Training Structure
Over the past three years, we have been using the training method “Play, Practice, Play”. This involves players arriving to practice and scrimmaging right away, this may be a Small Sided Game (3v3, 4v4 or 5v5) or sometimes a bigger scrimmage of 7v7. The players will then take part in the Practice section where coaches will lead the players through a couple of drills, usually a topic the coach believes they need work on from the game at the weekend or just in general and then the players will finish with playing again.
Across the previous three years, we have seen players really grow by training this way. We believe it allows players to develop skills whilst in a game environment, practice those skills in drills and then perfect those skills with the full pressure of a scrimmage and an opponent at the end. Our coaches are encouraged to pause scrimmages and give in game instructions/feedback to players to help them develop whilst feeling comfortable in a live game.
