Over 50 FUNino exercises for your youth football training - now available on play.advance.football
Over 50 FUNino exercises for your youth football training - now available on play.advance.football
FUNino - Developing game intelligence and techniques with fun
FUNino, mini soccer, 3v3, Football-3 - it has many names. In the end, the most important characteristics remain the same: Lots of ball action, passes, changes of direction. Lots of movement and fun.
Here you will find some advantages of FUNino and practice videos for your football training.
Lots of action, implicit training in shifting play, endless changes of direction: FUNino is a development booster for young and old.
FUNino in football training
FUNino is much more than just a competition format for the youngest children.
The structure and idea behind it should be used at every age group.
Whether as endurance training with the ball or to further develop individual skills on the ball - FUNino has a lot of potential for the development of your team.
Demanding switching game form | 3v3 FUNiño Round-Robin
FUNino is by no means a game that should only be played with the younger players. This transition game is perfect from U11 youth level upwards. Fast, dynamic actions ensure intensity and lots of ball action. Who is quick in the head and in the feet?
Learning FUNino step by step - methodical series
From 3v0 to 3v3. With these four exercises, the younger ones learn the first principles of FUNino. Implicitly and in a child-friendly way, the intelligence of the game is encouraged. Included in the exercises: Coaching tips for making the best decisions in the FUNino variations.
All Videos from the "FUNino | Methodical Series"
Train communication with 4v4 Cone-Thief
This intensive form of play is suitable for all age groups and ability levels. What do all players need to bear in mind? Communication is crucial in this form of the game.
Another advantage: many ball actions per child and a high dynamic automatically ensure that your players become fitter through this form of play. They even have fun and hardly notice the effort.
FUNino on Match-days and Game Festivals
For small-sided teams, FUNino can be used as a game format at weekends or in tournaments. As the main game format or in TWIN mode as a supplementary game format to the game on two central goals. You can find out how it works in the explanatory videos that we produced together with VfL Wolfsburg.
To the FUNino-Explanation videos
Why you should use FUNino exercises and game forms in your training
Advantages of FUNino and its variations in youth football training
More ball touches
Smaller teams lead to more action for all players in the team - the basis for athletic development and fun in the game of football.
Less stress for trainers
FUNino is child-friendly and easy to play. The coaches don't have to do much coaching because the game automatically provokes many good tactical behaviors. Example: Shifting the game
More goals, more passes, more fun
Many scientific analyses show: There are more ball actions for each child. And: These are more often successful than in 7-on-7 at central goals.
Higher intensity
Playing with small teams trains stamina and ball skills at the same time. You can make use of this in every age group
Accelerated development
Football through football. The high action density, the amount of playing time, and the developmentally appropriate framework promote the children's development enormously.
Higher dynamics - more changes of direction
Due to the arrangement of the goals and the numerical ratio, the children have to scan and use free spaces and keep shifting the game. The kids at FUNino are able to do this even at the youngest age groups.
Over 50 FUNino exercises for your youth football training - now available on play.advance.football
Only thanks to his game intelligence is it possible for a player to translate his technical and physical skills into an effective performance.”
Horst Wein
Visionary, FUNino inventor
Our recommendation: FUNino in TWIN mode as a closing game in training
Your players don't want to miss out on playing on two goals? The Twin Game is a good compromise! It promises variation, lots of goals and exciting games.
Perfect for 12-20 players.
Procedure:
You set up two pitches
When playing on two goals, we recommend a center line
For the F-Youth we recommend a goal height reduction or smaller central goals
Divide the training group into four teams
Ensure small team sizes (3-5 players per team)
Ideally, there should be ball storage between the pitches or in the goals to allow the game to continue quickly
Procedure:
Each team plays against each other
Each team plays one half on two goals and one half FUNiño
In FUNiño only goals from the shooting zone count - in the two-goal game only goals from the opponent's half
The results from both halves are added together
Which team has the most wins at the end?
Johan Cruyff
Football coach and football player
Rules of FUNino (Football-3) as a form of play in a competitive game
Organization:
3-on-3 on four goals
Goals can only be scored within the 6-meter shooting zone
The exact rules and dimensions may vary from one regional association to another and from one match festival to another
Kick-off or kick-off:
Dribbling in or passing from the own baseline - between the own goals
Opponents must return to their own half and may only attack when the ball is back in play
Ball out of bounds:
Dribbling or passing in from where the ball went out of bounds, but never inside the opponent's shooting zone
Direct goals are not allowed
The opponent stays three large steps away
“Corner kick”:
Dribbling or passing in from the side at the height of the 6-meter shooting zone line
Direct shots on goal are not allowed
The opponent stays three large steps away
Foul play:
Free kick as a dribble or pass
Foul in the shooting zone (opponent's half) ► 1v1 penalty: striker starts from the halfway line - defender from the baseline
“A child learns by playing. However, they never play in order to learn, but because they enjoy what they do.”
Renate Zimmer
Educational scientist and former professor of sports science
This is how FUNino should be played in training
(When FUNino is no longer a competition format in your youth)
The rules in training should, of course, be close to the rules of the match festivals on the weekend. However, if you no longer play match festivals with your team in the FUNiño format, we recommend simplifying the rules in the training game. This will increase the flow of the game and improve training efficiency. The following rules refer to the game with four mini goals.
Organization:
Adapt the number of players to your training group - there is no need for individual rotation players in training
If there are many players in training, you should set up several pitches or use our “Czech rolls” to guarantee lots of ball action per child
You should vary the size of the pitch and the arrangement of the mini goals (closer, wider, shifted, inverted, criss-cross arrangement, etc.) to provoke new tactical solutions
Ball out of bounds
Dribbling in or passing from where the ball went out of bounds
No direct shot on goal is possible
The opponents keep their distance within a radius of three meters
Ball in the goal
Dribbling or passing in from the baseline
The opponents keep their distance within a radius of three meters
Foul play
Free kick with dribbling or passing as continuation of play
Penalty for foul in the shooting zone
Selected exercises and training sessions for your football training
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