RIP
18-12-2011, 09:12 PM
Son Cammy (U14) joined the Juniors team in 2009 when he moved to Crieff. They had had the same 2 coaches (Neil and Rob) since U10.
The Juniors were a small team physically and were regularly outmuscled by bigger opposition. However the coaches have worked constantly on playing attractive passing football and coaching the players, sometimes 1-2-1. They have focused on fitness and basic skills, have trying players in different positions until finally achieving a settled formation at the start of this season.
In the last few weeks, this team have finally started to reap the rewards of the coaching. We have one of the fittest teams in the league and in most areas of the pitch, there's almost a sixth sense of knowing which player is alongside, an instinct created by playing regularly together in the same positions each week.
Cammy switched from centre half to centre mid at the start of the season and has been 'coached into' this position by Neil and Rob. Generally the squad loses 3 or 4 players each season but replacements are slotted in to an established playing system keeping the transition relatively smooth. The boys are starting to make progress, now top 6 in a 19 club league. There are a couple of strong teams in the league so they do take the odd beating. But they are good to watch and always give 100%.
Now, back to Hibs.
Please rewrite this story but this time changing the coaching team and the squad every twelve months. How would it pan out? It's just that Cammy wants to know because in his first full season playing youth football his Hibs team won the CIS cup. Why, he asks, could the Hibs team not have been run in the same way as the side he plays for on a Saturday morning?
The Juniors were a small team physically and were regularly outmuscled by bigger opposition. However the coaches have worked constantly on playing attractive passing football and coaching the players, sometimes 1-2-1. They have focused on fitness and basic skills, have trying players in different positions until finally achieving a settled formation at the start of this season.
In the last few weeks, this team have finally started to reap the rewards of the coaching. We have one of the fittest teams in the league and in most areas of the pitch, there's almost a sixth sense of knowing which player is alongside, an instinct created by playing regularly together in the same positions each week.
Cammy switched from centre half to centre mid at the start of the season and has been 'coached into' this position by Neil and Rob. Generally the squad loses 3 or 4 players each season but replacements are slotted in to an established playing system keeping the transition relatively smooth. The boys are starting to make progress, now top 6 in a 19 club league. There are a couple of strong teams in the league so they do take the odd beating. But they are good to watch and always give 100%.
Now, back to Hibs.
Please rewrite this story but this time changing the coaching team and the squad every twelve months. How would it pan out? It's just that Cammy wants to know because in his first full season playing youth football his Hibs team won the CIS cup. Why, he asks, could the Hibs team not have been run in the same way as the side he plays for on a Saturday morning?