Hello all im relativley new on these boards im 17 from adelaide South Australia and i have a question to pose to you. I currently interested in begining coaching a course (in Australaia you start off at the grassroots certificate) once i obtain this certificate i will then intend to beging my coaching career at a junior level. I have a plan in my head that teaching youngsters in australia the australian way will not teach them the skills they need to ever become a world class player (not saying i will coach a WC player) so once i gain by first certificate i inted to start using dutch traing methods for youngsters with a idea of keeping it fun while still teaching the basics. The goal of this is to produce technicall better players then tthe average Australian atm. Of course i then will begin to undertake higher coaching certificates and so on.

I would like to know wether many of readers out know of any good good book on the dutch coaching philosphy and wether or not i should one day aspire to try and uefa coaching qual.

Just 1 question, why are u gonna base your coaching on the Dutch techinque?

Well i thought about this and came to the conclusion that the 4 best countries in the world at producing players are arguably(this is my opinion) Argentina, Brazil, France and holland the first two countries are there because football is life and many of the children only have football so they develop there skills on the streets of rio and buenes aires. Its also a bit hard to ask 6-8 year olds to prcatise as long as some of these kids would.So that left me with france and holland and i thought about the players produced by each country. the like of Hnery, Cruyff, Platini and van basten just to name a few of many.but what tipped the scales for me that in the last few 4-5 years some of the great yong players coming out of holland now plying thier trade players liek robben, van perise and babel all good with the ball. players that will be and are world class.

I also chose the dutch system for emphasis on keeping football fun at an early age.

Hi pats 89 you might want to check out Brazilian soccer schools as they have developed a premiership player and many young football league players and have only been running for 10 years. Also Coerver coaching is good to check out - this is a dutch program.

Hope this helps - Good luck

The Coaching Philosophies of Louis van Gaal and the Ajax Coaches.......

this is a book about the AJAX team in 1996, check it out. you can buy it from AMAZON.com.

Pats,
What you are looking for is the KNVB program.
This was last years to give you a taste.

KNVB COACHING SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM


Introduction
Soccer fans around the world know, and love, the Dutch style of play. Players like Johan Cruijff, and the great Dutch teams will always be remembered. In the 80's and 90's the Netherlands provided the soccer world with entertaining teams and players like Gullit, van Basten and Bergkamp. The most recent success in Dutch soccer was in 2004 when Holland reached the semifinals of the European Championship.

Along with the on-field success of Dutch soccer is their world renowned KNVB coaching school. At its foundation the man who "invented" Total Soccer in the 70's, Rinus Michels. His ideas are the basis of this 30-hour Symposium.
This official KNVB (Royal Netherlands Soccer Federation) Coaching Symposium will be held for the 5th time in the USA. The Symposium will be an exact replica of the Dutch National Youth Soccer coaching course. It will consist of 15 hours of practice sessions and 15 hours of theory sessions during a 3½ day sequence.
Purpose of the Symposium
This Symposium will offer the participants the elementary knowledge to coach and train youth soccer players and older players during games and practices.

The Symposium has 4 main themes:
1. What is soccer?
2. Youth soccer players, who are they?
3. Coaching; How do you do that?
4. Learning to coach.
Who can participate?
This Symposium is especially developed for coaches who work with competitive youth soccer players U11 and up as well as high school coaches, college coaches and ODP coaches.
Certificate
Each participant will receive a certificate of participation similar to the Dutch Youth Soccer Coach diploma.

The Program
KNVB COACHING SYMPOSIUM 2005

July 29
1 – theory 17.30 – 19:00 Introduction What is soccer?
Technique, Insight and Communication
2 – theory 19.15 - 20.45 What is soccer? (demo)

July 30
3 – theory 08.15 - 09.30 Reading the game; main moments in soccer
4 – practice 09.45 - 11.15 Reading the game; main moments in soccer (demo)
5 – theory 12.30 - 14.00 Principles of teaching, Criteria for age group training

Structure youth soccer in the Netherlands
6 – practice 14.15 – 15.45 Principles of a training (demo).
7 – theory 16.00 - 17.15 Reading the game; main moments in soccer

Technique, Insight and Communication
8 – practice 18.30 - 20.00 Technique, Insight and Communication (demo)

July 31
9 – theory 08.15 – 09.30 Principles of 4 vs. 4 (video)
10 – practice 09.45 - 11.15 4 vs. 4 game and teaching in 4 vs. 4 (demo)
11 – theory 12.30 - 14.00 Tasks and functions in 4 vs. 4

Preparation of a training session
12 – practice 14.15 - 15.45 Coaching of youth players
13 – theory 16.00 – 17.15 Match analysis
14 – practice 18.30 – 20.00 Match analysis

August 1
15 – theory 08.15 - 09.30 Describing soccer problems through match analysis
16 – practice 09.45 - 11.15 Coaching soccer through match analysis
17 – theory 12.30 - 14.00 Presentations Match Analysis
18 – practice 14.15 - 15.45 Coaching soccer through Match Analysis
19 – theory 16.00 – 17.00 Q&A session/Evaluation of the course
17.00 – 17.30 Presentation of certificates

Thanks for the help coach key.

Advanced course for coaches
(Based on the Dutch philosophy)



The Dutch youth programme is recognised world wide as one of the best training programmes for developing young players!!!
In the Dutch Vision, youth players are encouraged to think for themselves and to solve football problems. In short you will explore why the Dutch Vision produces so many players who read the game so well and who are comfortable in any position on the pitch.

The training sessions include:

Practice: Technique Insight Communication

The recognition of The Dutch Philosophy will look at technique, insight and communication in a game environment.

Other available courses:

· School Program 'Let the children play'
· Introduction course for coaches (one day)
· Intermediate course for coaches (three days or two weekends)
· 'Youth Coach, more than only football'
· Community Football Mentor
· Internal course 'For Parents and Volunteers'
· General course 'How to build a club-structure'
· How to coach 'Motivation….Communication'
· ‘The Magic Rectangle, the solution for more attractive training sessions’


6 Day Course Session 1 (90 min)Theory Session 1 (90 min)Practice Session 1 (90 min)Theory Session 1 (90 min)Practice

Day 1 Football learning and coaching process What is Football? Reading the game Reading the game
Day 2 Criteria for age group training Principles of a training (demo) Principles of 4 vs 4 (video) 4 vs 4 game
Day 3 Technique, Insight and Communication T.I.C. course group Preparation of a coaching session Teaching in 4 vs 4
Day 4 Describing football problems Coaching with course group Principles of teaching Coaching of youth players
Day 5 Match analyses Coaching of youth players Tasks and functions in 4 vs 4 and 7 vs 7 Coaching of youth players
Day 6 Sports psychology Confidence in Football Coaching topic Coaching topic Conclusion Better Football More Fun




Theory session
Football learning and coaching process
Coaching means that one constantly has to make choices and being able to observe the ‘football-behaviour’ of football players which is essential

Practice session
What is Football?: Participants learn that interaction between rules, space, opponents, team-mates, time etc. Are essential in the football learning process. Without football structure there is no football. One must be able to create the following environment in football:
1. To score a goal 2. To create chances 3. To defend

Theory session
Reading the game: Learning to recognise the 3 moments in football (i.e. ball possession, non-ball possession and the transition between the two). Also one must be able to reduce the number of players from 11 v 11 to 4 v 4.

Practice session
Reading the game: See above under theory session

Theory session
Criteria for age group training: Participants learn which elements of T.I.C. (Technique, Insight and Communication) to train in which groups.

Practice session
Principles of a training (demo)
Participants get insight how a training session should be built up.

Theory session
Principles of 4 vs 4 (video)
4 vs 4 comes closest to the basic characteristics of the real game. 4 vs 4 contains the most important characteristics of the game of football.

Practice session
4 vs 4 game
Participants will learn in practice sessions to reduce the real game to small sided games:
‘Game related training’

Theory session
Technique, Insight and Communication
The elements on which the actual play of the game is based, or rather the means by which the objective of the game, i.e. winning, can be achieved and are called the TIC principles. TIC stands for Technique, Insight and Communication

Practice session
T.I.C. course group
Participants get insight in how TIC should be used in a training session

Theory session
Preparation of a coaching session
Participants will learn how to structure training sessions, the demands of training and the obstructions they will experience

Practice session
Teaching in 4 vs 4
As a coach who uses 4 vs 4 one must:
1. Know what the objectives are in soccer
2. Have the knowledge and the insight in the technical requirements needed to play the game
3. Make the correct coaching remarks, give the right examples, choose the correct training activities, with in mind what the players need/want to learn

Theory session
Describing soccer problems
Every football practice is based on so called ‘football-problems’ found in the football game. Based on the three main moments in football one will learn how to describe the problems and accordingly to design a football practice

Practice session
Coaching with course group
The participants will undergo a demo practice based on the theory session earlier in the day (describing football problems)

Theory session
Principles of teaching
1. Didactic
2. Where should the coach start
3. What does the coach want to achieve (objective)
4. How should the coach do his job (soccer practice)
5. Was the training successful (evaluation)

Practice session
Coaching of youth players
Participants will learn in practice how to build up a training session with youth teams

Theory session
Game analyses
The participants will learn that there are three moments in football, to which every football problem relates:
1. Ball possession
2. Non ball possession
3. The transition between one and two

Practice session
Coaching of youth players
Coaching is an activity aimed at influencing the way football is played and the people who play it. Coaching youth players asks insight in the development of youngsters.

Theory session
Tasks and functions in 4 vs 4 and 7 vs 7
The participants get insight in the roles of the individual players during these small sided games. Also the participants get insight in the functioning of the team as a whole and of its various lines.

Practice session
Coaching of youth players See same topic above
It is possible to give the course into several parts or during a long weekend with the most favourable topics included.