Mike Saif, Author at WORLD CLASS COACHING Training Center

0 From Rondos to Real Games - Part One

WORLD CLASS COACHING From Rondos to Real Games By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART ONE INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS OF SSGs, POSSESSION GAMES, RONDOS, POSITION GAMES NEUTRAL PLAYERS V COMODINES PART TWO TRAINING SESSIONS - BUILD UP FROM THE BACK PART THREE TRAINING SESSION - MIDFIELD PLAY TRAINING SESSION - ATTACKING FROM WIDE PART FOUR TRAINING SESSIONS

0 From Rondos to Real Games - Part Two

WORLD CLASS COACHING From Rondos to Real Games By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART TWO TRAINING SESSIONS - BUILD UP FROM THE BACK Training session 1: Build up from the back Small-sided possession game: 4 v 4 + 2 Sequence Two teams of four players each are placed inside a rectangular set-up. The goal

0 From Rondos to Real Games - Part Three

WORLD CLASS COACHING From Rondos to Real Games By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART THREE TRAINING SESSION - MIDFIELD PLAY TRAINING SESSION - ATTACKING FROM WIDE Training session 5: Play behind an opponent line in the middle third (1) Small-sided possession game: 4 + 2 v 3 Sequence Two teams of four (the

0 From Rondos to Real Games - Part Four

WORLD CLASS COACHING From Rondos to Real Games By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART FOUR TRAINING SESSIONS - ATTACKING Training session 8: Play wide to open center spaces Small-sided possession game: 4 v 4 + 1 and goalkeeper Sequence Two teams of four players each are placed inside a rectangular set-up, with a center area

0 World Cup 2018 Quarter Final Uruguay v France

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Quarter Finals Uruguay v FranceQuarter Final Uruguay v’s FranceFrance were boring, unexciting, they lacked creativity and were not impressive.Uruguay were pragmatic, defensive and they were tedious.Nothing exciting about this game but given the result, one team goes home, and one team goes through. France goes through.Pogba was

0 World Cup 2018 Day 20 - Quarter Final Predictions

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Quarter Finals PredictionsQuarter Final PredictionsThe quarter finals are massively unbalanced, with all four teams on one half of the bracket stronger than all four of the teams on the other side. However, it has played out this way and these are the games. There are some

1 World Cup 2018 Day 20 - Why Englands Possession Isn't a Threat

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 20Colombia v’s EnglandAll things were equal coming into this match up. Colombia were without the services of James Rodríguez, that omission was certainly a problem for Colombia. But equally England were robbed of the serves of Fabian Delph, so the balance worked itself out equally,

1 World Cup 2018 Day 19 - The Tactic That Could Take Brazil All The Way

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 19Brazil vs. MexicoAs is the nature of these high profile international tournaments, the teams that are growing in form tend to advance. So far, France and Brazil have been the best two teams that I have seen, and their dominance is really pushing them towards

3 World Cup 2018 Day 18 - Why Spain Lost

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 18Spain vs. RussiaThe romantic Russian story continues. I think the predictable end should have been today but that didn’t happen. Russia have played well for the vast majority of the tournament and that home town interest carried this outstanding World Cup a little further again

4 World Cup 2018 Round of 16 Predictions

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Round of 16 PredictionsFrance vs. ArgentinaFrance have got just about the most difficult draw or at least the most difficult draw based on reputation, if perhaps not based on performances so far. And even after this tough encounter the ties don’t get much easier. France have

3 World Cup 2018 Day 15 - England v Belgium-What Did We Learn?

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 9 Belgium vs. TunisiaBelgium look slick. Everyone is aware of the talent that Belgium have. And everyone is aware of their continuous routine of failing to live up to high expectations. This is probably the best time for this current group of Belgians’, they are

1 World Cup 2018 Day 11 - Why Englands Win Wasn't as Good as You Think

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 11England vs. PanamaProblems ahead for England. Building on an early lead the possession statistics were crazy and the goals scored were even crazier. But did England play well? No, not really. The defending from Panama was so poor that football was embarrassed for them, basic

0 My Players Don't Play Like They Practice

By Tom Mura Question - Our 12's team are all confident and excel at training, but once they go into a game there are times when they appear intimidated by the opposition and become hesitant in areas they are very good at. The outcome is a disjointed performance on game day. The coach has come to

0 Dealing with high cut-back crosses

By Scott Housden - This drill can easily be incorporated into a general crossing session or a specialist cut-back crosses session. Essential criteria of dealing with any high balls or crosses is ‘Assess – Decide – React’ and it is no different for this drill. Set Up The set up as shown in the diagram below

0 World Cup 2018 Day 10 - Can Belgium Win It All?

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 10Belgium vs. TunisiaBelgium look slick. Everyone is aware of the talent that Belgium have. And everyone is aware of their continuous routine of failing to live up to high expectations. This is probably the best time for this current group of Belgians’, they are in

0 World Cup 2018 Day 9 - What Is Wrong With Brazil?

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 9Brazil vs. Costa RicaWhere has samba soccer gone? Boring Brazil versus tournament savvy Brazil, which one will win out. All the emotion, support and inevitable pressure was massively evident at their home World Cup last time. Perhaps that euphoria was a bit too much to

0 World Cup 2018 Day 8 - France and Pogba Are Improving

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 8France vs. PeruFrance weren’t great in their first game and yet got the win. Peru were entertaining, they met expectations but unfortunately lost. Pogba was poor in France’s opening encounter and the continued questions about his true capabilities were repeated.This high tempo game started off

1 World Cup 2018 Day 7 - Portugal Were Poor Yet Still Won

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 5 Tunisia vs. EnglandPlenty to discuss, lets start with VAR and get that out of the way. I just don’t understand this system at all, or at least I don’t understand the utilization of the system. So back in the dark ages, prior to technology,

9 World Cup 2018 Day 5 - England Overrated?

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 5Tunisia vs. EnglandPlenty to discuss, lets start with VAR and get that out of the way. I just don’t understand this system at all, or at least I don’t understand the utilization of the system. So back in the dark ages, prior to technology, there

0 World Cup 2018 Day 4 - Germany v Mexico

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 3 France vs. AustraliaI was expecting better than that. France were, and still are, my predicted winners of this World Cup 2018, but based on that performance my prediction looks in jeopardy. The performance of Paul Pogba was nothing like world class. There are many

0 Always Disrupt the Center Backs

By Mike Smith “ How hard did he work to get that ball?” I often times find myself asking my players this right after they have just sent the ball up the field to break pressure, not understanding immediately giving the ball back to the opponent actually CREATES pressure. Many times it is the opposing center

0 Prevent the opponents from getting depth from the counter

By Philip Joe Cauchi Introduction: Moments of transition are crucial for many teams with the aim of getting advantage of the disorganised state of the opponents and hit them back on the break before they are able to recover. Being organised and ready for the negative transition is called preventive marking. Preventive marking involves having

0 3v3 With Three Mini Goals

By Steven Smith Area Size: Three cone or mini goals are set up on each end line of a 25 X 35-yard field. Players line up with half on each end line ready to come on as a 3 vs. 3 group to attack or defend. Teams: Two teams of 9 players each Time: For full

3 World Cup 2018 Day 3 - Is Pogba World Class?

Weekly English Premier League Opinion - World Cup Edition Day 3France vs. AustraliaI was expecting better than that. France were, and still are, my predicted winners of this World Cup 2018, but based on that performance my prediction looks in jeopardy. The performance of Paul Pogba was nothing like world class. There are many exceptional

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