NC Youth Academy. Technical Proficiencies. Art Rex VP of Player & Coaching Development. Bill Furjanic Technical Director

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1 NC Youth Academy Technical Proficiencies Art Rex VP of Player & Coaching Development Bill Furjanic Technical Director Eric Redder Assistant Technical Director NC Youth Academy Debbie Morton NC Youth Academy Admin

2 NC Youth Academy Implementation

3 NC Youth Academy Implementation The objective of the Technical Proficiencies are to measure individual skill development, and growth of your players. The Technical Proficiencies should ideally be conducted at the beginning, and end of the season. This will ensure an effective and functional break between assessment windows. The goal of the data collected during these Technical Proficiencies should serve (3) primary roles: 1. Provide for self-assessment & reflection for the player as it relates to their output/performance on the corresponding tests 2. Support the Director of Coaching/Technical Director in their development of reality based training sessions to meet the demands of the game, while simultaneously furthering the individual skill development of their players 3. Stimulate & challenge the player(s) to work towards a tangible goral related their individual skill level

4 NC Youth Academy Outline & Order Below are the specific outline and order of the Technical Proficiencies to be administered: 1. Individual Juggling 2. Change of Direction Dribbling 3. Close Control Figure 8 Dribbling 4. Passing & Ball Striking Accuracy

5 NC Youth Academy Individual Juggling Equipment and Field Organization: 1 ball; stopwatch and tape measure Player works in a 5 x 5 yard grid Instructions: Player juggles the ball If the ball touches the ground, start juggling and re-counting again. Scoring: The player has 60 seconds to achieve the maximum consecutive juggles on each test. Each juggle counts as one point.

6 NC Youth Academy Change of Direction Dribbles Equipment and Organization: 1 ball; stopwatch (this is a timed activity) 5 x 5 yard grid Dribble for 30 seconds Instructions: The player starts on one side of the square. Player must dribble to the opposite side and perform any turn, then dribble to the other side and perform a turn. RECORD the number of LINES they reach/turn The player has 2 attempts and only record the fastest score Keep the highest score

7 NC Youth Academy Close Control Figure 8 Dribble Equipment and Field Organization: 1 ball; 4 cones; stopwatch 12 yard line marked with 4 cones, each 3 yards apart Instructions: The player starts on one side of the first cone. Player must dribble around each cone in a figure-8 pattern, without touching the cone Scoring: The player has 45 seconds to pass as many cones as possible Each time the player passes a cone, the player scores a point NO partial credit will be awarded

8 NC Youth Academy Ball Striking Equipment and Field Organization: 10 balls; 2 pugg goals Player works in a 5 x 5 yard grid Instructions Player receives pass in 5 x 5 yard gird, and has unlimited touches to pass into the goal Play must pass/shot from inside the grid Rotate services R-L Scoring: Perform for 60 seconds Each ball in the goal = 1pt. 10U = 15 yards away passing 12U = 20 yards away passing 14U = 25 yards away passing

9 NC Youth Academy Summary Goals of Technical Testing: 1. Measure fundamental technical skills with individual NC Youth Academies registered with NCYSA. 2. Use results as feedback to players on skills to improve. 3. Encourage players to spend time on their own mastering the ball. 4. Test players (2) times a season; to provide feedback and personal reward for measurable improvement.

10 NC Youth Academy Acknowledgements The NC Youth Academy Technical Proficiencies were modified from the U.S. Women's Youth National Team Program Technical Tests. U.S. Soccer s Youth National Team Directors, April Heinrichs (Technical Director) and Jill Ellis (Development Director) have identified the need to establish nation-wide technical testing and benchmarking. The following protocols can be used as tests, homework and training exercises. The Technical Proficiencies were designed with U-12 to U-20 players in mind. They are geared towards motivating players to spend time on their own to improve their ball control, short range passing, speed and agility with the ball, and the use of their instep for driving balls and shooting. A player that can control the ball is a player that helps control the tempo of the game and contributes to the team s tactical abilities. The primary vision of the U.S. Women s Youth National Teams program is, to deliver more technically skilled and tactically sophisticated players to the full Women s National Team in an effort to sustain performance success over the next 20 years. We hope you find these Technical Proficiencies fun, challenging and rewarding. We hope they will inspire players to spend more time with the ball through this cultural and behavioral revolution. Technical Proficiencies Downloads Videos Presentation Slides (.ppt) Technical Data Sheet for coaches

11 NC Youth Academy Contacts NCYSA Youth Academy Art Rex - VP of Coaching & Player Development Bill Furjanic Technical Director of Coaching Education & Player Development Eric Redder Assistant Technical Director NC Youth Academy Debbie Morton NC Youth Academy Administrator