Zagreb Academy junior and youth didactics
- Lots of ball contact
- Bilateral (left right) in each exercise
- From repetition over synchronisation to automation (Skills / movements or runs)
- Cognitive readiness: concentration + communication + attention + motivation + special awareness (Scanning Perception) + timing
- Cumulative degree of difficulty: from simple to more difficult to complex
- Logical built up and structure of exercises and games
- From challenge over competition to concurrence (without loss of quality)
- Many decision making moments by players
- 1 2 3 principle (control think decide), 1 2 principle (control decide), 1 principle (decide)
- Exercises starts with player and ball in movement and with a technical skill
- Cueing (line of pass), Gridding (space), Fading (real space) principles
- Balance between rhythm, tempo, intensity, and recuperation / assimilation
- Exercises as much as possible in a closed circuit
- Game related exercises and spaces (pitch, size, goals, lines)
- Positive feedback & reward (for all players)