UEFA Study Group Scheme // Netherlands // 2 november

2010

The Dutch Vision on

(Youth) Football Development

Ruud Dokter, Coach / Instructor KNVB Academy

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 Introduction

National Team Coach U-16 Boys

Instructor Professional Coaching Courses

Former Coach of the National Youth Teams
u.14 -> u.23
Former Coach of the National Women’s
Team
25 years experience in (top level)
(Youth) Football

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What is the Dutch way to produce
elite players?

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 What is the Dutch way to produce
elite coaches?

Guus Hiddink

Leo Beenhakker

Rinus Michels
Louis van Gaal

Frank Rijkaard

Bert van Marwijk

Johan Cruyff

Co Adriaanse Dick Advocaat

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History Dutch Football
 Dutch Secrets ??

Vision on:
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• On the game of Football

•
• Organization & Structure of Youth Leagues
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• Coach Education
•
• Player Development
•
• Team Development

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 Vision on Football

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Universal football language

1. Necessary in order to discuss, to teach, to

analyze, to learn the game
2.
3. Structure in analysing the games
4.
5. Verbs instead of abstract terms (technigue,
condition, mental, physical)
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Vision on Football

• What’s the aim of the game?

•
• What are the ingredients of the game?
•
• What are the characteristics of the game?
•
• What is the structure of the game?
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 Football, what is it?
transition

+ -

defending
attacking

+ -
transition
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 Aim of the game:
Winning

Team Functions:
attacking - defending - transition

Team Tasks:
Building up and scoring/ disturbing and preventing scoring

Actions in football

Supporting (of the core) the core Supporting (of the core)

Insight in the game: Actions of movements Communication:

- individual player - tuning of football actions
- choices
with ball without ball
- observing
(technique)
- relation teamtask/
teamfunction
- passing - running into free space
- receiving - squeezing
- dribbling - giving pressure
- shooting - marking
- heading - cover
- sliding

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Organization & Structure of Youth
leagues

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 The Netherlands

Zeist

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 The Netherlands
16.000.000 inhabitants
•Football = sport nr. 1
•36 Professional clubs
•3.000 Amateur clubs
Zeist •1.200.000 Members
•480.000 Youth players
•National office in Zeist and 6 District
offices
•10 National staff coaches
•20 District staff coaches
•50 Regional Coaches
•300 Instructors
•
Influencing all youth coaches, officials and
other volunteers in the 3,000 clubs
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KNVB Academy
The Royal // The
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Organization Youth Leagues

Youth Leagues in each of 6

Districts and National
u19
u17
u15 11 vs 11
u13
u11
u9
u7 7 vs 7
u6 4 vs 4

Organized Club
Football from the age
of 5!

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 Youth Leagues
the best players play against the best

National Youth Leagues: U19

U17
U15
U13
Premier

2x First Division

4x / 6x Second Division

etc., etc.

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Scouting KNVB

1. 200 scouts are "working" for the KNVB

Federation
2.
3. KNVB scouts start scouting at the age of U11
4.
5. Selected teams begin at U12 (regional)
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1.

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 The Dutch way

• Individual development and team development

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• Youth development is a joined responsibility of the

Association and the Clubs
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• The best players play with the best against the best
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• Talented players have about 4-6 training sessions and 1

or 2 competitive games per week.


• Well educated and football experienced coaches for

talented players.
1.

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Girls' and Women's Football
in The Netherlands
110.000 Female Players
Youth Players (6-19): 56.000

(34% increase over the last 2 years!)

Girls and Boys can play with and against each other in all Youth Leagues

U 12: only Youth Leagues, no Girls only Leagues

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 Coach Education

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 The Assistant Coach

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 Reality Based Learning
Club/ team

•(more) realistic
•(more) meaningful
•(more) practical
•(more) interactive
•(more) tailor made learning
Performance profile

(to improve) performance ability

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Performance ability (1)
to be succesfull in:
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1. coaching games
2. leading training sessions
3. managing the team
4. managing the players
5. managing the coaching staf
6. supporting the policy of the club
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 Organizing the own learning process

(self-reflection)
 “think for yourself"
1.
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 Performance ability (2)

To be succesfull in the real situation



• player - student coach

• philosophy on learning
• delivery method
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Transfer

Training session Game

TRANSFER

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 Transfer
(player development)

Training session Match

11 v 11 11 v 11
9v9 11 v 11
7v7
6v4
4v4
1v0 TRANSFER
scoring, opponents, lines,
teammates, defending and
attacking….

similar characteristics

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Transfer

Course Club/ team

TRANSFER

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 The same characteristics

1. To simulate the real situation (as much as

possible) into the course situation
2. think
practical
3. Educating is facilitating of learning
 in the real practical context (club)
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Delivery (teaching) methods

• Coaching the game

• Game-related training
• Practical work in the different themes
• Assignments based on the three working areas:
games, training, leadership (and
management))
• Problem-solving
• Reflection on experiences
• Exchange of experiences and possible solutions
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 The learning circle

Experience

Attitude

Personal
Practice Skills
qualities Reflection

Knowledge

Information
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 Player Development

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Dutch Youth Football
(Youth) Football Training????

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Developing players

 10.000 hours of playing

 Start at the age of 5
 Offer them a football context
• many games
• match related training sessions
• good coaches
• stimulate home-work

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 Youth player development proces
"developing football actions"
(within attacking, defending and transition)
Age related characteristics

U18-U19

U16-U17 learning to be competitive

U14-U15 playing as a team

fine tuning basic tasks
U12-U13 as a team
learning to play from
U10-U11
a basic task
11 v 11
U7-U9 learning to play goal
oriented together
U6 goal oriented actions 7v 7
with the ball
learning to controll the ball

4v4

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Transfer
(player development)

Training session Match

11 v 11 11 v 11
9v9 11 v 11
7v7
6v4
4v4
1v0 TRANSFER
scoring, opponents, lines,
teammates, defending and
attacking….

Similar characteristics

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 The Dutch Vision on Youth Training

•
• Football = attacking, defending and transition
• Learn the game by playing the game
• The several actions should not be separated
• Training sessions must be match related
(exercises must include attacking and defending)
• Training is to simplify football
• Players have to solve football situations
• The coach must help the players to…

•
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 Team Development

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 Periodization

M P
P
What

P
What Who

P
Who Where

M
Where When

P
When Which
MA

P
Which

M P
P MA

developing
PP MA
system of play

system of play:
play:
- quality of the players related to….
- team organization
- strategies in attacking, defending and transition Football fitness
(physical overload)
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 Dutch Secrets ??
No!!!


But a clear vision on:



• The game of Football

• Organization & Structure of Leagues
• Coach Education
• Player Development
• Team Development

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 Football in the
Netherlands
 PLAY, LEARN AND ENJOY IT !!!


 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

 AND ENJOY YOUR STAY IN THE NETHERLANDS

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