D B i l P k jD B i l P k jDr Branislav PokrajacDr Branislav Pokrajac

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XI Seminario Internacional de la Asociación de Entrenadores. Badajoz. Enero 2010

-- Relation: coach Relation: coach –– spectators (handball spectators (handball fans)fans)fans)fans)

-- Organisation of micro cycles during Organisation of micro cycles during competitioncompetitioncompetitioncompetition

-- The “The “benchbench players” players” -- The “field players”The “field players”

-- Coach for physical preparationCoach for physical preparation2

Relation: coach Relation: coach –– spectators (handball fans)spectators (handball fans)

Spectators analyses of coach has three phases:

First: How he doesn’t see that?First: How he doesn t see that?

Wh t h i d i ?Second: What he is doing?

The third: He knows nothing !!!

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Organisation of micro cycles Organisation of micro cycles during competitionduring competition

• The basic idea of coach during competition is toThe basic idea of coach during competition is to find the best balance between stress (effort) and rest (pause) during one periodrest (pause) during one period.

• Connection between one training and one part of preparation is micro cyclepreparation is micro cycle.

• At the end of every micro cycle players have to be d f titiready for competition.

• Micro cycle is complex between 2 – 14 days but the most often is micro cycles of 7 days.

• In this period top level players can have 10 or more p p p ytrainings. 4

• All trainings in one micro cycle are not same nature d t tand structure.

• They are different according aims, volume, intensity and methods of work.

• How basic purpose (function) is regulation between ( )stress and rest every micro cycle has two phases: stress phase and phase of rest (recovery, recuperation).

• Phase of recovery can be in the middle or at thePhase of recovery can be in the middle or at the end of micro cycle depend of structure of training process in this period.process in this period.

• Number of these two phases is usually 1:1 or 2:2. Only in 14 days micro cycle this relation can be 3:3Only in 14 days micro cycle this relation can be 3:3.

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• But number of days in these two phases can be very different, stress (effort) phase has much more days and trainings then recovery phase.

• Position of competition micro cycle is between ytwo competitions when there are minimum two days for training and recovery.

• If we have game every day (WCh; ECh: OG) we talk about one micro cycle where time between gamesabout one micro cycle where time between games we use to recovery players. If it’s possible it is good to organize training with small volume and to organize training with small volume and intensity what is in same time active rest and preparation for next game. p epa a o o e ga e

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• If we have two days between the games first day is recovery day and the second one is preparation for new game.

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The “The “benchbench pplayerslayers”” -- The “field players”The “field players”• For every match coach prepares “first seven”.

Who will be in “first seven” depend of many details:p ywho is next rival (strong or weak team), where we playwhere we play, what are our ambitions, what type of defense they play, what type of defense we play, yp p y,do we need to play with full power or we can try something (any type of experiment as give chancesomething (any type of experiment as give chance to new player, try new variation of defense, new solutions in attack)solutions in attack) ……

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• But if coach use same group of “first seven” for every game, earlier or later, he will get problem: first seven and “others” or “field players” and “bench players”.

• It will be very dangerous “systematization”.• First question is: who is more important: “fieldFirst question is: who is more important: field

player” or “bench player”? The answer is, of course, "field player”.field player .But if (when) “field player” plays bad and we change him with “bench player” how we can expect tohim with bench player how we can expect to change something with worse player?

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S d ti i I th diff i• Second question is: Is there any differences in training of “field player” and “bench player”?

• How we can see, this type of “systematization” yp y(“field player", "bench player”), is wrong and really very dangerous.y g

• We are talking about “first seven” for every game, not for longer period or all season.not for longer period or all season.

• Any type of player’s systematization need to help us not to confuse us Only what is important forus, not to confuse us. Only what is important for any systematization is criteria of systematization.

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PlayerCriteria Systematization

Age 1 young 2 oldAge 1. young 2. old

Height 1. short 2. tall

1 l k 2 b kPlace (position)

1. goal keeper 2. back3. pivot 4. wing

Number of games (C/NT)1. with experience2. without experiencep

Mental Stability1.player “demonstrator”2 l “ tit ”Mental Stability 2. player “competitor”

I t i t1.The “field player”

Importance in team 2.The “bench player”11

• We have only one conclusion: there is no different work generally all players work (practice) same typework, generally all players work (practice) same type of training, serious following Plan and Program.Diff b ( i ) t d ftDifferences can be one (maximum) two days after match, depend who played more or less.

• It means that criteria is not “who is who”, criteria is how much one player played, how long he was in game.

• We need to make “TEAM” and in this team every yplayer has his place and function (role) and it is not BENCH. This role can be 2 or 60 min but this role can decide the game. Sometimes 2 minutes of one player can be more important then 60 minutes of the other one. 12

• But if coach keep this distribution (breaking) at “fi ld” d “b h l ” h ill d t“field” and “bench players” he will produce to himself a lot of problems.Very soon everybody will know who is who, in which group are they. Next step after that, what we can expect, is especially behavior , “movie star” behavior of “VIP” (very important player) person (less work, less discipline….) and at last we will get

• “defensive mechanism” of “less important”player(s). When he doesn’t play it is normal, when player(s). When he doesn t play it is normal, when he plays nobody can expect too much. He is not main player.a p aye

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• Instead team coach is getting groups of players ith b d ti d i th t i i d iwith bad cooperation during the training or during

the game.

During training: If “field players” practice attack “bench players” can be “too motivate” to play defense, andbe too motivate to play defense, andWhen “field players” practice defense “the others” will try everything to show how defense is badwill try everything to show how defense is bad. It will be competition between two groups (where only one group is interesting for that) and not teamonly one group is interesting for that) and not team work.

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• During the match we can expect two typical it tisituations:

First: “Field players” are playing and “bench players” are on the bench. One day the both groups will complain, first one because they play all time and the second one because they don’t play enough.If “bench players” get chance to play against weak team, question is when they will play against serious team, if they play against strong team every mistake can be “ticket for bench” again. They will not be able to show what really they can, they know, because they don’t feel support of the coach.

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Second: If during the match “bench player” made something good as few goals few assists goodsomething good as few goals, few assists, good defense, in one word he plays good, he can believes that “now are his 5 minutes” and he canbelieves that now are his 5 minutes and he can begin to force, to play too individual and not as member of teammember of team.In same situation “field player” can begin to force to sho ho is ho in team No he pla s tooshow who is who in team. Now he plays too individual and not for team.All these problems we have if we divide our players in two groups: field or bench players, good or bad players, important and less important players, old or young ……

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• But, what we want?We want TEAM !!!!

In team we have old and young players, tall andIn team we have old and young players, tall and short players, players with more or less experience, but we have not important and lessexperience, but we have not important and less important players. We have not “field” and “bench” players.be c p aye s

How strong is our team? How strong is the weakest player

Because that every player is very importantBecause that every player is very important.

Don’t separate them.p17

Coach for physical preparationCoach for physical preparationVery often in serious team (club or National team) first coach use coach for physical preparation.p y p pThis type of coach is expert for physical preparation and he needs to help first coach and prepareand he needs to help first coach and prepare players for competition.Usually experts for physical preparation come fromUsually experts for physical preparation come from athletics.

D h k h db ll hQuestion is: Does he know handball, where did he learn it. In athletics we have not only one type of physical preparation: 100m; 5000m; long jump, high jump …preparation: 100m; 5000m; long jump, high jump …

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What type of physical preparation they will give to h db ll l ?handball players?Be careful: Training of this type of expert can be nice, all exercises can be excellent but are you sure that this training is in right moment of preparation?Who has to know that? Of course – first coach.Some examples:Some examples:

• Aerobic capacity,W i ht lifti• Weight lifting room,

• Jump shoot …..If you have not control with physical preparation you will be in problem. But you have not control if you p y ydon’t know problems of physical preparation. 19

• It means coach for physical preparation is your help but he has to be under your control, you will say what and when he will do but you must know this segment of work.

• If you know only attack and defense it is notIf you know only attack and defense it is not enough.

• As you ask and expect of your players to be better to day then yesterday,

k fask of you same:20

• Learn everything what can help you to be as better as possible, to be better to day then yesterdaybetter to day then yesterday.

Be handball expertBe handball expert

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