Mike Saif, Author at WORLD CLASS COACHING Training Center

0 How to Press as a Team and Not Get Beaten and Exposed

By Danny Carvalho Question - “I like to have my players press high when the other team has the ball. I like this because if we can force a turnover near their goal, we have a good chance of scoring. But I need help in coaching this to my players. Sometimes when we press, we

0 Drills to Improve Quick Reactions

By Danny Carvalho, Goalkeepers have always been demanded to react as quickly as possible to goal attempts. With the evolution of ball technology, the modern arenas and the growth of the game, GKs have been stimulated more than ever to work on their quick reactions at practice. And this drill is all about that! GK

1 Defending in the 4-3-3 Formation

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a session on defending in the 4-3-3. These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 How to Create Space as a Team

By Soren Schamberg Being able to create space on a soccer field is essential to playing a progressive form of Soccer and for any team to feel and be successful on the field. Without space, the field becomes congested and impossible for attacking players to create and take scoring opportunities. After selecting the formation, discussing

0 How to Speed Up Your Counter-Attacks

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a session on counter-attacking. These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 The Best Way to Coach Your Players to Build from the Back

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a session on build up play from the back. These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

1 3v3 Rotational Game

By Matt Carroll - The 3v3 Rotation game is small sided game in which the player are introduced to a continuingly less restrictive environment starting with a 1v1 and ending with a fluid 3v3 situation. The drill starts with three boxes, one central, and two wide of the goal, all placed inside the 18. In

0 How to Break Up Counter-Attacks

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a session on how to break up counter-attacks.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Unopposed Cover and Press Defensive Training

By Jakub Pietrzak - Due to trying to make session attractive and enjoyable for the players, coaches often focus mainly on the attacking part of the game to maximise the amount of time on the ball and improving the quality of their technical skills. When working with younger players (u12s) it is advisable as they can

0 Switch Play and Disrupt the Opposition

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

0 How to Improve Your Possession Training Games

By Danny Carvalho Question - “Do you have some good possession games to share? My players are getting better at keeping possession, but I tend to use the same games and I need some new possessions drills to stimulate them and continue to improve their possession?" First thing is: do you really need new possession

1 Coaching 1v1s the Right Way

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a session on coaching 1v1s the right way.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Review of the 4-3-3 v 4-2-3-1 in an EPL Game

By Soren Schamberg The Manchester Derby on March 6 proved to be a game to watch. Manchester City at the top of the table, needing maximum points to keep ahead of closely trailing Liverpool, set up in their 4-3-3 formation while Manchester United, who is trying to spur a strong finish to the season in

0 1v1s and Scanning and Why It's Important

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a session on 1v1s and scanning.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Receiving the Ball to Play Forward

By Danny Carvalho That is one skill I truly appreciate immensely and in my humble opinion it makes a lot of difference on a player’s game. Even more if we are talking about a center midfielder or a center forward. Warm Up In groups of three, set up a grid and position one player with

2 Possession Based Condtitoning Session

By Danny Carvalho - How about a possession-based session for fitness? This article’s session was designed to get players to work both technically and physically to perform passes and turns in a chaotic setting. The session was ran with six players and two coaches jumping in as support players in activities 2 and 3. Let’s

0 Creating and Taking Advantage of 1v1s on the Sideline

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a session on creating and taking advantage of 1v1s on the sidelines.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Activities for Developing Quick Feet and Reactions

By Danny Carvalho, For goalkeepers, having quick feet makes a great difference in performing big and standing out from the average shot stopper, opening doors for big stages and chase greatness! This activity is designed to have them not only developing feet quickness but as well as quick reactions to sound commands. Have four different

0 Improve One-Touch Finishing

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a session on one-touch finishing.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Get Your Team Counter-Attacking Like the Pros

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 Teaching Players to Understand Different Zones of the Field

By Soren Schamberg As I progressed from coaching many recreational league teams, to multiple travel teams and watching and discussing Academy teams, one challenge that continually presents itself is getting players to understand what part of the field I am referring to during practice or a half time talk. Orientation for the players is key

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

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