'Recoverability': Training Soccer Resiliency

with Jay Entlich,
Columbus State University Women's Head Coach;
2024 Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year (9x total);
2024 Peach Belt Conference Regular Season Champions (15x total);
2024 Peach Belt Conference Tournament Champions (10x total);
2022 Final Four appearance;
2018 USCA Southeast Region Staff of the Year;
2015 NCAA Division II National Runner-Up;2x USCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year (2005, 2008);
Carolina Courage (Women's United Soccer Association) Head Coach in 2003;
University of Tampa Head Coach from 2000 to 2002;
2001 Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year;
played college soccer for Virginia Tech;
United States Soccer Federation "A" license

The average number of transitional moments is over 200 per game. It is important that coaches can translate this into their training sessions and replicate game situations.

In this video, Jay Entlich demonstrates how he teaches "recoverability" at CSU and what has made his team so successful. Throughout this video, Coach Entlich shows drills that will help your team not only develop better reactions in and out of possession, but create better technical players as well. Entlich provides in-depth explanations on the field to show different ideas and give players a more enjoyable training session.

Small Sided Games

Coach Entlich's small sided games will force your players to react with urgency in both attacking and defending moments of the game. You'll learn how to get the most out of your transition sessions as Entlich explains the teaching points he emphasizes during games:

• Which runs to make to exploit the opposition and create numbers up in the attack.
• How to quickly organize your teams for proper transitional play in and out of possession.
• What individual actions are needed from players during all phases of the game.

Practice Segments

You'll get a breakdown of two small sided games used at CSU. In the first segment, Coach Entlich begins by showing three fields of a 4v4 game and how to use this to teach players to support the attack and create numbers higher up the field. These drills can incorporate the entire team, including goalkeepers, in a competitive and yet dynamic environment. After a few rounds, Entlich switches the objective and shows how you can use the same game to address the defense and recovering behind the ball. The emphasis in these drills is that players develop a good foundation of what is expected of them in transition.

In the second segment, Coach Entlich progresses to an 8v8 with bumpers game. Here, he shows two variations you can do with your team that creates 4v3 counterattacking moments, or a normal game that includes goalkeepers that still incorporates transitional moments.

Coach Entlich shows you how he trains recoverability at CSU in both small and large groups of players. You will learn the importance of transitional moments, when to attack with pace, and how quickly your team needs to get in good defensive set positions when they lose possession of the ball.

51 minutes. 2022.