Mike Saif, Author at WORLD CLASS COACHING Training Center

0 Why the Wide Players Are Important in the 4-3-3

By Soren Schamberg When discussing the 4-3-3 formation, the front 3, and specifically the right and left wingers, are the prongs of the attack. The CF, whether a holding CF or a counter attacking CF, they would not be that successful without dynamic and strong wide wing players. The characteristics of the wide players should

0 How to Coach Scanning the Field on the Half Turn

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

1 Passing the Ball Through the Lines

By Jakub Pietrzak - Not many players have the ability to pass the ball through the lines consistently. It requires good game understanding, high quality of the pass and adding the right weight into it. If players in your team struggle to play through well organised teams, training which allows multiple repetition of that pass can

0 Teaching Your Players to Scan the Field Before Turning

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a session he did with his team to help players scanning the field when their back is to the goal and see more options. These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Coaching Width and Depth

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

0 How to Defend Against Fast Strikers

By Danny Carvalho Question - “My two center defenders are good players but are not what you would call "fast". Occasionally we come across teams that have really quick strikers and this can destroy us. What can I do to give help to my center defenders in these cases?" Let’s go over three strategies I’d

0 A Shooting Session to Improve Technique

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

0 4-4-2 : Flat back Four with a Zonal Play

By Soren Schamberg The 4-4-2 can be a very versatile system of play, allowing teams to overwhelm their opposition when attacking by sending the wide defensive players up the sides of the field to support the attack or push the midfielders more central to overload the other teams final third just outside the 18 yard

1 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

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