Chapter 12 Our coach is a genius!
On the first day of the summer training camp, Yang Cheng brought a huge surprise to all the players.
"Let me introduce myself again. I, Yang Cheng, am your head coach for the new season!"
The 23 players standing in front of him were all dumbfounded.
Although all the previous signs indicated that Yang Cheng, the small owner of the club, was deeply involved in football affairs, no one would have thought that he would decide to become the head coach himself.
This is simply outrageous!
How old is he?
Do you have a coaching certificate?
You know, after Adam Crozier reformed the coaching mechanism, he had very clear requirements for the head coach’s qualifications.
23-year-old Yang Cheng does not have this qualification.
Not to mention the players in front of Yang Cheng, even the coaching staff behind him all had complicated and embarrassed looks on their faces.
When they heard Yang Cheng say this before, they were even more surprised than the players.
Except Brian Kidd.
Well, Yang Cheng has already thought of a countermeasure.
He does not have a coaching certificate, so let Brian Kidd, who has a coaching certificate, be the nominal head coach.
Therefore, Brian Kidd was the first person to know Yang Cheng's thoughts.
But for some reason, Brian Kidd was convinced by Yang Cheng’s coaching ability. He thought he would shock the whole world and was an out-and-out genius coach. .
After the preparation stage, Thad Fawcett and Oliver Bartlett were really impressed by Yang Cheng.
Now, it’s the players’ turn.
But the most shocked person was Lin Zhongqiu.
When did this young master who just graduated from college know how to coach?
Didn’t you invite Brian Kidd?
Isn’t this too ridiculous?
Yang Cheng had no time to pay attention to the thoughts of everyone behind him, and did not intend to explain too much.
As for the goal for the new season, Yang Cheng said it in a very firm and confident tone.
"We will be promoted to the English Championship next year as champions!"
His tone was full of an unquestionable certainty, which made it easy for people to believe it.
“My confidence comes from you guys standing opposite me and the coaching staff behind me.”
“Maybe you are still unknown now, maybe you guys now haven’t shown your performance yet. Strong enough, maybe you don't have the conditions to succeed now, maybe..."
When Yang Cheng said this, he shook his right hand hard.
It's like getting rid of all the worries and doubts around you.
“Everything may not be important!”
“With me, here with the Bayswater Chinese, each of you will get everything you want!”
"But the premise is that you must work hard for this, and you must force out all the potential in your body."
Yang Cheng also elaborated on his selection criteria for players.
Among the Bayswater Chinese, no one is the main force as they should be.
Everyone must give their best performance and condition.
“Attitude is everything here!”
Finally, Yang Cheng also told the players that the entire summer training session will be very hard.
Especially compared to other teams in League Two and even League One.
"Only high-level training can build a high-level, combat-effective team!"
"When you get through the pre-season training, you will look back at it at that time. Believe me, you You will be grateful for your efforts in the training camp!”
“You will be proud of yourself!”
And this will make everyone on the team more confident!
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In his previous life, Yang Cheng started in the Bundesliga 2 and also coached teams in lower leagues.
He knows very well that many players who play in lower-level leagues are not bad at all.
Most of them come from professional youth training and have very solid basic skills.
For example, Wales international Steve Jenkins.
The defensive ability of this right back, who is about to turn 31, is quite good, but his speed is really slow.
Although he is only 1.81 meters tall, he is as clumsy as 2.01 meters tall.
What’s even more interesting is that he has a very amazing cross from the right, but his other skills are average.
The advantages and disadvantages are so obvious, coupled with his age, that it is difficult for Steve Jenkins' career to take off.
Also like Martin Roland.
The 24-year-old Irish midfielder has already played for the Brentford first team when he was 18 years old.
At the age of 19, he played the main role in the English second division and performed very well in his first season.
However, after becoming famous as a teenager, frequent injuries followed, coupled with the frequent changes in Brentford's coaching position, led to his performance in the past two seasons deteriorating, and he even began to play football. Not the main force, reduced to a substitute.
In terms of pure strength, Martin Roland is currently the most comprehensive and outstanding among the Chinese players in Bayswater.
Not to mention both offense and defense, especially the pass and free kick, they are very amazing.
There are also players like central defender Roger Johansson.
The 20-year-old England central defender is 1.91 meters tall, very strong and has excellent defensive ability.
For Yang Cheng, apart from his rough feet, Roger Johansen really has no shortcomings as a central defender.
But Wycombe, an underdog who debuted at a low level, was intercepted by Yang Cheng first.
So, Yang Cheng knows very well that once these players are well trained and integrated, the strength they can exert cannot be underestimated.
Improving training levels and strengthening physical conditions are key factors in improving player performance.
What makes the players feel fresh is that the training conducted by Yang Cheng and the coaching staff is not just physical training, let alone simple running.
Most of the training is with the ball.
And many of them are basic training.
At first, the players felt strange and felt that this kind of basic training was meaningless.
Although they are League Two players, their basic skills are very solid.
When they actually started training and implemented Yang Cheng's requirements, they realized the problem.
For example, Yang Cheng asked them to run and not stand to catch the ball.
This is normal.
What is abnormal is that Yang Cheng requires all players to control the catching distance between 10-15 meters. If it's less than 10 meters or more than 15 meters, he will criticize it by name.
This makes the players feel very uncomfortable and confused.
Because they find it difficult to control this distance.
Even if they control the distance well, after receiving the ball, they must kick the ball out and never let the ball stay under their feet.
Where to send it?
How to pass it?
All the players are a mess.
The scene in the first training session was so chaotic that it was unbearable to watch.
Moreover, the consumption of players is still very high.
The mind is always under high pressure, and the physical exertion can be imagined.
But Yang Cheng was in the afternoon, the next day, and the third day...
I still practice like this.
On the fourth day, when the players began to become familiar with this training requirement, Yang Cheng gave the first tactics class.
“First of all, let me tell you, why is it required to be 10-15 meters?”
After four days of hard training, the players expressed their gratitude to the 23-year-old head coach and at the same time He is the young owner of the club and has already developed a sense of awe.
Whether the head coach knows it or not, the players feel it the most.
Although Yang Cheng is young, he really has something.
And very clever.
He should be what Brian Kidd said, a genius!
“According to authoritative statistics, in a football game, facing a high-pressure defense, professional players’ passing error at 10-15 meters is the smallest and the success rate is the highest.”< br>
“If it is less than 10 meters, it will be too crowded, which is not conducive to passing; if it is more than 15 meters, the passing error and turnover rate will increase significantly.”
All the players thought about it for themselves, especially recalling the past four days of training. This is really what happened.
“Keep the distance at 10-15 meters. This needs to become an instinct. In the future, whether in training or in competition, you must always remind yourself that if it is less than 10 meters, run away. If it is more than 15 meters, run away. Just pull it closer.”
The players understood and nodded.
"Second question, why are you in chaos?"
Yang Cheng still did not give the players a chance to answer, but revealed the answer himself.
"Because you guys don't have any brains."
"I don't know how your previous team trained and played, and I don't care. Now that you have come to us Bayswater Chinese, then you You have to adapt to my requirements.”
“Go to the ball with your brain. On the field, you must think proactively, analyze the game situation anytime and anywhere, and observe your teammates and opponents.”
“The reason why you are in chaos is that the passing distance is short and the ball speed is fast. You must make one shot. The ball is difficult.”
All the players nodded, it is true.
Unless the reaction speed is amazing and the technology is very superb.
“But have you ever thought about it, if you observe the surrounding situation in advance before catching the ball and think about the route of the ball, or even more than one route, will it still be chaotic?”
The players suddenly felt like they were enlightened.
“If you want to gain a foothold in my team, you must do this. Go to the training ground and the court and observe the situation anytime and anywhere.”
“ Let me give you a reference data. Before each move and catch the ball, you should observe the surroundings at least 10 times. Excellent is 15 times. The more, the better. When you can do it, you will find that one kick will make a difference. The ball is really not difficult.”
All the players looked at Yang Cheng.
Even Brian Kidd, Thad Fawcett, and Oliver Bartlett were all looking at Yang Cheng.
This 23-year-old "genius coach" has really brought them too many surprises and surprises in the past few days.
“Here, I want to tell you a truth.”
“The football training you have received since childhood has told you that players spend most of their time in the game. Without the ball, you must be good at taking advantage of running without the ball.”
"In our team, every time you run, you are not only creating receiving points for your teammates around you, but also creating passing lanes for yourself."
"Everyone of us is active When we run, we run for ourselves and the teammates around us, then we become a united and powerful unit!”
Yang Cheng’s requirement for running support is to at least keep the ball holder around him during training! Have more than 3 connection points at the same time.
In this way, in the game, even if you are facing the opponent's pressing, you can ensure that there are more than 2 routes for the ball at the same time.
What surprised the players and the coaching staff was that Yang Cheng had a lot of requirements for the players' running, but not much for the passing and coordination routines.
In other words, he only has one request.
Easy!
The simpler, the better!
“On the football field, the simpler the coordination routine, the higher the success rate and the faster the speed.”
So, in training, Yang Cheng asked the coaching staff to arrange all the passing routines. are some of the simplest and most basic projects.
For example, the 3-man team receives the ball and advances, cuts and receives the ball, etc.
His idea is simple.
As long as these simplest basics are well practiced, players can cooperate smoothly on the court, and play calmly in the game, many seemingly complex and advanced coordination will appear naturally.
......
After the meeting, Yang Cheng revealed the answer to the mystery and also let the players understand his thoughts. The next training will naturally revolve around Yang Cheng's plan.
And they are basically training with the ball.
Even, there is very little defensive training.
Brian Kidd focuses on the team's overall off-ball movement.
For individual players, the coaching staff has given different targeted special training plans.
For example, center Jonathan Steed mainly improves his jumping.
Modric mainly focuses on strengthening his body.
The tall and strong Huddlestone was required to undergo speed-strengthening training to improve his running ability.
Thade Fawcett, as a sports performance specialist, regularly measures the physical condition of players through different physical tests.
At the same time, the training plan is constantly being improved.
In mid-July, after two weeks of high-intensity training, the test report submitted by Thad Fawcett to Yang Cheng showed that the players had poor performance in terms of physical fitness, strength confrontation and stability. , have been significantly improved.
Brian Kidd's assessment, as well as Yang Cheng's daily observations on the training ground, indicate that players have gradually adapted to Yang Cheng's requirements during training.
This makes everyone on the team full of expectations for the new season.
But Yang Cheng knew it very well.
It is far from that simple to build a mature and stable team.
This is just the beginning.
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(End of this chapter)