Najib's passing skills do not specifically refer to the passing actions that players must use to dribble with the ball, but a general reference, which can be understood as the ball sense, ball skills, and the player's ability to control the ball.

This is easy to understand, players with excellent passing skills can apply skills to get rid of in situ, control the ball in a small area to expand the range of options, and do not necessarily have to go head-on past the defenders in front of them, and players with such skills can be more "cunning" when playing, with strong deception and unpredictability, making one-on-one confrontation more advantageous.

But the club generally does not teach the players how to pass, the players can pass in the training session, but that kind of is free to play, you can pass you, if you can't pass, it will be judged that the talent is not enough, and the team will not systematically teach the players to pass the skills, because this is a waste of time in the vast majority of teams, one is that a team will not allow too many players to pass freely, and the other is that coaches will not spend time betting on whether players have this talent.

In the traditional concept, the player's outstanding skills are often not systematically trained, and talent is recognized as accounting for a large proportion, including physical characteristics, such as Garrincha with bent legs, Maradona with short stature, and it is undeniable that the taller the player, the less dexterous the player, the less dexterous the player, which is determined by congenital conditions.

However, the importance of passing skills proposed by Najib is not to pass people for the sake of passing people, but to serve the characteristics of the players.

For example, Peter Pan, Overmars likes to cross the bottom, and he can directly lead the opponent's entire back line back and disrupt the opponent's defensive rhythm.

Aldridge began to look at his youth policy, looking back at when he first took over the team, his focus on training players was for the team, to condense the team into a whole, so he had to emphasize the team's integrity, which was inevitable, if he emphasized the skills at his feet and let the players play freely, then the team would be finished, it would only be a mess.

Last season's Millwall could be said to have no youth team at all, the youth team was just a training stage, practicing first-team tactics so that the players could play team football through teamwork.

This season's Millwall officially has a youth team, and after just over half a year of the completion of the youth training base, Najib discovered the shortcomings of this youth training system.

There are two kinds of excellent coaches, the first is to let all 11 geniuses play their strength, and the second is to let 11 ordinary players play 1+1 greater than 2 strength.

Aldridge didn't think that the players he bought from the team were mature talents, otherwise, it would not be his turn to make a difference, so what he has to do is the second point, let the players 1+1 play more than 2 strength, then the foundation of the team is of course the team, which is also the policy of long-term team building.

However, with too much emphasis on the team, Aldridge has neglected the individual growth of the players.

Why?

Aldridge reflected on himself, probably because he valued the effect of teamwork more, so he subconsciously did not have the expectation of individual heroism on the players.

So, when the players get the ball out of the pitch and get the run in place, he's satisfied.

Is that enough?

Inadequate.

Far from enough.

Aldridge woke up to the fact that no team can always be a tactical lead, no, because tactics are a game of cat and mouse, and when your tactics are ahead, countless people will start to study containment countermeasures, eventually return to balance, and then wait for the next tactical change.

And excellent tactical concepts can improve the team, but to play the tactics to the extreme, it is still the players who rely on them.

Aldridge was a little annoyed, he himself was ashamed to talk to Ferguson about the fact that there is no secret to tactics, the key is the fit between the players and the tactics, and he ignored this.

Is the tactics mysterious?

It is not mysterious, countless teams will want to emulate the tactics of the strongest team, but many latecomer coaches have fallen badly, and the experimental effect is to follow the example of Dong Shi, and the most critical factor is that the composition of the players is uneven, and the perfect effect cannot be achieved at all.

Didn't the later teams want to emulate AC Milan? But do they have Nesta, Maldini, Costa Curta in the back? Is there Seedorf, Pirlo in midfield? Striker Shevchenko, Inzaghi?

It's the same with Barcelona, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Puyol and many more are unique, they imitate tactics but can't be perfectly replicated.

A successful team should be the product of a perfect combination of tactics and teamwork, and both are indispensable.

Aldridge is a bit too tactically focused and neglects the team.

He was blaming himself, and his expression could be seen, and Najib comforted: "Aldrich, you don't have to be like this, Millwall has been so good this season, in good times, it's really hard to find problems, you can't blame yourself for not being perfect, can you?" ”

Aldrich collected his emotions and said after a moment of silence: "I think I made this mistake six years ago. ”

"Six years ago?"

Najib couldn't figure it out.

Aldrich asked, "Have you ever heard of Gufren?" ”

Najib shook her head.

Aldridge reminisced and said: "I studied in the Netherlands six years ago, and the youth training policy implemented by the Dutch Football Association at that time was based on the football philosophy of Michels and Cruyff, the concept of simple and all-attack, all-defense concept, I admire this philosophy, because I think the development trend of football in the future is that the attack needs to be whole, and the defense also needs to be whole, people will often see defenders assist to the front, and the forwards defend before retreating into the penalty area, the mainstream football style in the Netherlands is very appetizing to me, but in the Netherlands, There is also a relatively obscure school of football, and I only happened to hear my peers talk about it, and the person who created that school is called Gufren. ”

Najib asked curiously, "Is there such a person?" ”

"Yes, it's just that in the Netherlands, he is not allowed by the mainstream, Dutch football is dominated by Michels and Cruyff's tactical flow of ideas, that tactics are supreme, players play simple is the best, I agree very much in my heart, because the development trend of football is that the speed of players is getting faster and faster, whether it is offensive or defensive, it is fast and concise as the mainstream, slowly organizing the attack, and too much personal sticky ball, which will only be eliminated by the times. The core idea is that when people control the ball, they control the opponent, thus dominating the game, requiring players to only practice skills and tactics from an early age, as if they want to prove that genius can be practiced, not talented. ”

"Genius can be practiced, genius can be practiced"

Najib muttered to herself, repeating the phrase over and over again, sounding unbelievable.

In the 100 years of football, how many football players are there? It's hard to count, but hundreds of millions should not be an exaggeration, because the replacement of players is within 15 to 20 years.

But in these 100 years, how many geniuses are there? According to the proportion of the football population, it is simply a percentage of zero decimal places after I don't know how many more zeros are added to the road.

If a genius can be trained, then the players pay sweat, aren't they all Maradona Belé Beckenbauer?

"At the time, I heard one of Gufren's remarks and was repulsed by his football philosophy, and he refuted Michels's tactical flow, saying that the success of the other side depends on having such talents as Cruyff and Van Basten, and with such talents, no matter what formation is used, it doesn't matter. I think it's ridiculous, because Brazil, with its abundance of talent, has proven countless times that it's not much easier to succeed with 11 geniuses than it is to command 11 fools. Because of this preconceived notion, I had no interest in the training model that advocated the practice of skills rather than tactics, but in retrospect, I think I made the same mistake as the Dutch Football Association, that there is no life-and-death relationship between the tactical flow and the technical flow, just as the barrier between the force and the technical school is getting weaker and weaker. ”

Najib blinked and muttered, "I don't think this kind of thing should be black and white, there is a coexistence between the tactical flow and the technical flow, but there should still be a distinction between priority and priority." ”

Aldrich nodded approvingly: "Yes, that's what I want to say, the tactical flow is the soul, and the technical flow is the body, and the perfect combination of the two can achieve the best effect." A famous super team in history, at least the tactics are not lagging behind, and the team has talented players to execute. And I used to be a little light-headed. ”

Najib asked, confused, "Why didn't anyone remind you?" So many coaches here. ”

Aldridge smiled bitterly: "Jensen and they are all born in Ajax, advocating tactical flow, in the Netherlands, they are instilled with tactical concepts, and the characteristics of skills are played according to talent, rather than deliberately trained, and they will let the players spend more time practicing passing and running awareness, rather than practicing how to pass." I can't blame them for that, you don't ask these questions, and I don't see anything wrong with that. ”

Najib nodded in understanding, then asked, "So how to solve this problem?" ”

Aldridge thought for a while and said: "Football schools sometimes think too idealistic to the extreme, which is not good, and ideas and reality will always be out of touch, for example, the flow of skills can practice good skills of players, but it is not necessarily possible to practice geniuses, maybe 100,000 players will train their skills fixedly, and there will be no more than ten who become geniuses in the end, and how many of these ten can be integrated into the team?" We need players to improve their skills, that is on the basis of their talent, is to turn potential into ability, and can not take this kind of training as the mainstream, hoping that after day after day of training, mediocre players become the next Maradona, that is unrealistic, our youth training soul, is still the tactical concept, and secondly, we must use targeted technical training to make players grow, so that they have distinctive characteristics in the team, while complementing each other, but also maximize their advantages, which helps tactical flexibility. ”

"But where do we find this kind of coach?"

"I remembered two people."

"Who?"

"You don't know what to say, I hope to recruit them to join."

Aldrich's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table.

Two figures appeared in my mind.

One is Muhrenstin, who later trained Ronaldo from a flashy bicycle boy to Mr. Golden Ball.

The other is Ricardo Moniz, who retired three years ago.

The former has yet to be poached by Alex Ferguson to Manchester United, but Aldridge has no idea where he is.

The latter can be found in the Netherlands, this person has trained Van Persie later in history, even if Van Persie transfers to Arsenal, he will regularly return to Moniz for training, it can be said that Van Persie's technical characteristics are specially trained.

The common denominator of the two is that they are both admirers of Gufren, Mulenstin has studied CM in depth, Aldrich has heard of CM before, but only six years ago did he know that the road was created by Gufren, and he suddenly realized how Mulenstin trained Ronaldo. Moniz has been taught by Guflen's words and deeds, and he has passed on the truth.

On top of that, Aldridge wants to recruit these two men, not only to train the players, but also to train the coaches.