The midfield king of football life

Chapter 3 Trial Feyenoord

Dutch youth training is top-notch in Europe. Dutch football training is extremely rigorous at every stage from U6-U17 (6-17 years old). Each stage has corresponding goals and courses, and all training is carried out around actual combat. Therefore, the Netherlands has always been known as the talent base of European football. Since the 20th century, Dutch football has sent countless top players to the five major European leagues.

In terms of the Dutch youth training system, Feyenoord's youth training camp is one of the top-ranked clubs in the Netherlands.In Feyenoord, the U6 echelon mainly cultivates the relationship between people and football, and cultivates interest in football. They also call it the "chasing stage". The U8 echelon trains them how to deal with the situation when someone comes to grab the ball. It is clear that as long as it is to grab the ball, it is the opponent. Understand the relationship between the team and the opponent. In addition, what they need to cultivate is their role and positioning in the entire team.At this stage, generally children have not yet fully developed their vision and sense of direction on the court, and sometimes they don’t even know the direction of attack on the court. At this time, children are gradually trained to change from "chasing" to "competitive".The U9-U12 stage is called the golden age for cultivating children's player attributes. At this stage, children have a certain professional understanding of football, gradually abandon self-centeredness, have a certain accumulation of experience, and can think to a certain extent.

And Li Feng happened to be at this stage. Li Feng's basic football practice in China is relatively weak, and he can only get limited access to football training in China when he is in physical education class.Therefore, Li Feng is not very sure about the trial training of the Feyenoord youth training camp.The only thing that can sustain him is his love for football.

At nine o'clock on Friday morning, Li Feng and his mother came to Rotterdam Olympic Street, where the youth training camp of Feyenoord Club is located.When Li Feng and his mother were about to enter the youth training camp, they saw Robbie with a bushy beard smoking a pipe and talking to someone not far away.

At this time, Robbie also saw Li Feng.

"Feng, hello! You must be Li Feng's mother, you are such a beautiful lady!" Robbie said to Li Feng and Li Feng's mother.

"Hello, Mr. Robbie, I heard Li Feng mentioned you, thank you for your concern and care for Li Feng." Li Feng's mother said politely.

"Li Feng is a smart kid who loves football, so I think this place is suitable for him. Although he needs to overcome some difficulties here, I believe he can succeed. I think you and I hope to see him play at the Feyenoord Stadium in the future." Robbie said with a smile.

Li Feng's mother looked at Li Feng's firm eyes, nodded slightly to Robbie, and then led Li Feng to the Feyenoord youth training camp trial training place.

When Li Feng saw many children of the same age as him in the Feyenoord youth training camp wearing training uniforms and running with the ball on the field, at that moment, his eyes were full of envy, he wanted to stay here, he wanted to play football.Li Feng clenched his fists and his gaze was firm.

After a while, Li Feng and his mother arrived at the trial training place. After filling out the registration form, the staff took Li Feng's mother and Li Feng to visit the youth training camp, and explained the facilities and training items of each venue in the youth training camp.

In the end, the staff told Li Feng's mother that Li Feng will conduct a one-week trial training assessment here, and after passing the assessment, he will officially enter the Feyenoord youth training camp for training.The main points of the preliminary examination are:

1. Basic movements: expressive ability, kicking awareness, judgment habits, etc.
2. Technical actions: dribbling with the ball, dribbling, ball control, fake actions, etc.

3. Tactical actions: 1v1 offense and defense, shooting, etc.
4、对抗赛：4v4、8v8对抗赛

At 1:[-] p.m., a staff member notified Li Feng to go to the training ground for assessment.Standing in line on the sidelines, Li Feng saw that his peers first ran with the ball, then turned back without the ball, and finally shot from a fixed spot. The staff next to him kept recording.

After a while, it was Li Feng's turn to play. According to the requirements, he first ran from one side to the other with the ball, and then reached the designated point to shoot the goal. This process was not too difficult for Li Feng, and then he ran without the ball. Li Feng's speed in this event was average.After completing this series of projects according to the requirements of the staff, Li Feng was a little exhausted physically.

What followed was the project assessment for several days in a row. Although it was the first time for Li Feng to carry out some projects, he still persisted.

It's the last day, and the last event is the 8V8 confrontation match. Under the arrangement of the youth training assistant coach, they are divided into 4 groups, each group has 8 people, and the two groups confront each other.Li Feng was assigned to the green team. According to the assistant coach's arrangement, he was placed in the left back position probably because he is not tall, his speed is average, and his endurance is not outstanding.

The confrontation match started. At this time, the frontcourt players of the yellow team quickly dribbled the ball towards Li Feng after receiving the pass from their teammates.At this time, the assistant coach on the sidelines saw Li Feng's reaction, nodded slightly, and then recorded something on the scoreboard.

Li Feng stared at the ball under the feet of the players of the yellow team, and glanced at the positions of his own players in the front field. Suddenly, Li Feng broke the ball of the players of the yellow team while the players of the yellow team were looking at their teammates, and then quickly ran towards the opponent's half.At this time, the defensive players of the yellow team saw Li Feng running over, and immediately ran over to defend him.Li Feng saw his teammates dribble forward after receiving the ball, and after being stopped by the players of the yellow team, he quickly ran to the front left of his teammates to signal his teammates to pass the ball.

"Hey, yellow skin, pass it here."

Li Feng suddenly heard the tall striker on his side beckoning him to pass the ball in front of him, Li Feng passed the ball without hesitation, but felt that the pass was a little too big.Fortunately, the tall striker of his side jumped up and hit it, and the ball quickly went into the net.

"Come in, come in!" The tall boy quickly ran towards Li Feng, hugging Li Feng without letting go,

"Hey what's your name? Great pass! My name is Bilal"

"My name is Li Feng, you can call me Feng"

Li Feng enjoys this feeling very much. At this time, he feels that he is one with other teammates. He can feel the connection between his teammates and him, the feeling of echoing each other on the court.Li Feng enjoyed it very much.

In the next two confrontations, Li Feng's performance was considered average, with 3 steals, more than 10 passes, and one assist.The downside is that in the last round of the competition, my physical strength dropped so badly that I couldn't run anymore.

After the competition, the staff announced the list of those who passed the trial training based on the assessment data of each person:

Tornstra, Bilal, Kramer, van der Heyden, Vermeer, Vollmer, Jan Matt, Mulder, Potkin, Li Feng.
When Li Feng heard his name, the expression on his face was very surprised. He couldn't believe it was true. What he thought of was to tell his mother immediately that he did it, he really did it.

(End of this chapter)