The coaching staff of the 10-year-old national youth selection team: improve the evaluation and selection system

Reporter Chen Yong reports Because the U17 World Cup and the U17 Asian Cup have been changed to one session a year, the Chinese Football Association has planned the national team (senior), the National Games team (03 echelon), the national youth team (05 national youth) and the national youth training camp (07 training camp), and the national youth team system is more comprehensive and systematic. Taking 2024 as an example, its structure is: 08 age group national junior team, 09 age group national youth team, 10 age group national youth selection team, 11 age group training camp, and at the same time track and evaluate players from 12 age groups to 14 age groups through key city events, and then continue to roll forward according to the annual situation.

At this meeting, the coaching staff of the Chinese U15 national selection team (10-year-old national youth selection team) shared the situation, selection and evaluation of the 10-year-old national youth selection team and player education.

In 2024, the 10-year-old national youth selection team will be formed and will conduct 5 training camps: the first training camp from March to April will be 37 people, and the coaching team will be the Chinese coaching team at that time, and then go to Japan for training; In the second training camp in July, David served as the head of the coaching staff of the selection team, and the coaching staff also completed the formation and basically remained stable, the number of training camps reached 36 people, from which 28 people were selected to go to South Korea for training; From September to October, the third training camp was held, with a training camp of 37 people, and then the team selected 25 players to go to Auxerera in France for training; In October and December, the team held the fourth and fifth training camps in Xi'an and Shenzhen respectively, with a total of 25 people.

At present, the head of the coaching staff of the 10-year-old selection team is David, who was born in La Masia and served as the coach of Shenhua's 2001 age group echelon, with a rich coaching resume.

David said that the DNA of the 10-year-old selection team is four levels: being competitive, striving to be the best version of yourself, and focusing on every training session; Ambition, a desire to win, a desire to win honors; Have your own style, not afraid of mistakes, and have the courage to try again; Give it your all, talent needs hard work.

David also introduced his tactical philosophy, including offensive formations and changes, defensive formations and changes, and he also explained the basic techniques and tactics of not combining the game.

Regarding the selection of the 10-year-old national youth selection team, a complete selection information collection and evaluation system has been formulated, and the performance of the team members can be better observed in the five training camps. In the selection and evaluation, four levels of competency requirements are mainly examined: first, balance, that is, the balance of the feet, the use of various parts of the body; The second is diversity, which can be used in different positions on the field; The third is comprehension, engaging in the game, learning to read different scenes on the field; The fourth is cohesion, improving with teammates and, more importantly, playing against the wind.

Lai Yalun, the trainer of the 10-year-old national youth selection team, shared the training situation and training video of the U15 national team in Auxerre, France, when the team was supported by the Chinese-funded club and the French team Auxerre, and the echelon teams of Auxerre, Paris Saint-Germain, Reims and Dijon played four games with Auxerre, Paris Saint-Germain, Reims and Dijon, and the game was very rewarding.