches in order to increase the speed of play.
1vs.1 situation. Players should be encouraged to constantly practice this situation, with determination to regain the control of the ball when in defense and beating the opponent in attack with feints and moves, at speed.
Players should be encouraged to take risks, making the mistakes as a part of the development process.
Principles of Play/Team
All teams should be educated that under our concept, all players attack and all players defend.
Passing options. The player in possession should always have at least 2 passing options.
Movement off the ball. Find the best available space to create passing option for the player in possession of the ball.
Direction of the game. The game flows in two directions. Create realistic game situation in every practice. Practice with purpose.
Take initiative during the game. Team breakdowns will occur. The team must be capable to impose our club concept style of play during the game.
BASA Academy Goals
Bay Area Soccer Academy objective is to create individually competent players, who are proficient in the most important skills for each position. The training is design to teach players how and where to apply the feints and moves, in order to have maximum efficiency.
Increasing the level of individual skill, will create more confident players, which will increase the whole team performance and the prestige of the club
The Bay Area Soccer Academy is intend to be a long-term project design to target players from 8 to 10 years old, incorporating successful skill training methods from professional youth academies.
The Academy ultimate goal is to provide a proper environment for talent development, making the soccer skill, one of the fundamental characteristic of our players.
BASA Academy Technical Content
· Passing and receiving
· Running with the Ball
· Dribbling
· Turning
· Shooting
· Ball Control
· Heading
· 1 vs.1 Attacking
· Shielding the ball
· Receiving to turn
· Crossing and Finishing
· 1 vs.1 Defense (Body Shape, Anticipation, Interception, Prevent Turning)
Bay Area Soccer Academy Age Appropriate Training
U-7 Players must spend the maximum time possible during training sessions focusing on ball contact, mostly individual skill.
U- 8 The players are starting to recognize the relationship with the other players, starting to develop a sense of team. Basic passing and supporting mechanism will be introduces in training, along ball mastery. Basic motor skill such as: running mechanism, jumping and coordination elements will be introduces in Academy training.
U-9 The players will be challenge in all aspects, by extending the arsenal of moves, feints, turns, cuts, and other important aspects of the game. The 9 years old is the critical age when the players have the optimum capacity to assimilate very fast, all the new skills.
U-10 The players will be introduce to 1 vs. 1 and 2 vs. 1 attacking and defending situations, learning basic tactical related skill which will develop the team game concept.
The Academy is driven by three basic elements of soccer development, specifically design to meet the Bay Area Soccer Association player’s needs.
1. Quality – This concept is related to the technical side of the training. The focus will be on first touch, how and where, right distance for a particular move or body feint.
2. Intensity – The Academy sessions will be performed at the game intensity. Short working periods of high-intensity develops the technical quality and the quick tactical decisions required in the game.
3. Mental strength – The Academy skill training goal is to create confident and competitive players, cultivating a winning attitude, leadership characteristics and determination.
Player evaluation
At the end of the Academy the Director of Coaching, together with the team coaches, will evaluate the players in all technical skills listed under Academy content. The players will receive balls and uniforms with BASA and our sponsor logo. The Academy color t-shirts and the Academy balls are the only equipment accepted for the Academy training. We want to give the players the sense of pride and professionalism, but in same time to teach them how to be a responsible athlete.