Lessons and Clinics

 

 

Youth Soccer Clinics July-August (2008)

Dear Parents and Coaches,

I'll have a program of 9 weeks starting with the one of June 30th and ending with the one of August 25th.

Why: When we play a soccer game, in 60 or 90 minutes we touch and handle the ball for no more than 1 or 2 minutes. It's hard to learn something in 1 or 2 minutes. A 2 hour session is the equivalent of more than 30 games! So, multiply that for 5 days!
During the clinic we'll do a lot of footwork to develop first touch, trap, pass, heading, juggling and shooting. We'll develop one topic every session.

In short, the participants will become BETTER SOCCER PLAYERS.

Calendar:

Week:

  1. June 30 - July 4
  2. July 7-11
  3. July 14-18
  4. July 21-25
  5. July 28-August 1
  6. Aug 4-8
  7. Aug 11-15
  8. Aug 18-22
  9. Aug 25-29

Time: 10:00 to 12:00, total 10 hours. Monday through Friday.

Cost: $250

Location: Fort Scott in the Presidio of San Francisco. Map/Directions

I would also like to work with youth keepers in the afternoon. Same days and cost as the above program. But because the number of the keepers is inferior of field players, please write and I’ll try to put together a group that could train for 1 week (that we will choose) 2 hours a day in the late afternoon 3:00 to 5:00 or 4:00 to 6:00 (not too hot).

Ciao and hope to hear from you. giannimininni@yahoo.com

Coach Gianni

Adults Soccer Clinics June-July-August (2008)

Dear Adult Soccer Students,

Good weather is finally here again and good day light too! Time to go back to soccer classes in the evening.

New students, please check about me at CoachGianni.com on the page "Testimonials" what soccer players and coaches said about my teaching.
Whatever your soccer skill level is, beginner, intermediate or advance, you can always get better. The classes are based on individual exercises so, don’t be afraid if you are a beginner because there is almost no interaction among the players and they are of all ages and both genders. My existing students will help you to immediately enter into the spirit of learning.

Where and time: At Morton Field in the Presidio of San Francisco. Time 7:00pm to 8:30pm.

Morton Street Field
San Francisco
1000 Morton Street
Map/Directions

When: June-July-August. Instead of sticking to the usual Tuesday, please let me know ASAP what day/s (all of them) works for you and I'll try to accommodate the need of the majority. I'll do 2 days a week if your inputs are very split.

For the players (beginner or advanced) that live across the bay I’ll try to do a class on Richmond at Booker T Anderson Park on Thursday nights 7:00 to 8:30.

Cost: (for students in San Francisco) $70 for 4 sessions of 1.5 hours for the existing students and $90 (just for the first 4 sessions) for new students. When you renew it's $70. In Richmond it will always be $90 for 4 sessions.

The 4 sessions will be ABSOLUTELY CONSECUTIVE! If you miss a session, one time a month I'll do a make up in the morning during the week-end.

I can't wait to work with you and please let me know. giannimininni@yahoo.com

Coach Gianni

p.s. the few students that still have residual sessions, naturally can start by using them.

 

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS

If a high school makes the decision to create an orchestra with their students, all the parents have very clear ideas about it and the thought of sending their sons and daughters to a rehearsal for a concert to learn to play their instruments, wouldn’t even cross their minds. The students study music and learn to play their instrument all year and, at the rehearsals, they come together only to practice and learn the piece that they will perform.

The same applies to a chorus. The singers don’t go to the rehearsal of a concert to learn how to use their voices and how to read sheet music.

No one will send their son or daughter to a chess tournament just knowing the basic movement of the pieces, without ever studying the classic openings and how to manage the middle game in a way that leads to a checkmate situation.

In all these examples, it’s logical and everybody agrees, that their sons and daughters have to study music and chess before performing in a concert or a tournament.

Also when we talk about sports, if the sport is baseball or basketball, all the fathers in their youth have played and they begin coaching their sons and daughters very early on. When they become part of a team, they are already able to hit or catch the ball relatively well or dribble and make a good shot in basketball.

But, when the soccer season comes, without ever learning to play, are they supposed to become soccer players just by wearing their uniform and cleats?

A game is the equivalent of the concert, and the soccer practice is the equivalent of the rehearsal.

When do players learn to play soccer?

If it’s unthinkable to learn to play the violin, oboe or cello during a rehearsal, how is it possible to learn to play soccer during practice a few days before the first game?

With this concept really clear in mind, I will give individual soccer lessons during the year to improve soccer skills. To learn to do with our feet, what we do for months with our hands in learning violin, guitar or piano.

 

 

 

During the lessons, I will develop these topics:

  • Fundamentals
    • How to trap, pass, kick, juggle, cross, etc.
  • Fitness
    • Getting in shape and strengthening, ready to physically perform in a demanding sport like soccer.
  • Strategy
    • Besides a team strategy that will be developed at practice during the season, there is an individual discipline of what to do on the field to win the ball back in pressing, how to be in the right position at the right moment, how to read the game and anticipate what happens (possibly before it happens) and be able to support our team-mates suggesting what to do, just by doing the right thing or going to the right place.

In general I give individual soccer lessons every day of the week.

 

Coach Gianni.