Background
Coerver, who was born in Kerkrade, Limburg, was nicknamed “the Albert Einstein of Football”.
Coerver, who was born in Kerkrade, Limburg, was nicknamed “the Albert Einstein of Football”.
He died in Kerkrade.
The is a football coaching technique which Coerver created. By analysing videotapes of various great players including Pelé, he devised a new concept in football which advocates that skill could not only be inherent with the young players but could also be passed on in a comprehensive academic way. Under this technique, players progress in a structured manner, pyramidal, from basics of ball mastery to a tactically driven group attack.
They would be exposed to the other essentials like Receiving and Passing, Moves (1v1), Speed and Lethal Finishing.
He won the Union of European Football Associations Cup with Feyenoord Rotterdam in the 1973–1974 season. The 1998 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup in France saw the first Coerver student, Boudewijn Zenden who played for the Netherlands national football team, make it to the Fédération internationale de football association World Cup.
