Levels of footballers skills

Levels of footballers' skills

While making up a player's efficiency card and a plan for his further improvement we analyze five main components:

1. Physical shape. To evaluate players physical shape it is necessary to check up the following parameters:

1. Short distance speed: 10 -15m
2. Medium distance speed: 30/40/60m
3. Speed endurance:
   long distance run 100/200/300/400/800m
   shuttle run (6 times > 10m), (6 times > 50m), (2 times > 100m), (5 times > 30m), (5 times > 40m)
4. Aerial ability-jumping
5. Standing long jump (feet changing)
6. Agility
7. Shot power
8. Precise shots (change of shotting position & shotting angle)
9. Heading (strength & length)

2. Technical skills. Technical parameters analyzed while estimating players' technical skills are:

1. Dribbling
2. Speed
3. Agility
4. Throw-ins
5. Heading
6. Passes precision
7. Passes power
8. “Hidden passes”
9. Pass types:
   short pass
   medium pass
   long ball
   through pass
   one touch pass
   two/three touch pass
   low pas
   high ball
   back pass
   banana kick
   lead pass
   criss-cross passes
   flip pass
   wall pass
   overhead kick
10. Shot types
    toe kick
    back heeler
    instep shot
    kicking with the inside of the foot
    kicking with the inner instep of the foot
    kicking with the outside of the foot
    kicking with the outer instep of the foot
    shot on the run
    volley shot
    drop-kick
    shot on the run
    turn-around shot
11. Trapping
    trapping with the outside of the foot
    trapping with the inside of the foot
    trapping with the sole
    chest trap
12. Tackling
    interception
    push tackle
    side tackle
13. Feints
    fake kick
    fake stop
    kick on the run
    hook turn
    scissors / double scissors
    fake side step
    «leave the ball for a team-mate»
    fake ball leaving
    cuts / cutbacks

Before technical skills check-up the players should do a set of exercises to warm up feet, ankles, knee joints, hip joints.

3. Making tactical skills analysis we register the number and type of actions performed by the players on the pitch during the play:

1. Individual actions
   marking
   shielding
   tackling
   positioning
   moves to create space
2. Group actions
   positioning
   moves to create space
   insurance
   set-plays
   jockeying
   wall passes
3. Team interactions
   positioning
   moves to create space
   insurance
   play rhythms control
   set-plays
   jockeying
   pre-set tactics applying

4. Psychological estimation presupposes taking into account players' hidden potentiality and their personal characteristics:

1. Aggression
2. Restraint
3. Ability to handle stress
4. Persistence
5. Concentration

5. Intellectual abilities. Estimating the level of intellectual abilities we analyze tactical thinking, creativity, quick decision making, ability “to read the game and view the big picture”.

The research results can help determine the level of players' skills. Each parameter (physical, technical, tactical, intellectual and psychological) is measured by the following scale:

• Advanced level (max) — the efficiency of actions performance is 100%.
• High level - the efficiency of actions performance is 75%.
• Mid level - the efficiency of actions performance is 50%.
• Low - the efficiency of actions performance is 25%.

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