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S1 E2 - Peter Prickett
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Craig is joined by Peter Prickett, otherwise know as the Bearded Coach. Peter is an author, coach, a big advocate of the 3v3 model. Peter works with Brentford FC Community trust and is currently coaching on the college program. He has coached development centers and worked for the FC as a tutor for Futsal
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Transcript
Introduction to Session Share with Peter Prickett
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sessionshare
thank you chair um country by
00:00:17
sessionshare
Hello and welcome to our lightest episode of Session Share, The Coach's Podcast. My name is Craig Burthesaw and I'm extremely enthusiastic to have Peter Prickett, or some of you may know the bearded coach as my guest this week. Peter is a tutor, a big advocate of the 3v3 model,
00:00:35
sessionshare
Peter works with Brentford FC Community Trust and is currently coaching on the college program. He has coached developmental centers and works says but with the FA as a tutor for Futsal. He has written over five books about football and we're looking forward to
Peter Prickett's Football Journey
00:00:51
sessionshare
picking his brain. So how are you doing today Peter?
00:00:54
Peter
Very well, thank you. i Hope you're well too. Hope everyone listening as well.
00:00:57
sessionshare
and have Fingers crossed, right? Excellent. So Peter, tell me a little bit about your background. What got you in but interested in football?
00:01:08
Peter
Interested in football. um I guess my my first real hook was the Italian 90 World Cup. um didn't have any particular interest in in football before that. ah And then I just remember everyone talking about it when I was a little kid at school, about nine years old, I would have been at the time, everyone was talking about it and all the newspapers were full of it, the the news was full of it, so it was just there and it it dragged me in. um
00:01:47
Peter
saying that I've always said this I remember watching it but I don't really remember it particularly well so what I have clearer memories of in terms of international football is Euro 92
Career Choice Amidst Recession
00:02:04
Peter
which was a terribly boring football tournament but that's what I have clearer memories of and then the like all the domestic stuff between 1990 and 1992
00:02:04
sessionshare
um
00:02:07
sessionshare
Yes it was.
00:02:16
Peter
All I can really remember was the 1992 FA Cup Final and everything else sort of mushes together and after 1992 everything's clear as ah as a bell.
00:02:31
sessionshare
Gotcha. Excellent. It's funny you say that because the 1990 World Cup was basically my first memory as well. It was ah David Platt scoring the goal against Belgium that got us through. So I remember it very well. I remember dressing up my teddy bear for my dad who was working on Night Shift. So and so um I have fond memories of that one too. so Moving forward obviously as you you developed your love of the game and you got into um a career in the game What was your motivation to start your career in football?
Philosophy on Developing Dribblers
00:03:05
Peter
um there was a recession on uh it was it was it was uh 2007 2008 and we had the banking crisis and i needed just to find different work um and someone said to me oh what what about computing like there's loads of jobs out in computing why don't you give that a try okay so i set up a meeting um
00:03:08
sessionshare
okay yeah
00:03:34
Peter
It's in tests and it was a company that would have helped with put me through the courses and helped me find work at the end of it. And they told me how long the course would take and how much it would cost. And I thought to myself, I don't really like computers enough to do that. And ah a day or two later, I was watching soccer. a and one of the presenters, I think it was Max Rushton, was doing his level one, FA level one, they filmed in doing that and I thought to myself if people had said to me the coaching qualifications would cost as much and take as long as those computer courses
00:04:25
Peter
Would you do it? Yes, absolutely. So that was the kickstart for me doing it, getting involved.
00:04:34
sessionshare
That's excellent, yeah.
Critique of Traditional Coaching Methods
00:04:35
sessionshare
um yeah so Based on the fact that you you went through like your early days as a fan and then you developed the idea of like moving into coaches, um you built a philosophy. Tell us ah about how what you think your philosophy is for football.
00:04:55
Peter
So one of the other motivations when I started was I wanted to help develop more dribblers in English rule.
00:05:07
sessionshare
Oh god.
00:05:07
Peter
That was what I had that in my head from the very beginning that we don't or we didn't have enough players who were exciting, who were exciting on the ball, expressed themselves, allowed to express themselves.
00:05:21
Peter
I wanted to try and help change that. um So while doing various courses and qualifications and being presented with all of these drills and practices, I felt disconnected from the general type of practice at the time, which was a lot of Pastor ball here, player goes here, pastable here you you pick up books and the books were full of A to B to C to D and you'd be going, I'm lost already. I've now got to try and remember this to then show it to the players and they then got to try and remember it. This doesn't mr this doesn't work for me. um And then
00:06:16
Peter
you You do courses and you pick up bits like the yeah the old level two, the old FA level two, the technique skill gain element. Actually, you look at the skill part where a lot of the time what you're doing was an overloaded type of game and you're thinking, yeah, actually, why don't we just do this? And then the game part was generally a 4v4 or 5v5.
00:06:47
Peter
And it's a game with conditions. Well, isn't this more like it? And then you go and do the youth awards or youth modules as they were at the time. And it is more these type of games, a conditioned and creating opportunities for players to practice and giving them chances to succeed, but still chance to succeed under pressure and also the chances to succeed might not be exactly what you were supposed to have shown them.
Evolving Coaching Philosophy
00:07:22
Peter
And that's another thing I remember on my level two course. ah did some One of my topics that was being assessed was about attacking play and playing forward in some way. I think I had long passing, I think. But there was a brilliant goal scored with fantastic combination play.
00:07:45
Peter
from a wide area. I was like, that's amazing. Brilliant goal. And the tutor said to me, well done for praising that. But did you show it to them? Did you teach from that? No, I didn't. And that stuck with me. for but Does it matter? Does it matter that they did something fantastic that I didn't show them?
00:08:14
Peter
does that mean I didn't coach it to them? And that opens up all sorts of questions about what is coaching? And if you create an environment that allows and affords the opportunity for it to happen, I think you as a coach have done your job.
00:08:21
sessionshare
i
00:08:30
sessionshare
I totally agree. oh That's exactly what I was going to say. It's a case of it's also creating a bond with the player as well, isn't it? Because you found that moment that they did well in and yeah, you might not have done what had done it teaching it. But like, for example, I'll tell my wife that she looks pretty today. I didn't help her get ready.
00:08:49
sessionshare
but I'm still letting her know that she looks good, you know what I mean? So it's a very similar thing. And I was really interested in the beginning part of when you said about your philosophy as well about, um players not dribbling as much and I've noticed that over the years and like you could blame it on the Guardiola model or anything along those lines because um I'm an Aston Villa fan so I'm a big fan at the moment of Morgan Rogers and Morgan Rogers has been basically highlighted for doing something that players have done for years but they just kind of stopped doing it because of the kind of
00:09:23
sessionshare
Environment they're in now he runs at defenders and he's being like praised for it and it's not revolutionary we've we've seen the likes of like George Best do it in the past, you know,
Benefits of the 3v3 Model
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sessionshare
I mean and 100% I totally agree That's right So
00:09:33
Peter
Well, you had Jack Rheelish for a long time, dribbling more for Villa than he does in general for City. So again, that raises the question. Yeah, um mean one of the the descriptions that I've tried to develop and teach players is that of the p player who's dribbling with the ball acting like a magnet. So the more the player dribbles, the more it attracts opposition defenders in towards them. And just go back to that famous picture of Maradona surrounded by Belgians, whether it was immediately from a free kick and out of context, whatever, it doesn't matter. They've all been drawn towards him.
00:10:24
Peter
So if one player draws four or five players in, how many players in that player's team are now free to receive? That's all what I try and explain to the players. You're drawing your position in, you then got to make a decision at some point, whether you do release it to the three players that you created, or you actually are able to continue.
00:10:24
sessionshare
Right.
00:10:54
Peter
that's going to be on on the player. But without that intention to dribble and take players on, you're not going to draw them in. I'm linking to this. There's a game that I play where I use it to illustrate ah the point. And we we'll play the games back to back. We play one game where you're not allowed to pass. But if you have scored, you unlock the ability to pass the ball.
00:11:25
Peter
So the winning team is the first team to have have everyone who can pass. I then play it the other way around. So the other way around, you score, you are then able to dribble. And the point that I always try and use it for is if you only ever do one thing, you're very easy to defend against. Whereas if defenders don't know whether you're going to pass or don't know whether you're going to dribble, it's a lot harder for them to defend you.
00:11:56
Peter
i always I always do that because I want players to be unpredictable. And the same with a dribbler. If a dribbler only ever dribbles, then I think there was a whole thing with um discussion when Ben Teque came to Liverpool with Coutinho and Liverpool. They were split into two camps. Some were saying Ben Teque is not making any runs. And some people were saying, yeah, but Coutinho is not giving him the ball.
00:12:23
Peter
so Is that because Coutinho only ever dribbled so Ben Teke gave up on making runs? Maybe.
00:12:31
sessionshare
The chicken and the egg, isn't it?
00:12:33
Peter
Yeah.
00:12:35
sessionshare
That's fantastic. And we're going to take a short break when we introduce our advert for Zencaster. And when we come back, we're going to talk about how your philosophy brought in the free V3 model.
00:13:29
sessionshare
Welcome back and we're here with Peter talking on Session Share the Coaches Podcast. We were briefly talking about Peter your philosophy and I'd like to see how that ties in with the the books that you've released on 3v3. I know you're a big advocate of the 3v3 model so how did that come up about?
00:13:48
Peter
um Yes, I was just talking before we ever about dribbling and and passing and essentially being decision making. The discussion that I've had with some coaches is how do we give players, how do we create decision making players? Well, give them decisions to make and hopefully they'll start making decisions.
00:14:13
Peter
um So what sort of environment do we need to create that gives them decisions to make? I would suggest that where we are playing lots of unopposed practices, they're not got a huge number of decisions to make. So limit those type of practices and try and use more practices where they are opposed or semi-opposed.
00:14:42
Peter
as in overloaded with the in possession or maybe out of possession depends what you're working on and give them both decisions and choices to make. So that's how I came down to three versus three. So I did some maths. I did some maths and it I read the the famous 4v4 Man United project where they looked at how many additional dribbles and passes there were in a 4v4 game and I went, well, you take two players out and it's 3v3, they'll get even more. And and I think I explained it in one of the books. but
00:15:28
Peter
I believe that you get better at making football related decisions with the ball at your feet. You will make decisions without the ball, where players need to make decisions about the ball, but generally what we're talking about is decisions players make with the ball at their feet. So the maximum amount of touches you're going to get is you and the ball, but then you're completely decontextualised.
00:15:51
Peter
There's no pressure on you. There actually aren't many decisions to make. You get loads of touches, but you've got no decisions. So 1v1, you have a decision to make. But then there's parts of the game that are missing, such as passing. So then we go 2v2, scale it up, 2 versus 2, or even 2 versus 1. Great. But then there's certain things that you're not going to get. this ah You can't get a third man run when there's only two players, for example.
00:16:18
Peter
Okay, so now let's put the third player in and suddenly the majority of the core moves of the game of football are available to you. Not all of them. And I do make that point. I've never said to anyone, only use three versus three because there's elements of the game that aren't there. But then with younger players, especially at under eight, under nine, maybe even under 10,
00:16:47
Peter
Do they need to be working on those other elements of the game, switching players when it always comes into it? Do we need to be working on switching play over a massive distance with those players? Do they even have the physical prowess to do that? Possibly not. So that's how we came to 3 versus 3. To me, it was the smallest number of players that allowed you to get the majority of the game related actions out and also increase the number of 1v1 opportunities, 1v2 players getting on the ball, players making decisions and also not disappearing from the practice.
Advice for New Coaches
00:17:33
Peter
It happens far less that you have a passenger in the practice who's not involved when you're doing the 3v3 games, at least that's what I found.
00:17:43
sessionshare
love that um because I find it similar to the way I develop a practice, like I start with a big pitch and and I work my way backwards. And I think what you've done there with the 3B3 and your expert like analysis of the way you did it is the fact that you broke it down for the fundamentals that they need at that age group.
00:18:04
sessionshare
So like, for example, you say they don't need to switch to the field over 50 yards because their field isn't 50 yards. So you can take away that certain amount of players. And I love the fact that after like thinking about it, 3v3 versus a 4v4, it's naturally going to impact more individual decisions.
00:18:24
sessionshare
So it's like when to shield the ball, when to dribble, when to pass, you know what I mean?
00:18:28
Peter
and
00:18:29
sessionshare
Because taking away that extra player gives you a less passing option. So now it's going to force you to do more stuff individually. So I think that's fantastic.
00:18:37
Peter
yeah
00:18:37
sessionshare
I really do.
00:18:38
Peter
but
00:18:38
sessionshare
And I really look forward to reading these books.
00:18:41
Peter
I have um sections that I do describe as cheating slightly, so when I did some research it was quite interesting about what people considered to be a 3v3 and what wasn't, so there was some
00:18:55
sessionshare
Okay.
00:18:58
Peter
some FA research from quite a few years ago where it measured 1v1s, 2v2s, 3v3s, 4v4s and then I looked at it and in the 1v1s it registered that passing was occurring and you're thinking well how's that happening?
00:19:14
Peter
Well you read it and though it's a 1v1 but there's also two bounce players on the outside so is that a 1v1?
00:19:21
sessionshare
Okay.
00:19:24
Peter
So then we start to go into the where I consider bending the rules and cheating slightly on the 3v3. So we've got a three versus three happening, but there's a bounce player on the outside.
00:19:36
Peter
Is it still three versus three with two bounce players?
00:19:36
sessionshare
yeah
00:19:40
Peter
Open to discussion, but you still got the same philosophy of having those three players.
00:19:42
sessionshare
Yeah. Right.
00:19:46
Peter
So it then opens up more opportunities and more practices. And the other question was, 3v3 plus a goalkeeper on each team is that 3v3 or 4v4?
00:19:59
Peter
And that ah opened a vast amount of disagreement.
00:20:05
Peter
Is your goalkeeper for a player in the team or not? Well, I would say they are. So if you're playing free a 3v3 that requires a goalkeeper, so you're using a bigger goal, that goalkeeper needs to be free to come everywhere.
00:20:05
sessionshare
interesting.
00:20:19
Peter
no reason to not play 4v4 though as well. In that situation, if one of your players is a goalkeeper, you're three outfield players, you're going to get those out three player connections that we're we're talking about. But again, coming back to the age group factor, how many specialist goalkeepers are we going to have at that point? There may be some players who really want to go in goal. Okay, then let's let's adjust for practice to allow for that. Why don't we have a larger foot cell sized goal at one end or handball sized goal at one end and two small goals at the other end and play where one team has a goal keeper and one team doesn't. If that's what the players require.
00:21:07
sessionshare
I love that. That's great. And some really good feedback there for our listeners to think about. Speaking about what to think about, if if you were going to give an advice to a new coach, like what would you be giving them?
Upcoming Webinars on 3v3 and Principles of Play
00:21:24
Peter
um I always say just relax. Just just chill out. ah ah Ultimately, if you're working with young kids, it's just it's just fun.
00:21:39
Peter
It should just be fun. And you you are not being judged. You're not going to lose your job because a group of eight-year-olds lose a game.
00:21:53
sessionshare
right
00:21:53
Peter
You're not. You're just not. And and it there shouldn't be that pressure because what's what's what's at stake? What is actually at stake? And yes, of course the kids want to win.
00:22:12
Peter
That's fine. You may need to actually calm them down a little bit. I know I certainly do a training when oh we vgate our game's over. Oh, it's we won 5-4. No, you didn't. thats It's OK. It doesn't really matter. and I love that you you are passionate about it because that means you're really trying. But you don't need to get so hit up and wound up about it. It's gone in a minute. We'll just move on to the next one.
00:22:42
Peter
And same for coaches, don't worry relax about what you're doing. Even if you lose, nevermind. If your session's not very good, don't worry about that either. Think about it, reflect on it. Look at it as a cliche, I know, but an opportunity to improve and think about what worked and what didn't.
00:23:10
Peter
and use it for next time. Don't beat yourself up about it. Don't spend hours sitting up at night trying to plan the next practice because you're so annoyed about it. Relax as time makes and changes slowly. You can even change it while you're doing it. You can even throw your session plan in the bin and just play a game. The kids will be fine with it. But relax.
00:23:40
Peter
Every moment is not quite as important as some people make it out to be. If a kid's football, just because they've spent a couple of minutes doing something that's maybe not exactly spot on for what they they would like to be doing or what you think they should be doing. It's not the end of the world.
00:24:02
sessionshare
Great advice. That's excellent. We'll be back shortly after this brief message.
00:24:23
sessionshare
Welcome back. I'm here with Peter. And Peter, I'm intrigued by this webinar you've got coming up on November 30th. Can you tell us a little bit about that?
00:24:33
Peter
aye Yeah, so fairly new thing. I ran the first webinar in August. And that was a 3v3 webinar. I've sort of decided to flip between. So I'm doing one webinar a month. The first one was 3 versus 3. The second one was based on the Principles of Play book. And then we're on to this next one, which is going back to 3 versus 3. And then the one in December will be going back to Principles of Play. So it's going in between them.
00:25:06
Peter
um The 3v3 webinars, the first one really focused on just really explaining the content of the books and the idea behind it. This next one, because some of the feedback I got was, or will there be any workshops? We're going to have a little play around and try and give people an opportunity in breakout rooms to try and come up with their own 3v3 practices. And I'll try and guide them along
00:25:37
Peter
while also just recapping those concepts and ideas behind Freebie Free.
00:25:46
sessionshare
Fantastic, that's great. And there is still opportunities to sign up for that webinar.
00:25:50
Peter
Yep, at the moment there's still spaces available. Obviously it changes day to day so I don't know exactly how many there'll be when this one comes out but um I had the ability to make more spaces available if people are interested as well.
00:26:05
Peter
So if they try and book and it comes up that there's no space left, just drop me a message and I can add another space in. Not a problem.
00:26:13
sessionshare
Excellent. Sounds good. And we'll leave the, uh, for our listeners as well. We'll leave the details of Peter's webinars and the books that he has that you can purchase on our description at the end of the podcast. Um, so Peter, I'm a lighter note to finish the session, uh, to finish the podcast. ah What's your favorite moment in sports can be anything from a player, fan, coach.
Favorite Sports Moments and Closing Remarks
00:26:37
Peter
So I hope I'm not um breaking any illusions here but I was asked some of the questions before coming on and this took a little bit of thought and it was quite difficult. um i was I was tempted actually by um Michael Jordan against the ukon Utah Jazz when he scores the game winner.
00:26:58
Peter
um but and On a football note, I've settled on the Michael Owen goal against Argentina.
00:27:11
Peter
In 1998, I was 17, Liverpool fan.
00:27:11
sessionshare
The World Cup, yeah. Yeah.
00:27:18
Peter
um I sort of felt a little bit that Michael Owen was mine. because the 95-96 season, Liverpool decided to, instead of the end of season video, which they did do, but I suppose as well as that, they released a VHS every couple of months and it had the sort of things that you get on online now, look at the academy and that sort of thing.
00:27:51
Peter
And 95-96, Liverpool reached the f FAU Cup final, and Michael Owen starred in that run and was scoring goals all over the place. And I was at school going, oh, you've got to watch out for this guy. You've got to watch out for this kid. I'm telling you, he's scoring goals galore. And then he did. I'm like, yep, he told you. I was right. And then to score the goal,
00:28:19
Peter
that he did with fantastic solo individual effort against a top quality side. It was a fantastic moment for for everyone.
00:28:34
sessionshare
That's fantastic and I love the fact even before you were a coach you scouted Michael Owen.
00:28:40
sessionshare
That's a fantastic.
00:28:40
Peter
I felt like I had, I clearly hadn't obviously, but
00:28:43
sessionshare
Yeah, I hear you. It's funny because it's the the same reason the David Platt goal, like I mentioned earlier in 1990, rings a bell for me because he was a Villa player and it it's so much more pride at the time when that happens. And it was even the same as past summer when Ali Watkins scored the winner against the Netherlands um in the Euros. It just it means so much more because it's like your man that did it. So I 100 percent will know what you're coming from there.
00:29:11
sessionshare
Well, Peter, this has been this is the end of the podcast. I wish I could continue. This has been a lot of fun. ah Thank you very much for your insights. I found it very beneficial. I'm sure the listeners will agree. So um Peter, do you have any Twitter handles that anyone can like reach out to you?
00:29:31
Peter
I think it was mentioned at the beginning, but at the Bearded Coach, actually it's at Peter Prickett, but the Bearded Coach will be there.
00:29:36
sessionshare
That's right.
00:29:39
Peter
You'll find me on Twitter. I've started a TikTok as well with that on it, which is the coaching videos and YouTube channel. There's some bits and pieces of kicking around there.
00:29:51
Peter
I really should do more on there. If you really want to go for LinkedIn, I am around, but um probably best to stick to the other forms of social media if you actually want some interesting content.
00:30:05
sessionshare
That's fair enough. And, uh, I'll make sure again, to put that in a description of our podcast. Well, that's about all we've had for this episode of session, shared the coaches podcast. Thank you again, Peter for joining us. Be sure to get in touch across all our socials to offer your opinions on everything we've discussed. You can find the social media platforms we use also in the podcast description along with Peters. This has been session, share the coaches podcast. Thank you for listening and thank you for coaching the beautiful game.