BSS tournament is all about skills
RANDBURG – Coach explains its not about winning but about developing skills.
The Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS) in Sandton and Randburg competed against each other at the Old Parktonian Sports Club in Bordeaux on 14 March.
Head coach for Randburg BSS Mike Hughes said, “The tournament was based on Futebol de Salão (FDS) games as all children in Brazil begin their football education with FDS.”
Hughes explained that the programme is of a long-term nature with the emphasis on the individual rather than a team methodology.
“We believe the game should first be seen as an individual pursuit and complete domination and mastery of the tool of the game, the ball, be attained. BSS draws the analogy with music in that a young and aspiring musician would spend a minimum of three or four years perfecting and developing the command of their instrument before being invited to perform in an orchestra.”
The coach added that the individual nature of Brazilian Soccer Schools’ training is supplemented by an increased number of training hours, where, through constant repetition, players can refine and improve both basic and complex skills.
All the age categories– from four-year-olds to the U16s – participated in the tournament.
Hughes explained that although the games were competitive – the emphasis was on implementing skills and techniques learned at training, rather than on the result.
“The BSS FDS games are played without goal keepers and themes for the day are set. For example, a number of passes must be made before the team can score, or a skill must be used, prior to a pass, and so on. This is done as a means of developing the player’s decision making and confidence on the ball. In the end, the winners of Saturday’s games were the children and football,” concluded Hughes.
Details: Mike Hughes 082 333 7207.
