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  The purpose of this page is to facilitate the B6 Warriors NXT virtual training for the Fall 2025 season. 

What is New

No homework for session 1. The boys should come with a pen and paper to session one in order to write down their goals for soccer, the season, and enabling goals. 

Training Outcome:

The purpose of this training is to help the players better tactically analyze a soccer game and improve their mental performance. The desired outcomes are:

  • Players are better able to tactically analyze an opponent on the soccer field during the game
  • Players mental performance in the realm of dealing with pressure, focus, and visualization is improved

Standard Session Overview

Sessions will normally be held on every other Thursday evenings via zoom from 7:30-8:30 pm. The session will focus on tactical analysis for about 30 minutes and then mental performance for about 30 minutes. All of these sessions are completely optional for players.

Zoom Link

Here is the link to the Football Forum session.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82511766903?pwd=sZp3eY048RXPgn2KfAAQVqUi2CzYwa.1&from=addon

Standard Agenda

  • Welcome and Intro
  • Mental performance discussion
  • Tactical analysis discussion including watching 5-7 minutes of a game
  • Discuss week ahead

Game

This is a 9v9 game between a team called Man City MANC (red/maroon) and Real Madrid RMA (white). These players are your age. Through much of our Spring season we will progressively watch this game using it as our focus for tactical analysis. 

Man City vs Madrid

Roma (Red) vs Borussia Dortmund (Yellow)

Weekly Sessions

Session 1 - Goal Setting 9 April

Mental Performance

We are going to discuss and write down our goals. We are going to discuss why it is important to have goals and what impact clear goals have on your game. 

Each player will create and write down the following goals:

  • Long term goal: An aspirational, motivational and long term goal.  
  • Season goal or goals: What do you want to accomplish this season? 
  • Enabling goals: Quantifiable targets for actions you are going to take that will enable you to achieve your season goal.  

Tactical Analysis

We are going to rewatch the first 7 minutes or so of the Roma (Maroon) vs Borussia (Yellow) game. We are focusing on: 

  • Each teams formation on offense and defense
  • Each teams' style of defense
  • Key players
  • Recurring patterns
Session 2 - Growth Mindset 7 MAY

Review

We will begin by reviewing these past subjects.

  • Have we recently reviewed our goals we had for the season? How are we doing are meeting them? Are they still relevant?
  • Are we doing any box breathing and visualization? How is that going?

Mental Performance

Today we are focusing on what a Growth Mindset is and how we develop one. 

  • What does a Growth Mindset and Fixed Mindset mean?
  • What are examples when you have a Fixed Mindset?
  • What are examples of when you have a Growth Mindset?
  • What causes you to have Growth Mindset vs a Fixed Mindset?

Tactical Analysis

We will discuss the history of zonal and man marking and the reasoning behind them. We will watch this video and stop and discuss key points. Here are some points we will discuss:

  • How do you know if your opponent is man marking or zonal marking?
  • What does it mean to disrupt a defense? 
  • As an attacking player how do you disrupt a zonal defense?
  • As an attacking player how do you disrupt a man to man defense?
Session 3 - Understanding Zonal Defense and Man to Man Defense 28 May

Mental Performance

Review and discuss box breathing, visualization, and goal setting. 

Tactical Analysis

We will continue to discuss the history of zonal and man marking and the reasoning behind them. We will watch this video and stop and discuss key points. Here are some points we will discuss:

  • How do you know if your opponent is man marking or zonal marking?
  • What does it mean to disrupt a defense? 
  • As an attacking player how do you disrupt a zonal defense?
  • As an attacking player how do you disrupt a man to man defense?
Session 4 - TBD 5 June

TBD