Mike Saif, Author at WORLD CLASS COACHING Training Center

0 How Pep Guardiola Wins with Inverted Fullbacks - Part Four

WORLD 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

0 Transitional Shape in a 4-4-2

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

0 The Goalkeeping Square

By Scott Housden - The drill below is superb for allowing the goalkeeper to improve their fitness within their goalkeeping environment. It can be used as a warm up for a main session on diving, or indeed as a component for a conditioning session throughout the season and also pre-season. Set Up The drill is best

0 Competitive Cone Dribbling with Finishing and 1v1 Play

By Gregg Gillies - Set Up: (20-30 yds by 10 yds per group) You'll need 6 to 24 cones, depending on the number of players you have and how many you want in a each group so they can maximize the number of touches they get. See the diagram below for how you set up the

0 The Amazing Relegation Battle

The Amazing Relegation Battle Weekly English Premier League Opinion #24 Jonny Carter gives his opinion on who is likely to get relegated in the English Premier League. What do you think? Agree? Disagree? Please let us know by commenting below.

0 Near Post Drop Off

By Mike Smith When attacking from crosses, I always want a near post and a far post run. However, IF the crossing player can get to the end line and engage the keeper themselves, the near post runner needs to drop off and open space. I am not a big fan of low percentage near post

0 Creating opportunities for centre backs to step in

By Alex Trukan With many teams able to defend effectively using compact blocks and denying any available options, it is important to find additional gains attacking team might use to break them down. One of the possibilities to gain further advantage is utilising centre backs higher up the pitch on the opposition half. It is

1 Liverpool v Tottenham Harry Kane Controversy

Manchester Utd's Random Transfer Policy Weekly English Premier League Opinion #21 Jonny Carter gives his opinion on what seems to be a very random transfer policy of Manchester United. What do you think? Agree? Disagree? Please let us know by commenting below.

0 Recover First

By Mike Smith Even if your team is a high pressure team, taking the time to get behind the ball and get in shape can still be critical to preventing counters or getting burned by a speedster. This session works with the idea of a group of 4 defenders focusing on getting in shape to deny

0 3v3+1 Game

By Alex Trukan From conditioning point of view, this practice is focused on developing an ability to produce more high intensity bursts and recover between them quickly even towards the end of the match. In other words, maintaining quick recovery between high intensity actions. From technical point of view, this possession game improves quick combination

0 Endless 4v4

By Steven Smith Setup: One grid is set up in the front third of the field using a full half field. The grid is set with the width of the 18 yard box making the width of the grid 44 yards. Execution: Four players come from the midfield stripe or a bit closer as shown in

0 Why Man City Keep Winning

0 Marking and Long Play

By Mike Smith This is one of my favorite sessions as it works on midfield movement, midfield recovery (marking ) and beating a defense with an accurate long pass. IF your team struggles in transition or playing on the ground through the midfield this will help them both improve AND recognize opportunities for a quick deep

0 Attacking the ball when Diving

By Scott Housden - Diving shape is a key component of making a successful diving save. Part of this is the ability to attack the ball when making the save. When a goalkeeper makes a simple save whilst standing with the ball shot straight at them at chest height, they are encouraged to catch the ball

0 Winning With Inverted Fullbacks Defending - Part One

WORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART ONE GENERAL OBSERVATIONS PATTERN OF PLAY PART TWO PREVENT COUNTER-ATTACKS DEFEND THE BUILD UP PART THREE HIGH PRESSURE AND COUNTER PRESSING DRILLS AND EXERCISES PART FOUR DRILLS AND EXERCISES General Observations and Patterns of Play Even if inverted fullbacks have

0 Winning With Inverted Fullbacks Defending - Part Two

WORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART TWO PREVENT COUNTER-ATTACKS DEFEND THE BUILD UP Prevent Counter-Attacks and Defend the Build Up Prevention of the opposition’s counter attacks and possession phases: the high pressure with equal number of players and the counter pressing If we talk again about

0 Winning With Inverted Fullbacks Defending - Part Three

WORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART THREE HIGH PRESSURE AND COUNTER PRESSING DRILLS AND EXERCISES A need: the first kind of inverted fullback But again, we must "thank" Pep Guardiola for believing in principles of play rather than in the roles on the field. Principles of

0 Winning With Inverted Fullbacks Defending - Part Four

WORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART FOUR DRILLS AND EXERCISES Exercise 1: Alternate 2 v 2 small sided game with goalkeepers A rectangular small sided pitch is divided into different areas: • two center areas • two first/final thirds • four corner areas • two flanks

0 Throw Catch – Getting Pressure on the Ball

By Sean Reed - Objective This session will focus on getting pressure on the ball using throw-catch (directional), which can be used within the warm-up. The session can used to engage the players, work on their movements, working together giving players responsibility to manage and organize a way of playing (strategy). Set Up • 2

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0 Number 9s movements towards their own half

By Alex Trukan Number 9’s position is usually associated with playing as high as possible and looking to threaten centre backs at all times. With the emergence of a ‘false nine’ position and its’ benefits, even the traditional type number 9’s became more flexible and looking to receive deeper into the centre of the pitch.

0 Central – Wide and OVER

By Mike Smith Do your players try to do too much, force play or actually play themselves out of opportunities? I see this a lot, especially in high school soccer. This session is built on the simple concept of teaching players to recognize when the pieces for an attack are in place. The idea is to

1 Why Chelsea Could Fall Out of the Top Four

Why Chelsea Could Fall Out of the Top Four Weekly English Premier League Opinion #20 Jonny Carter gives his opinion on why Willian is critical if Chelsea are to be successful this season. What do you think? Agree? Disagree? Please let us know by commenting below.

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