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    Tactical Analysis vs Leicester

    http://www.thetottenhamway.com/2015/08/25/tactics-leicester-1-1-tottenham-sluggish-spurs-should-drop-davies-and-dier/
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    feel free to follow me on Twitter @LukeBBurgess that's where I post all my articles. I don't...

    feel free to follow me on Twitter @LukeBBurgess that's where I post all my articles. I don't always post them on here.
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    Tactical Analysis vs Leicester

    fair enough
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    Tactical Analysis vs Leicester

    In my latest piece I highlight why Spurs had particular trouble penetrating Leicester's defensive shape thanks to poor build-up/positional play. http://www.thetottenhamway.com/2015/08/25/tactics-leicester-1-1-tottenham-sluggish-spurs-should-drop-davies-and-dier/ From the opening minutes...
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    MY COACHING JOURNEY: MANAGING AN UNDER 8 SIDE

    All sounds very promising, and it's fantastic to hear you stepped up to coach the team when they needed you. What I would stress however is that if games are becoming too easy or some players are struggling to get on the ball perhaps think about trying players in new positions or set targets...
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    MY COACHING JOURNEY: MANAGING AN UNDER 8 SIDE

    One thing we have to consider is, what IS a "successful outcome" when coaching players so young. Would it be more successful if that player booted the ball upfield which led to a goal? or if he controlled the ball and beat his challenger 1v1 but lost the ball later on? or if he played the ball...
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    MY COACHING JOURNEY: MANAGING AN UNDER 8 SIDE

    This is so true nowadays when you look at so many players with young families and when you have players like Lamela for example, a young 20-something who has moved from Argentina to Italy to England in the space of 3 years. Too many players are treated like pieces of meat nowadays and the price...
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    MY COACHING JOURNEY: MANAGING AN UNDER 8 SIDE

    You should've been there when I used to referee games haha I made it too easy for the unhappy spectators tbf ;)
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    MY COACHING JOURNEY: MANAGING AN UNDER 8 SIDE

    It's a delicate issue always and I do think it was inappropriate that you suggested to the u7 to play the ball long into the channel etc mainly because you were interfering with another coaches team and perhaps undermining that coaches authority by doing so which challenges the kids views of the...
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    MY COACHING JOURNEY: MANAGING AN UNDER 8 SIDE

    I'm the exact same way mate. As I mentioned briefly in my piece, I played for really poor teams who were constantly under pressure due to issues with getting enough players on matchday so I was alsways encouraged when I cleared the ball or just tackled an opposition player. As soon as I spent...
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    MY COACHING JOURNEY: MANAGING AN UNDER 8 SIDE

    Thank you so much for your comment. Whilst my work's success is based purely off my players' development, it's so encouraging and motivating to hear someone else outside the team is at least enjoying the idea of what I'm doing. Thank you again for your response. I attended a coaching course...
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    MY COACHING JOURNEY: MANAGING AN UNDER 8 SIDE

    He was one of the team's siblings and he was enjoyed playing my assistant so I'd usually let him help me serve balls into the playing area or referee a game.
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    MY COACHING JOURNEY: MANAGING AN UNDER 8 SIDE

    I agree with you, hence as I said in my piece: " Free play: The last 10-20 minutes of my sessions I allowed to be dictated by the players for a period of free-play where they would decide what they did for the last part of the session. Most of the time the players just wanted to set-up a...
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    MY COACHING JOURNEY: MANAGING AN UNDER 8 SIDE

    in the way I coached the kids? in the way I wrote the piece?
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    MY COACHING JOURNEY: MANAGING AN UNDER 8 SIDE

    it may appear intense but anything tactical was coached implicitly i.e. when it came to counter-pressing I would challenge the players to "close down the player who robbed you of the ball and the next closest player stand off your teammate who's challenging" therefore making the language simple...
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