The Football Coaching Process PDF

Football is one of the most difficult games to learn and master.

The range of skills and techniques required, using almost every part of the body, to control and move the ball through a 360-degree spectrum of possibilities, under regular pressure from opponents, means that a lengthy period of practice, training and development is necessary for each individual player.

The additional complexity of the game in terms of decision-making and the constant challenge of correct off-the-ball positioning increase the difficulty of the learning process.

Players also need to learn how to function as part of a team, interacting with their ten team-mates while dealing with the actions of their eleven opponents; they need to be aware of the various tasks required of the team, and the many and varied individual player tasks.

It is perhaps stating the obvious to the reader when I stress how difficult it is to play football.