The Ultimate Mini Football Game with 4 goals to stimulate and unlock Creativity and Game Intelligence

Horst Weins Complete Development Programme for young players from 7 to 9 years of age

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KEEP THE POSSESSION IN THE 3 vs 2 - SITUATION

WITH SPACIAL RESTRICTIONS

ON DIOGONAL OPPOSED GOALS

No over-coaching here!

Official textbook:

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Children must fall in love with the gameWhat do young kids 7-9 years of age want most?

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What do young kids 7-9 years of age NOT want?

NO DRILLS AND WAITING IN LINES

NO INSTRUCTIONS

NO LAPS AROUND THE FIELD AND

WARM UPS

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1. The Need to Play

2. The Need to Feel Safe

3. The Need to Discover through Experience

4. The Need for Recognition of Their Efforts by Others

5. The Need for Independence

6. The Need to Socialize with Others

7. The Need to be Active

8. The Need for Variety

9. The Need to Live in the Present

10.The Need to be Understood by Adults

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Standard Training Session for Young Players

How much time? Listening to coach_______________? Standing in line _________________? Physical conditioning ____________? Playing the game________________?

WARM UP 10 mins

Physical training 15 mins

Drills 20 mins

Game 15 mins

No warm up or physical training, or drills!

1. Play one of the 32 games for 15 mins- Discover any issues with players.

2. Use corrective games to fix issues.(Players will be more motivated to fix problems that affect their game result and performance).3. Repeat game with a variation

- see if issues have been resolved.4. Apply more corrective games

(or some multilateral games)5. Repeat game with another variation

Training Typical

FESTIVAL ON 8 MINI PITCHES FIT INTO ONE REGULAR FIELD WITH 64 GIRLS AND BOYS PLAYING 3 TIMES 10 MINUTES

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CULTIVATING TALENT USING

1. The Rules are the instructions - the Game is the teacher 2. Let them dribble, dont force them to pass the ball3. Start a training sessions always with a game4. Limit the use instructions and use Guided Discovery 6. No need to warm up, no running laps or separate physic

training7. Size 4 ball8. Use all the variations9. Offer a varied competition program and not only one per season10. Use a great variety of multilateral activities in training

The many benefits of enefits of enefits of enefits of

Improves all the basic skills: Controlling,Passing,Dribbling ,Shooting, Tackling

The player has plenty of opportunity to- "be in love with the ball" - improvise and to take risks

without fear of making mistakes

All 3 players are vital and participate

Wide goals = better peripheral vision

Reduces swarming More time and space to think/decide

Benefits of

34 variations make sure their cognitive development

As no instructions are given the kids have to discover that is much more stimulating than traditional training or and playing 7-a-side and 11 a-side.

Smaller players make up for their size through clever play

Rolling substitutions and equal playing time benefits everyone

Frequent repetition of basic game situations

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The two goals create options which stimulate intelligence, creativity and improvisation

Develops support play and off-the-ball play

Learning takes place in a fully-integrated holistic environment, just as in the real game itself. There is no isolation of technical, tactical or physical elements.

Usually everyone scores!

Game Intelligence

In having 3 players means that usually one goal is less-protected than the other, there is always a better option on the pitch leading to greater Game Intelligence..

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Education is not the filling of a pail,

but the lighting of a fire!

W.B.Yeats

If we try to alter this natural order, they

will reach adulthood prematurely but with

neither substance nor strength.Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nature decrees that children should be

children before they become adults...

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