Mourinho uses a series of 36 drills which go from training individual technique to right the way up to whole system, he does this in a specific sequence and trains possession intensly especially possesion in the opponents half, this is a method from his days under van gaal(another of my role models). For his training to work he demands a minimum of two pitches side by side.
He works like this:
1-defence>>>>>>>transition to attack>>>>>>>>attack
2-attack>>>>>>>>transition to defence>>>>>>>defence
The next step after the above basic foundation is to condition the box system into the team where he will use a coloured box for certain tactical situations. Its the box colours that are the little bits of paper he gives out.
The final step is to have the team recognise when to change the formation and system midmatch by them self, at this point players can seen to counter attacking problems before most can see them. It is at this point that he says that the team knows all that he does.
Mourinho uses guided discovery to educate his players, during the season he tweaks his 36 games so that the factors to be discovered are based on the weakness of the opponent on a tactical and technical level. He will produce dossiers and dvds of opponents which players memorise. He will have three team talks before playing the game.
He times the above steps to work with the cycle of success, this is about 3 to 5 seasons with his team peaking during this period.
If mourinho thinks any players need improving seperatly he will do individual technique work to mould the player, hence the rapid improvement of joe cole during the first season.
His approach to ball use is based on temperising the opponents midfield(this was used to great effect by the romanian national team in the 80s) and resting on the ball. Temperisation works by holding the ball in midfield to move opponents out of position and then attacking the remaining space, he does this to brake the lines which are apparent in each system. Dragging players out of the lines unbalances the play and creates an attacking chance. Resting on the ball is possesion for the sake of it as mourinho demands intense offensive pressing high up the pitch which is physically demanding, so his players keep the ball to rest while opponent chases.
Mourinho states that the psychological factors are the most important and puts the team above anything else, he likes his players to play with controlled agression and confidence.
His appraoch to youth is simple he uses a small sided games with high touches based on the dutch system but working isolated parts of his tactical system, his condition before any player is promoted to the first team is that they master the colour box and have been through the 36 drills at least once, otherwise no promotion.
His leadership is charismatic and he uses an attitude of invincibility which seems to rub onto the players, he focuses the media on him in order to remove the attention from the team and in some cases create a negative view to the team before big games which he then uses as a tool to motivate the players.
Mourinho believe in control and his coaching methods focus only on what is in his direct control. He places the romoval of complacency as a high priority, he keeps concentration in his players high by reinforcing that his opponents are not stupid and can potentially have the same methods producing a need to concentrate
In terms of weakness of the opponents he will practice taking advantage of the individual player factors first such as hieght of players or weak foot.
His first act is to issue a letter the team which reads:
"from here on every aspect of your life will be geared to winning the title, whether it social or work based. I do not believe in the word first team, I need all of you and you need each other.We are a TEAM, MOTIVATION+AMBITION+TEAM+SPIRIT=SUCCESS
His weekly schedule goes like this:
monday=defending
tuesday=transition to attack and attacking
wednesday=attacking and transition to defence
Thursday=defence and transition from defence to attack
Friday=set peice play
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