Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Taktifol Tactics Sheet

The following article is by David Taylor, a Grassroots Football Coach based on the Wirral, who writes a great blog - Grassrootsfootycoach


As a coach have you ever written your team sheet on the back of a fag pack?

Have you given your team talk using cones to represent players?

Do you ever give a team talk and notice two players who still dont know what to do?

When I completed my level 1 course, my assessor advised all coaches to invest in a coaches board to help when planning and presenting sessions to your team. I have tried a few methods over the past 5 years but never found a method that suited my style until I discovered Taktifol.

Taktifol is a product which incorporates electrostatic sheet with a football pitch marking. I have trialled this product over the past 2 months. I have planned my sessions with the sheet on my office wall, explained the session to my coaches on my car bonnet, and presented the formation and tactics to my team on the side of a portacabin using the scenarios in the photos below.

Over the past couple of months the sessions I have done have been windy and very wintery, probably the worst weather to coach in, and I haven’t experienced any issues.

To make this product even more desirable to coaches, once you have finished presenting your tactics, the sheet folds away and can be put into your coat pocket, ready for when you need it next. The sheet also comes with a marker pen which can be rubbed away, if needed.

Below are several photos of the Taktifol sheet being used.

Depending on your coaching needs there are a few different products available from a simple Taktifol Football Tactics sheet, to starter, coach and Pro Sets.

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