Blocks: Low, Mid, High?

Hi Everyone

Thanks for the responses from the last issues. Really appreciate the feedback and the community feel. First up on this week’s top ten is the FA’s release of a video on the mid-block. Do you know about blocks and presses, how to implement them, when to use them? Well the FA is going to take you through the mid-block. I’ll see if they have any further videos on the low and high blocks just to balance things out. What do you use and why do you use it?

Right on to what you’re here for.

Top Ten Of the Week

1. Release of some new content from the FA learning Youtube all around the mid block.

2. Do you like using Small Sided Games (SSG) in your sessions? A resource here from Lorcan Mason can be used to get the most from them in the design stage

   Lorcán Mason @lorcanmason

   🎯A Practical Guide To Small-Sided & Conditioned Games (SSCG) in Football: Implications For Training Design ⚽️ 🔥Need a guide to inform how you practically design your Small-Sided Games from a technical, tactical & physical standpoint?⬇️ Find out more - lorcanmason.com/a-practical-gu…

   

   

   

   

3. What does good coaching look like? well believe perform see these traits as the ones to be aspiring to

   BelievePerform @BelievePHQ

   15 behaviours that characterise good coaching believeperform.com

   

4. Just something to think about as you continue to help our players along their journey in football. our jobs should be to get them to the best of their abilities whatever standard that may be

   Football Talent Scout - Jacek Kulig @FTalentScout

   Interesting fact: 0.01% of children signed to professional academies in England at under 9 level go on to make a living from football. Out of 1.5 million boys currently playing organized youth football, only 180 will play a single minute in the Premier League.

   

5. Whilst this may be for Elite athletes, a lot will ring true for others too. The UEFA expert group advice on nutrition.

   Norbert Banoocy @Coach_Norb

   UEFA Expert Group Statement on Nutrition is a fantastic piece of literature that has up to date information involving all things nutrition! Check out @Jeukendrup's post for a summary of key recommendations: mysportscience.com/post/uefa-spor… Full Article:

   

   bjsm.bmj.comUEFA expert group statement on nutrition in elite football. Current evidence to inform practical recommendations and guide future researchFootball is a global game which is constantly evolving, showing substantial increases in physical and technical demands. Nutrition plays a valuable integrated role in optimising performance of elite players during training and match-play, and maintaining their overall health throughout the season. A…

6. Negative thoughts are something we all have to deal with and the better we learn to deal with them the better we can perform. here is an infographic on how to help your players challenge negative thoughts.

   BelievePerform @BelievePHQ

   How to help athletes challenge negative thoughts believeperform.com

   

7. On the other side of negative thoughts is confidence. Here Dan Abrahams shows his super simple ways to help your players develop confidence.

   Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77

   Super simple ways for footballers to develop confidence: -picture best games and dream games daily -train with an emphasis on great body language at all times -set game objectives around controllable tasks rather than outcomes -ask team mates to be positive with you at all times

8. Bristol City Manager Lee Johnson and his journey as a coach and the lessons he's learned along the way. A very good read.

   Training Ground Guru @ground_guru

   Leadership lessons with @LeeJohnsonCoach: ▶️ communication techniques from a military interrogator ▶️ importance of mentors ▶️ a place for confrontation ▶️ need to keep evolving ▶️ getting the right backroom team ▶️ data & tech are key - but people first

   

   trainingground.guruTraining Ground Guru | Lee Johnson: Evolution of a managerLEE JOHNSON tells TGG how he’s developed as a manager since getting his first job at the age of 31 - and how he aims to tackle his next opportunity.

9. Some interesting questions here posed by Mark. is it time to rethink the learner learning process?

   mark o sullivan @markstkhlm

   Is it time for better question with regard to the learner and the learning process in youth sport?

   

   footblogball.wordpress.comIt’s time for better questions: Living up to the idea of as many as possible, as long as good as good as possible.It’s time for better questions: Living up to the idea of as many as possible, as long as good as good as possible There is an ongoing discussion within youth football around the subject o…

10. Some guidance from the FA about the return of football this weekend.

    The FA @FA

    For clubs and leagues who are back in action this weekend, we've produced some useful graphics and printable signage to help guard against the spread of COVID-19:

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