CHICKS
During this age group, we begin to witness a progressive and balanced physical development of the child.
From a motor point of view, there is greater voluntary control of the body and good coordination.
The group is becoming increasingly important and the coach takes on a central role in the child's life.
The development of the ability to associate the cause with the effect and the technical-tactical and critical realism should be highlighted.
The objectives to be pursued during this age are: socialization, overcoming the fear of contact with the ground and the adversary, stimulating individual initiative, knowing and respecting the rules of the game, organizing an individual project keeping in mind the space and time, to improve basic motor patterns and sensory-perceptive capacities, to increase the capacity for reaction, differentiation, rhythm, balance and spatio-temporal organization; improve joint mobility.
More specific objectives, related to the game, are instead represented by: knowledge of the fundamental rules of the game and of the fundamental principles of attack (making goals, advancing, trying not to lose the ball) and defense (opposing the opponent in possession of the ball, defend their own goal, push the team forward), develop the ball's dominance ability.
At the end of the training cycle the child should be able to evaluate trajectories from a standstill, dominate the basic motor patterns in attack and defense, not throw away the ball, meet the ball, lead and control the ball with different parts of the foot, perform side shifts with feet on the ground, hit the head ball, face the opponent in possession of the ball, use simple verbal messages in attack, know the 2c1 in defense, occupy the dangerous area correctly: only one player on the ball .
BEGINNERS
During this age group resistance is the basic conditional ability that is less affected by the boy's pubertal development. We are witnessing a reduction in the ability to balance and difficulty in moving. On the other hand, there is an increase in strength, in particular explosive strength, and an increase in speed.
The socio-affective sphere highlights the increase in self-esteem, the development of self-criticism and the importance of feeling accepted by the group, therefore the sense of belonging.
The boy's ability to collaborate increases.
From the socio-emotional point of view, the main objectives to be pursued are therefore represented by:
- self-confidence and their own abilities;
- respect and cooperation with peers.
The coordinative and conditional abilities we need to develop should be represented by: combination, differentiation, balance, adaptation and transformation, spatio-temporal organization, speed, fast strength, joint mobility, sense-perceptive abilities and motor patterns.
At the end of the training cycle the child must be able to know the basic rules of the game, to acquire the fundamental principles of attack and defense (attack: possession of the ball, depth and ability to finish; defense: slowing the opponent's action and staggering), to develop the ability to dominate the ball and increase the general technical background.
In a more specific sense, the student must be able to: evaluate trajectories, hold position in the field, combine multiple motor patterns with each other, play in multiple field positions, pass the ball and be useful again, kick from the neck foot, hit the counterbalance ball, perform lateral remittances precisely, control the thigh and chest ball, perform throws with a strong foot, strike from the head from a standstill and in elevation, combine multiple technical gestures (eg stop + throw), change direction with feint, pull on goal with the ball in motion, be more precise in the passages, hit the ball on the fly, know how to protect the ball in defense and mark it to man.
In collaboration with teammates, the child should be able to: use verbal communication messages, carry out one-two, give support to the ball carrier, dictate the passage, favor passages in depth, make overlaps, use numerical superiority (2> 1) and implement the basic principles of collaborative defense (advance and coverage).
During this age it is necessary to avoid early specialization, giving rise to other sports such as rugby (to overcome the fear of contact with the opponent and the ground), volleyball (for the study of trajectories) and basketball (for general coordination).
Edited by: Lorenzo Boscariol
