Asian Soccer Star, London – Football training and football coaching are not the same thing. Let me repeat that… football training and football coaching are not the same thing.
Many people are not aware of this, and we receive many queries from Asian Soccer Star readers confusing the two.
Questions from our readers based around training and coaching generally revolve around the same thing; knowing what to do to get to thenext level.
But to clarify the point, the question that really should be asked is ” what type of football coaching should my son or daughter receive to get to football academy level?”
And the answer is pretty straight forward.
We’ll cover that in a moment because it’s important to first understand the difference between football training and football coaching.
Coaching is based around taking a strategic view or plan on the long-term achievment of the players goals; whereas training is based around taking a tactical view… working on each element of the strategic plan.
Training without coaching will only get you short-term results; and in many cases can be the cause of injury. Without proper planning and supervision, football training could result in muscle imbalances and biomechanics being out of sync.
So, when looking for football training and coaching for academy level, experience has taught us to seek out expert coaches who understand anatomy, physiology, biomechanics as well as multi-directional movement, the technical and tactical aspects of football. Not only do they need to understand these aspects, they need to put together and implement long-term plans to take players to the next level.
