WORLD CLASS COACHING Advanced Shooting and Finishing Volume 3 By Luca Bertolini TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Two DRIBBLE AND/OR PASS FROM WIDE AND SHOOT FROM INSIDE THE PENALTY AREA Dribble or pass from wide spaces along the flanks in the final third and shoot inside the penalty area Exercise 95: 1 v goalkeeper (1) Sequence: The
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Advanced Shooting and Finishing Volume 3 By Luca Bertolini TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Three DRIBBLE AND/OR PASS FROM OUTSIDE/CENTER OF PENALTY AREA AND SHOOT FROM OUTSIDE/CORNERS Dribble in or pass from the center spaces out of the penalty area and shoot from outside corners of the penalty area Exercise 109: 1 v goalkeeper
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Advanced Shooting and Finishing Volume 3 By Luca Bertolini TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Four DRIBBLE AND/OR PASS AND SHOOT FROM CENTER/OUTSIDE THE PENALTY AREA DRIBBLE AND/OR PASS FROM CENTER/OUTSIDE THE PENALTY AREA AND SHOOT FROM INSIDE Dribble, pass and shoot from the center spaces out of the penalty area Exercise 122: 1 v
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By Scott Housden - Once a dynamic warm-up has been performed it is always fun to include a game as part of the warm-up phase of the session. Below are two fun games for such part of the session. The first is ideal for a dealing with high balls sessions or dealing with cut back crosses
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Who is the Player of the Season?Weekly English Premier League Opinion #27Jonny Carter gives his opinion on who could be the Player of the Season in the English Premier League.What do you think? Agree? Disagree? Please let us know by commenting below.
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By Alex Trukan Using three centre backs and two wingbacks is now widely discussed and utilised strategy in modern football. It has numerous advantages when attacking: creating overloads centrally, strikers’ duo up front or, flexibility on the wings. In addition to this, it offers obvious strong protection at the back with good options to counter
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By Steven Smith One vs. one skill development is essential to winning games. The teams that can efficiently dismantle other teams in one vs. one challenges all over the field will have better chances at scoring and winning games. This session is designed to develop those skills. The session can be done as a progression or
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By Mike Smith The ability to naturally read the game may be one of those “things you just can’t coach”, but when it comes to playing the second ball, I have found it is a very easily learned and valuable skill. This session works on recognizing how and when to come under control and play the
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Manchester United's Changing Tactics Weekly English Premier League Opinion #26 Jonny Carter gives his opinion on how and why Manchester United change tactics...even in the middle of a game. What do you think? Agree? Disagree? Please let us know by commenting below.
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By Mike Saif Question - My players don't seem interested in the drills I set up and get bored and distracted easily. What can I do make them more interested? I’m not sure exactly how you have your drills set up, but just by using the word drills leaves me to believe that they could be
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By Alex Trukan Improving aerobic endurance improves the oxygen supply to muscles what will help with sustaining exercise. Aerobic endurance is a fundamental quality for further development of conditioning elements such as speed, strength or power. This practice helps to develop players’ ability to maintain quantity of actions throughout the whole game (aerobic endurance). These
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By Gregg Gillies - Set Up: Size (Circle about 20 yds in diameter, can depending on age, skill level, etc.) 6 – 8 players The Drill: • Players A starts in the middle with a ball. Player A passes to Player B and then applies “passive” defensive pressure (see Diagram 2) • Player B passes to
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The Dark Days of Arsenal Football ClubWeekly English Premier League Opinion #25Jonny Carter gives his opinion on why Arsenal and Arsene Wenger are struggling in the English Premier League.What do you think? Agree? Disagree? Please let us know by commenting below.
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By Mike Smith One of the simple constants I have found with teams who “know” each other well is how the runs and the passes always seem to match. Sometimes this takes years to develop, especially in congested areas like a tight midfield or a packed box. One of the tools I have found which helps
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By Scott Housden - Holding the ball when making a save is always what we as goalkeepers would like to achieve time and time again. However, many factors such as movement of the ball or weather conditions or, even a simple mistake can lead to the ball being spilled. The drill outlined below is a great
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By Mike Saif Question - How do you warm up for a training session? Does it change depending on what the training session topic is? One of the most important things for me with training sessions is to get them active right away. Although I would set up different warm-ups sometimes depending on the topic of
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By Alex Trukan This practice is focused on developing explosiveness and maximal short to medium distance speed. This is based on utilising as big as possible chunk of ATP (energy stores) which can then produce maximal power. The larger the chunk is, the more energy can be produced as a result. The conditioning element is
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By Steven Smith Setup: Two goals are set up 36 yards apart with a 44 yard width (two penalty boxes). Multiple balls are set inside of both goals and a keeper is placed in front of each net. Execution: Goal keepers attempt to score on each other by throwing, drop kicking, punting or serving off the
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Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING How Pep Guardiola Wins with Inverted Fullbacks By Mike Smith Table of Contents PART ONE INTRODUCTION WHAT IS AN INVERTED FULLBACK? CONDITIONS TO MAKE INVERTED FULLBACKS WORK PART TWO TACTICAL ADVANTAGES OF INVERTED FULLBACKS PART THREE DISADVANTAGES OF INVERTED FULLBACKS PART FOUR FLUIDITY HOW YOUR TEAM CAN USE INVERTED FULLBACKS BRINGING IT ALL
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING How Pep Guardiola Wins with Inverted Fullbacks By Mike Smith Table of Contents PART TWO TACTICAL ADVANTAGES OF INVERTED FULLBACKS TACTICAL ADVANTAGES OF INVERTED FULLBACKS My grandfather always told me “Michael, if you want to make sure you make and keep lifelong friends, never talk about religion or politics.” I have found this
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING How Pep Guardiola Wins with Inverted Fullbacks By Mike Smith Table of Contents PART THREE DISADVANTAGES OF INVERTED FULLBACKS DISADVANTAGES OF INVERTED FULLBACKS While I hope the previous pages have clearly outlined the big advantages of the inverted fullback. (If you can’t take my word for it, the rate at which Man City
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING How Pep Guardiola Wins with Inverted Fullbacks By Mike Smith Table of Contents PART FOUR FLUIDITY HOW YOUR TEAM CAN USE INVERTED FULLBACKS BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER FLUIDITY Obviously most of us do not have access to the best talent, facilities and competition in our respective leagues. Many times, these factors alone are
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By Mike Smith The idea of transition, which Merriam Webster defines as the passage from one state to another, should contain elements of both states until the full change is made. From a soccer perspective, this to me means taking an extra step between defending and all out attack especially when a quick counter opportunity is
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