Innovations at the Song Lam Nghe An youth football training center

Change the way you train

Early October 2024, U13Lam River Nghe Anentering a new training cycle. Before the official training session, Mr. Le Van Hung - Head Coach of U13 Song Lam Nghe An discussed with his assistants about the content of the training session. In particular, he asked his colleagues to carefully observe the basic technical exercises of the athletes, if they were not correct, they needed to be corrected promptly.

Not only demonstrating the movements to the students, the coach also provided "vivid visual" images to help the players understand the tactical exercises better. "Currently, we have applied information technology to training. "Vivid visual" images are prepared to be shown on the computer, which will help the athletes understand better and thereby perform accurately," said Mr. Hung.

The head coach of U13 Song Lam Nghe An also shared: "In this training year, the center's leadership closely checked the annual training plan, weekly lesson plans, and specific days of each head coach. In particular, the center required coaches to make strong changes in training methods to improve training quality. Therefore, in addition to the knowledge we already have, we must update new theories of modern football to include in the teaching curriculum."

Accordingly, entering this year's training season, 10coachThe heads of 10 classes at the Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center will carry out player training according to the pre-registered plan and curriculum. For each class at each different age, there will be appropriate training methods.

Along with that, coaches also change the way they impart knowledge to athletes. Instead of requiring students to passively receive lessons, coaches will now accompany and support players so that they can promote initiative and creativity in receiving lessons.

"Currently, most of the coaches at the center are quite young, enthusiastic, have degrees, pedagogical skills and the ability to proficiently use software to support football teaching. Therefore, entering this training year, the center is innovating training methods to keep up with the development trend of modern football", Mr. Tran Quang Dung - Director of Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center shared.

Creating a source of quality athletes

In previous years, the Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center has always been under a lot of pressure regarding performance. This has had a negative impact on the training of athletes. Players in the small U class do not have the opportunity to maximize their innate qualities, are often "forced to ripen", playing football according to a predetermined pattern. This is one of the reasons why there are quite a few Song Lam Nghe An players who have played outstandingly in the V.League, as well as on the national teams.

However, starting from this year, Song Lam Nghe An has changed its strategy in youth training. In particular, the center has focused on training quality human resources for the first team and national teams.

To do this, the center has changed its training methods. "For the small U class, we require coaches to create conditions for players to fully develop their innate talents. In addition, it is also necessary to spend more time for athletes to practice basic techniques and improve their physical strength, instead of practicing tactics too early," said Mr. Tran Quang Dung - Director of the Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center.

Mr. Dung also added: "With the classes that have stepped up to compete on the 11-player field, we will perfect the technical and tactical skills for the athletes. The center is gradually building a fast, technical playing style suitable for the physique of Vietnamese people. Hopefully, with changes in training methods, it will help the players maximize their abilities when they grow up."

It can be said that in recent years, many clubs have focused heavily on youth training, so Song Lam Nghe An is facing many challenges. If the club does not soon innovate in training methods, it will be easy to be left behind. Hopefully, with new approaches in this training season, Song Lam Nghe An will produce quality athletes in the future./.