Ron Smith
@Smudger_RS
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lifelong coach & still passionate about the game and developing players. PhD in 2016 on goal scoring patterns in professional football, University of Canberra
Canberra
Joined August 2011
If you are disciplined in the way you communicate with players, 2 things to think about, you steadily build players’ knowledge, understanding and performance. It is tough to do as a coach because you want to help players but giving too much information, slows decision making.🙈
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The easier you can make it for players to have simple tasks to do the more effective you will be as a coach. The brain handles 2 pieces of information brilliantly, so use that knowledge. Task players to do ‘that’ and if it’s not on, do ‘this’ instead. Do this or that , KISS
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Teaching players to think about what they could do better when they don’t have the ball is tough, bcos bad habits are developed over years and they’re hard to change, not impossible, but it takes time and belief by the players. So they need to know why changing will help them.
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I’ve been coaching full time for 50 years and I don’t understand a lot of current jargon. Players can either pass the ball or run with it, good players do both really well. What players do off the ball is just as important bcos you play most of the game without it. Coaches KISS
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We finally reached Marulan after 1 hour and 45 minutes delay. Traffic going to Sydney is backed up 5 Kms. Not a workman in sight. We are becoming so tolerant of incompetence and sloppy standards in the workplace it is becoming the new benchmark.
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We’re approaching Marulan after crawling for 80 minutes and raced up to 6kms/p/h, but it didn’t last for long.
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Advice from NSW roads is to expect delays of up 20 minutes, I’ve been in the traffic jam for 1 hour and the traffic ahead of me is as far as the eye can see.
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A friendly warning to anyone traveling from Sydney to Canberra. There are roadworks at Marulan and traffic chaos on the Southbound lane of the freeway. It’s taken us 45 minutes to travel around 1km. I hope we reach Canberra before it gets dark. This is inexcusable by NSW roads.
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There will plenty out there who will be saying he’s wasted his time because there’s no context or decision making involved so it’s no use to him.
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Disgraceful behavior but a sign of the times in society. Poor standards of behavior everywhere so why would you expect any different from young players? It’s a reflection of their upbringing.
Ange had big flaws but he never lost the locker room like this tbh
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John, for ten years I did all conditioning work by playing games, tested the players every 6 weeks to measure aerobic capacity, speed thru light gates & skinfolds. It took care of individual needs because players did the same sort of running as in the game. That was in mid 80’s
Many coaches use a games-based approach to teach skills and principles of play. But what if those same games could also develop fitness? Do games alone make players faster, stronger, and fitter? Or do we still need the runs? 🧵
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I have yet to meet a professional player who didn’t spend hours perfecting touch and technical expertise on his own or with a friend or parent, so when he needed to hit a ‘target’ in the game he could deliver. David Beckham was identified for his ability to hit targets .
New article- how to coach relations? Training often simplifies the complex nature of the game. Players are executors in a practice, or should they be co-designers? I explain how I develop practices through representative learning design with examples https://t.co/tIqwaM1WG8
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If players are told they have to do certain things before scoring, such as switching the play or moving through marked zones, surely this takes away the autonomy of decision making and shapes behavior the coach wants to see?
New article- how to coach relations? Training often simplifies the complex nature of the game. Players are executors in a practice, or should they be co-designers? I explain how I develop practices through representative learning design with examples https://t.co/tIqwaM1WG8
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Good discussion article. I hate it when the word traditional is used because it implies coaches have only recently started thinking about decision making and context, which isn’t true. Isolated practice should refer to individual practice not unopposed passing drills IMO.
New article- how to coach relations? Training often simplifies the complex nature of the game. Players are executors in a practice, or should they be co-designers? I explain how I develop practices through representative learning design with examples https://t.co/tIqwaM1WG8
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Let’s wait until the end of the season before conclusions are drawn about the importance of corner kicks. There were fewer scored last season 114 than in previous. Arsenal should be worried about their inability to score in Open Play. MCT the exact opposite, I’d back them.
For modern Positionist coaches, the current shift to set-piece emphasis is inevitable. Increased physicality means defences can 'constrain spaces' (go man-to-man) better and for longer. Positionism requires these spaces to afford attacking combinations. So, we have a problem. 🧵
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I think training is to practice what you want to do better in the game, isn’t that simple enough for players?
New article- how to coach relations? Training often simplifies the complex nature of the game. Players are executors in a practice, or should they be co-designers? I explain how I develop practices through representative learning design with examples https://t.co/tIqwaM1WG8
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We tuck jerseys in every practice. We wear shirt & tie on game days. We wear team shoes. We TALK. DEFEND. TAKE CHARGES. Might be “old school” but it’s also just the RIGHT WAY, no matter how long it’s been done. We will hold the line, even if we’re the last one’s holding it.
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The reality is you need both. There isn’t enough repetition in games to develop a high level of technique which is where isolated practice is required. Ask Ronaldo about his free kick technique and his practice routine. Playing the game develops the skill or use of technique.
Don’t fall into this trap: they’re not learning football. They’re learning movements. Research shows skill doesn’t emerge from isolated drills or repetition but from contextual play. Learning the game means adapting, perceiving& making decisions within the game’s dynamic reality.
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I think it can help with analyzing what happens in the game with regard to regaining possession and can provide a useful reference point and that’s about it.
I just don’t see football field in thirds. Not sure who divided it that way initially. Anyone? #TOVO
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In the EPL so far 146 goals in Open Play. 91 with 5 passes or less 62%, 55 with 6+, which is normal. 8 goals with 16+ passes 5%, GK involved in 6 and all had play in the B3rd, 6/8 regained possession in B3rd. 8/8 played through the opposition. MCT 3, TOT 2, MU CHE & LIV 1 each.
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