Squad Members
Reagan Williamson, Reece Williamson,
Gregor Black, Robbie McAlpine, Reece Mitchell, Michael Isaacs,
Ben McNamara, Craig Anderson, Rhuraidh Gillies, Conor McArthur, Michael
Burrows, Calum Blincow,
Thomas Sutherland, Jason Galbreath, Lee Rodgers, Brandon Lee, Matthew
Begley, Adam Frizzell, Craig Kincaid.
In their penultimate year with us, the players are still
playing 7 a side games. By the age of around 10 and 11, most children have
reached a level of physical and psychological development that allows them
to play, rather than play at, the game of football. They are more competent
in terms of individual technical performances, and they now intentionally
combine in groups of two or four around the ball.
The under 11/under 12 age groups are transitional ages for our young players.
The seven a side game serves as their bridge to the adult game of 11 v 11.
The smaller sided games produce players who are more tactically aware and
more comfortable on the ball, and that is where we want them to be at this
stage.
For the first time, we introduce the players to conditioning work which
includes flexibility exercises and they follow a running programme, facilitated
by our own qualified athletics coach, Mick Harrington. We aim to improve
agility, speed and stamina as the players begin to realise how important
the physical side of football is.
As they gain experience by playing more games, we work on some individual
and group tactics, like opening the body to receive passes, marking opponents
and positional awareness. Supporting team mates in a 1 to 1 situation, moving
as a team when attacking or defending and learning solutions to handle set
plays are also taught at this age group. |
