Mike Saif, Author at WORLD CLASS COACHING Training Center

0 A Small Group Session For Spatial Awareness

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a session he did with his team to help with spatial awareness.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Get Your Midfielders Working Together

By Danny Carvalho This session was planned and designed to get players to work together as beautifully and effective as Modric and Kroos during their golden years at Madrid. Warm Up In this first drill, have the team split into groups of five if possible. It’s all about receiving, turning and passing. One player does

0 A Session For Young Players

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a session he did for a U9 girls team.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Transitioning and Sprinting Drills

By Danny Carvalho - This transition and sprinting drill is awesome to increase your players speed in a realistic game situation activity which is much more motivating than perform a number of sprints out of context. Set up In a small-sided field of about 65x40 yards, set cones side to side in a line at

0 Multi Directional Play and How It Can Improve Your Team

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to stop your team from kicking the ball up the field with this multi directional play session.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Goalkeeper Handling and Catching Drills

By Jakub Pietrzak, Presented below are drills that focus on improving the ability of handling and catching the ball. That’s the basic skill for a goalkeeper at any level. Currently we see a big trend among the goalkeepers, being very good with the ball at their feet and playing far away from their goal. Despite

0 Why the Center Backs Are Important in the 4-3-3

By Soren Schamberg The popularity of the 4-3-3 has been obvious for a number of years now, primarily because of its balance between attacking and defending due to its fluidity in transitions of play. A critical component of this formation is the CB pairing due to the eventuality that using this formation would mean the

1 The Best Tactic For Defending From Crosses

Part 3 of 3. In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to coach your team to build out of the back like the pro's.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

1 Rondo for Counter-Attacking

By Matt Carroll - One of the most effective counter attacking tactics to utilize is the back-and-through pass from a target man. It is also useful for relieving pressure after a defensive win. Also, when a winger gets caught by an outside back and they want to change direction through an outside back. The back

0 How to Teach Effective Slide Tackling

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to coach your team to slide side to side depending on where the opposition moves the ball.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Supporting Positions and Angles

By Matt Carroll - Thanks to Pep Guardiola’s work at FC Barcelona and their so called “Tiki Taka” style of play many aspiring coaches of youth football fell in love with the game based on possession of the ball in the last 10-15 years. I find it as a very good trend as it forces

1 Flexible Formations When Attacking

Part 3 of 3. In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to alter your formation when attacking to confuse the opponent.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Wide Players and Their Defensive Responsibilities

By Danny Carvalho Question - “We play with two very good wingers who create a lot of our attacking chances. But they don't help back much when we are defending and we tend to get overrun sometimes. What responsibilities should my wingers have when we are defending and how can I coach them to understand

0 How to Make Long Diagonal Passes Hurt Your Opponent

Part 3 of 3. In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares the benefits of long diagonal passes and how to make them more effective. These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 How to Build Up From the Back Tactical Analysis

0 The 3-4-3 Formation

By Soren Schamberg The last few match days in the Premiere League have seen Wolverhampton Wanderers come away with a decent number of points. Bruno Lage’s side have earned 13 out of the last possible 15 points in the table, placing them in 8th place and just 2 points behind Tottenham and Arsenal. What has

1 Switching Points of Attack

By Danny Carvalho Warm Up (10 – 15 minutes) Working in groups of three being one starting central with the ball and two starting wide. Players pass and overlap the player they passed the ball to. This goes all the way up the field and ends with a shot on goal. Have the players rotate

0 How to Build Up From the Back Like the Pro's - Part 2

Part 2 of 3. In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to coach your team to build out of the back like the pro's.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Rondo for Defensive Pressing

By Danny Carvalho - When talking about pressing, we must consider a lot of intensity and effort to apply good pressure on your opponent. And it comes without saying that your players must be grinding remarkably on their physicality. This rondo was totally designed to work on your players capacity to endure the defensive demand.

2 How to Build Up From the Back Like the Pro's - Part 1

Part 1 of 3. In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to coach your team to build out of the back like the pro's. These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Shooting in Tight Spaces Drills and Exercises

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares some shooting in tight spaces drills and exercises that you can add to your own training sessions.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Get Your Goalkeeper Involved In the Possession Phase Part 4

By Jakub Pietrzak, Goalkeeper involvement during the possession phase is growing. Most coaches try to make their teams play out from the back, straight from goal kicks, using their goalkeeper. That makes the ability to receive and pass the ball very important for the goalkeepers aspiring to make it at the highest level. In the

0 A Shooting Session Your Players Will Love

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a training session on shooting that your players will love.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Games Are Won and Lost in Transition - Part Two

By Soren Schamberg See Part One Here Transitions are where games of football can be won and lost. Coaches are familiar with the four phases of a game - 1.) Attacking with the Ball 2.) Losing the Ball 3.) Defending without the ball and 4.) Winning the ball back. There are two additional phases coaches

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