Gary Fixter Process to follow during the break time in soccer

It is very important to keep in mind and to have order when it comes to rest time in football. Before the game, a meeting must be held with the medical staff, physical therapists, trainers and assistants for the correct management of rest time in football. Each group of people should be assigned their specific time:

Soccer break time methodology

As we have already seen, criticism is not always well received and generally does not have a positive rebound effect on the group or player but rather the opposite. That is why, at the methodological level, there are techniques to carry out a talk with critical but camouflaged aspects, within a positive feedback. This technique is known as “sandwich feedback”. It is a technique that consists of giving negative feedback between two positive feedbacks, such that:

1. Start with a positive comment or praise to get the footballer focused and relaxed.

2. Next, make the criticism, the central comment of the talk.

3. End with a positive comment. It can be a few words of encouragement or improvement, to restore confidence to the athlete and to end the talk in a positive environment.

In addition to prior planning to optimize our resources, we must take into account a series of considerations and a way of acting:

Considerations

* Check errors that occur constantly.

* Memorize positive and negative actions to manage them correctly for the good of the group.

* Organize from the bench, the chat, your message and how to deal with the information.

* Think and assess what the coach's players are going to expect in terms of addressing them in the chat as seen in the first half.

* Have an optimal location where everyone can see the coach.

Way of acting:

* If a substitution is made for technical reasons, indicate it to the player who is going to be substituted first, personally and privately. Encourage him and not blame the performance.

* Distinguish between specific errors and repetitive errors.

* Correct actions in which the consequences were not negative. If you want to correct any action with negative consequences, be careful when transmitting the information and especially if it is individualized.

* Clearly establish the training and tactical development to follow in the second part.

* Emphasize the positive aspects made and your ability to repeat them.

Conclusions about rest time in soccer

* Previous planning of the rest time in soccer is necessary to optimize resources.

* A certain period of time must be left at the beginning of the break for players to relax.

* During the rest period we must try to recover the footballer as much as possible. For this we can help ourselves with the different nutritional and physiotherapeutic measures that we have.

* The tactical talk should include 2 or 3 negative aspects to correct and 2 or 3 positive aspects to enhance. Individual concrete aspects must be given privately.