Former Arsenal U18 coach Dan Micciche: how to work with individuals in a group practice
Player | Challenges | Dan Micciche | 04.06.2021
Dan Micciche, Former Arsenal’s U18 head coach (pictured above), outlines how clever practice design and specific tasks can help individuals develop within a group practice.
Learning:
• Working with individuals in a group practice
• The importance of player position and task
• Working with individuals on and off the pitch
Working effectively with individual players doesn’t need to be done in isolation, explains Dan Micciche, former Arsenal U18 head coach.
“When we do individual work, it isn't generally taking an individual away and working with them individually - it's within the group work,” says Micciche, who joined Arsenal’s academy in 2018 after a spell in charge of MK Dons first-team.
“So, for example, let's say a player needed to work on composed finishing.
“We might be in a positioning game, but we would put mannequins in the corners of the goal. We might say to a player that the only way you can score is you've got to beat the keeper, but you've got to hit one of those mannequins - because that's their focus.”
