An hour and a half was spent today with Dave Reddington, the Director of Coaching at Queens School who is also attached to the Professional side, Chrystal Palace as a scout. He is also a staff member of England’s U 21 National Team.
They started with drills focused on getting their bodies opened up to the pass in a proper manner which puts them in a position to play the ball forward and away from pressure, quickly. They then spent time on finishing drills that create space for the player based on a movement that gains an advantage. By making one movement he creates an opposite movement by the defender thereby creating space to take the ball in the opposite direction and attack the goal.
One other drill which the coaches called ”center and miss drill”- is designed to draw a ball back to the center from the wing by playing back against the flow of play. The final ball is to be played into goal of course, just not by the TFA boys today. That skill set was not visible. Their energy was B level at best; perhaps they are as tired as I am today? Finally they played about 30 minutes of a small sided game and we wrapped it up.
Now it is time to ride our luxurious coach to find some lunch for all. Then we head into London to meet up with a few of the parents, who chose to see some sites this afternoon, for our trip to the London Eye. Seriously, if you don’t know what it is, Google it.
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