LONG DELAYED – REPORT CARLOS LEANDRO VISIT TO GRIMSBY

Discussion on what is expected... Carlos was surprised by how many players attended wearing Barcelona tops.

Discussion on what is expected…
Carlos was surprised by how many players attended wearing Barcelona tops.

Carlos, a season ticket holder at Camp Nou, coaches both futsal and football in his home city of Barcelona. Retired from being a teacher he has the best of both worlds as a full time futsal coach whilst watching Barcelona play football in his leisure time.

Carlos flew in Liverpool airport and then proceeded to spend twice as long on the train from Liverpool to Cleethorpes.

The following morning Carlos and I proceeded to

Carlos address's under 14's

Carlos address’s under 14’s

the YMCA where over a morning he conducted four sessions with different age groups. I had a bag with ladders, cones, hurdles etc. Anything he might need I had. As it transpired a handful of markers were all the tools he needed.
Watching Carlos operate, and I had the privilege of seeing him work with top adult players in Sheffield on the Sunday, several style points was different to the way I had been tutored on FA courses. Carlos session demanded dynamic response from the players, even though his own style was polite and non aggressive. It was the construction of the drills, particularly with the seniors that left them physically and mentally drained at finish. Very hard to describe, but I will try.

Passing drill with u/14's

Passing drill with u/14’s

With the Grimsby under 15 group he had 16 players to work with, topic chosen was passing. The group formed a large circle with 4 of the group asked to play as defenders and cut down the passing options of those on the outside of the circle. Have done this drill myself it can work well asking players to use pass off both feet, angle of shoulders to receive and pass etc. Routine stuff. Where Carlos took it to another level by adding 2 attackers, holding bibs, into the centre with the 4 defenders. The challenge for the attackers was passing to a bib, who would then lay off a pass to another attacker – the player who passed the ball in grabs the receivers bib and replaces him in the middle. If a defender wins ball he gets to play on outside. Not rocket science but under 15’s kept it going in dynamic fashion for fifteen minutes whilst Carlos was interviewed by the press.

Carlos spoke of only two types of player:
• With the ball every player was an attacker
• Without the ball every player was a defender.

In a different drill he used 4 players and 1 ball to replicate the rotation of players that top teams use on court and demonstrated how that rotation can be ‘triggered’ by a call or sign to speedily attack the opposition gaol. It brought back a game the Grimsby team played against a Leeds side full of Brazilian’s, one of our players asked me to have their star player stopped from whistling. They had different set plays to different tunes. Practicing these rotations is one thing, putting them into game play is a huge leap. A top futsal player will have some 30 different set plays and rotations to memorise.

Carlos set up a shooting drill with the younger players’ one that we have probably all used. Two groups line up at the half way line on opposite sides, attacking an end goal each, a ball was played into each front player who had to attack his group’s goal. The big coaching point I took from this session was that the attacking player must get into the penalty area and check the goal keeper’s position before shooting.

Keeper practice

Keeper practice

Carlos turned his hand to goal keeping and used a balloon as a tool. The keeper had to take a high throw from his left, return the ball, move quickly to his left and two handed attempt to move the balloon as far from his goal as possible. Return to his right and repeat. Hard work when repeated at speed. A variation was to hang a balloon in each corner of the goal, starting in the goal centre the keeper side steps across is goal line, touches balloon, heads to penalty spot to save incoming shot, gets up onto his feet and side steps to second balloon. Simple – effective – and hard hard work.

When the players were put in a game situation Carlos had both teams playing at a high intensity. If he was coaching attack he wanted the defence challenging to get the ball back as quickly as possible.

At Sheffield, working with National League players he set up an attacking drill that involved creating a ‘diagonal’ pass into a team mate who

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had made a forward run into the penalty box, if they failed to connect and score they came off court and the defence got the bonus of being allowed to counter

Youngest age group u8s and 9s

Youngest age group u8s and 9s

attack, if they failed two players came off and a final counter attack. How often have I coached attack that has broken down and gone immediately back to a restart, Carlos way kept every player 100% active and primed to counter attack. Coaches that participated in the session with the National League players could not believe the speed and intensity of futsal at this level.

Kevin Bryant
Organiser.