Skill Acquisition
As a coach you are concerned about a lot of things regarding your players. You're concerned about what offense or defense your team is going to run or whether they are in good enough shape to play through a game or what nagging injuries they may have. The number one thing on the list for me is player development and because of this the main question that I always ask myself is what is the best way for my players to acquire a given skill? The question is answered in 4 steps, 1v0, 1v1, small sided games (ssg), and 5v5. The first of the 4 steps deals with skill acquisition and the next 3 deal with skill application. 1v0 - Skill acquisition In 1v0, the player is just practicing on his own at first introducing the skill to his body and mind and then trying to get comfortable doing the given skill. As he gets more comfortable with the skill he will need to push himself to do it faster and faster until he is up to game speed. He can help himself get better by visualizing that there