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Brochure

Academy

Football Plan

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Dear Colleagues,

We, Dutch Football specialists, present you the brochure about the Konoplev Football Academy.

This brochure is just a summary of the total youth football development plan which we build up

through the last three years of working in this Academy.

By presenting this brochure we give you a first impression of our total football developing plan.

At the end of this year the total Football plan will be published and presented.

Louis Coolen, Technical director:

Played professional Football for PSV Youth Academy and Helmond Sport, first division Holland;

Worked 20 years as professional Youth-, Assistant- and Main trainer-coach in the Dutch Premier

League and first division.

Roland Vroomans, Chief Coach Academy:

Played professional Football for several Dutch clubs, like FC Eindhoven, Helmond Sport in first

division and NEC Nijmegen, Fortuna Sittard in the Premier League, Holland;

Worked several years as assistant trainer-coach, Chief Coach Academy and Technical Manager on

first division level in Holland and as Youth trainer-coach and assistant Chief Coach in the PSV

Academy.

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1. Learning process of a football player

1.1 The four elementary subjects in a learning process of a football player:

1.2 Training load: according to the age all subjects have different accents.

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2. Sections in Football

First we divide and name our different sections in Football:

PRÉ-TALENT Plan : u.7/u.8

TALENT Plan : u.9 / u.11

BASIC Plan : u.12 / u.17

PRO Plan : u.19 / u.21

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3. Playing Style “Konoplev Football Academy”

3.1 Pré-Talent plan: u.7/u.8: game 4:4

Organization:

Formation: 1-2-1

Length 40m x wideness 20m;

Goals: 3m x 1m;

No goalkeeper;

Rules:

Playing time: 2 times 15 minutes

Ball out of game: start dribbling/passing (distance 3m);

No offside;

With corner kick.

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3.2 Talent plan: u.9 till u.11: game 8:8

Organization:

Formation: 1-3-1-3

Length 70m x wideness 45m;

Goals: 5m x 2m;

With goalkeeper;

Rules:

Playing time: 2x 25 minutes;

Ball behind: start by goalkeeper;

Ball out: start with throwing the ball (distance 5m);

No offside;

With corner kick.

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3.3 Basic plan: u.12 till u.17: game 11:11

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3.4 Football philosophy

3.4.1. Our principles by attack are, score more goals then the opponent:

Control the ball;

We want to build up and start at the goalkeeper;

Variation in create opportunities to score;

Score a lot of goals;

1v1 create a better situation, not only the attackers but in every position Technique skills must be

top;

Attacking by the left or right back nr. 2 and nr. 5;

Every player should expect the ball on every moment;

When we are attacking always be aware for a good balance rest defense: controlled by

goalkeeper/defenders nr.3, nr. 4/midfielders nr.6, nr.8;

3.4.2. Our principles by transition from Attack to defend are, avoid the counter attack from the opponent:

The player who is close to the ball, give pressing on the opponent with ball;

Reorganize your organization as soon as possible;

Think as individual/team not only backwards;

3.4.3. Our principles by defense are, avoid goals:

Defense start by the attackers;

Compact in length and wideness, ± 25 till 30m between the attacker(s) and defenders. Between every

line ± 8-10m;

Playing zone control the zone;

We want to have the ball as soon as possible pressing on the right moment and collective;

Make the opponent building up to the flank;

Coach each other very important by defense in zone;

Read the game;

Winner mentality. Show with our behavior that we want to win the game, as individual player and as

team.

3.4.4. Our principles by transition from defend to attack are, create an opportunity to score a goal:

Look always deep and when possible play deep;

Create space in length and wideness for controlling the ball and create a new opportunity to score;

Not only wide passes, but try to play forward.

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4. Technique training

4.1 Number of training sessions

Pré-Talent plan : u.7/u.8 3 training sessions a week;

Talent plan : u.9/u.11 3 training sessions a week;

Basic plan : u.12/u.17 1-2 training sessions a week;

4.2 Five themes of technical skills

Week 1: 1v1 Front;

Week 2: 1v1 with 90 degrees change of direction;

Week 3: 1v1 with 180 degrees change of direction;

Week 4: 1v1 with a man in your back – Kaka (first control/touch);

Week 5: Passing and scoring.

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Dutch specialist / Technique trainer-coach:

Bram van Wijk

Assistent technique trainers – Future specialists:

Nicolai Fedchuk Oleg Skorobogaiy Alexander Kurov

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5. Developing playing style 1-4-3-3

In the Pre-Talent plan u.7/u.8 and Talent plan u.9/u.11 we simplify the game 11:11 and play 4:4 and 8:8.

After this age we are going to learn our players the basic principles from the playing style 1-4-3-3 within the

basic tasks for each position.

Basic tasks & Skills per position: nr.9 position

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5.1. Themes to develop the playing style 1-4-3-3 are:

1. Building up;

2. Attack centre;

3. Attack Flank;

4. Defend;

Note: during all these 4 themes you also have to pay attention for the transition moments from

attack to defend (A D) or from defend to attack (D A).

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We present you the methodic way of building up

5.2 Building up:

1. Meaning of building up: * preparation for attack

* to keep the ball/position play

2. Who is involved: * goalkeeper

* defenders/midfielders

3. How: * position play – accent: looking forward (deep)

4. What to train: * functional technique – controlling/passing

* position training / line training 2-3 lines

* game training

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Methodical way to learn how to Build-up.

u.12 – u.17 Learn part (fundament)

u.12 1 line: 2+GK : 1 3+GK : 2 3+GK : 2+GK 4+GK : 3 5+GK : 4

u.13 1 line: 5+GK : 4 – see appendix 5+GK : 4+GK 6+GK : 4 2 lines 6+GK : 5

u.14 2 lines 6+GK : 5 7+GK : 6 (GK) – see appendix 8+GK : 7 3 lines 8+GK: 7+GK

u.15 3 lines 8+GK : 7+GK – see appendix 8+GK : 8 9+GK : 6 9+GK : 8 9+GK : 8+GK – see appendix

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3 lines 9+GK : 8+GK 10+GK : 8+GK 10+GK : 9+GK – see appendix 10+GK : 10+GK

u.17 Optimize/ Solve problems / games 11:11

During this period we are going to confront our players with different playing styles from the opponent, like 1:4:3:3 (with attacking or defending midfielder) and 1:4:4:2 (with a midfield in a line or in a diamond). Players have to find new solutions how to build up. Where are problems coming up or where is the free space to start building up, etc. Maybe sometimes we have to simplify our training session.

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6. Football Fitness Plan

6.1 Football action language

Football is an interval sport with a lot of different football actions. To improve these football actions you want

better actions, more actions and you want to maintain these actions, see picture 1.

Picture 1. Football ability and Football fitness in Football Action Language

6.2. Football fitness.

The 4 properties of Football Fitness are:

Explosive action;

Maintain explosive actions;

Quick recovery;

Maintain quick recovery;

To improve the 4 properties of Football Fitness we are using the 6 weeks principle “The Konoplev Football

Academy Periodization Plan”.

Better actions More actions Maintain more

actions

Maintain better

actions

Football Ability

Explosive

Actions

Quicker

Recovery

Maintain

Quick

Recovery

Maintain

Explosive

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Football fitness

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Week 1 and 2:

Games 11v11/8v8: Recover capacity to Maintain Quick recovery – Extensive endurance

Speed preparation exercises – prepare for the Football sprints with a small rest in week 3 and 4

Week 3 and 4:

Games 7v7/5v5: Recover capacity to Maintain Quick recovery – Intensive endurance

Football sprints with a small rest (10 sec.) between 2 sprints – Explosive Capacity - Maintain Explosive

Week 5 and 6:

Games 4v4/3v3: Recover Power for Quicker recovery – Extensive interval

Football sprints with a lot of rest (60 sec.) between 2 sprints – Explosive Power – Maximum Explosive

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7. Lifestyle / Personality

7.1 Introduction

An important part of our developing plan will be filled up by aspects from the lifestyle / Personality program.

In this program we are making the player from total depended u.7 to total independent on the age of 17 year.

In negotiation with our school we developed lifestyle workshops from u.12.till u.17. These workshops are

build up through different lifestyle goals, like: how to use soccer equipment, communication, food, drink, rest,

sleep, football career planning, etc.

7.2 Lifestyle program in 4 phases:

Pre-level: u.7/u.8:

Handling simple lifestyle goals.

Enjoy playing football, treating soccer equipment, basic rules in changing room and on the pitch.

Basic-Level: u.9 till u.11:

Handling lifestyle goals aimed at independence.

Enjoy playing football, lifestyle workshops and themes about food, sleep, positive way of communication.

Fundamental -Level:u.12 till u.15:

Handling lifestyle goals aimed at teamwork.

Enjoy playing football, lifestyle workshops and themes about study, lifestyle on and off the pitch, food, drink,

rest, sleep, handling adolescence, communication (P.D.P. talk);

On the level of u.12/u.13 we introduce for the first time an (inter)national training camp or tournament. This

will be a trip where teambuilding is very important, like preparing their own breakfast, diner, cleaning up

rooms, etc. Later on we introduce them how to live and behave in a hotel during tournament or training

camps.

Specific-Level:u.16/u.17:

Handling lifestyle goals aimed at soccer career.

Lifestyle workshops and specific training about career planning, media training, independent living, life and

soccer goals and learning other language, like English.

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Like we mentioned in the beginning in this brochure we just show you the tip of the iceberg.

In our Youth development plan we will describe the total Technical, Tactical, Physical and Lifestyle/Personality

plan.

Besides this we also put attention to the following subjects:

Team- and individual program;

Coaching;

Video analyze;

Goalkeeper plan;

Scouting;

Medical;

Facilities;

Meeting structure.

Hopefully after these three days conference and this brochure we made you curious.

Went you want to develop Youth Football players you should create optimal conditions, like:

TOP Coaches, Top Program and TOP Facilities.

Good Luck,

Louis Coolen Roland Vroomans

Technical Director Chief Coach Academy