Mike Saif, Author at WORLD CLASS COACHING Training Center

0 Effective Throw-Ins and How to Train Them

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to train your team throw-ins that are effective and work.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 New and Innovative Shooting Drills

By Danny Carvalho Question - “My players love shooting drills, but I keep doing the same drills. Do you have some good and new shooting drills that will keep my players interested?" One of my favourite topics! It can be very challenging to set up shooting drills that won’t bore players after a while waiting

0 The Role of the Center Forward When Defending

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to best utilize your center midfielders when your team is defending.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Low Block Defensive Tactics

By Soren Schamberg As of the writing of this article, Everton Football club are sitting in 16th place having played 20 games. Having lost 4 of their last 5 games and seeing their manager Rafa Benitez being released from the managers duties finds Everton in a bit of crisis both in the leagues table and

0 The Role of the Center Midfielder When Defending

0 Fun Olympic Style Training Session

By Danny Carvalho It is hard to find someone who doesn’t get excited about the Olympics! And if you work with kids, it is your job to talk about it and introduce some different sports to your kids knowledge. So how about mix soccer with some other sports? Warm Up – Activity 1 This is

0 The Role of the Wide Midfielder When Defending

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to best utilize your wide midfielders when your team is defendingThese diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

1 The Role of the Wide Midfielder When Attacking

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to best utilize your wide midfielders when your team is attacking.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 High Intensity Shooting and Conditioning Drill

By Danny Carvalho - This small sided game was designed to make players keep a very high intensity throughout the rounds playing. Set up In an approximately 35x25 yards field, have one regular size goal in one end and two mini-goals at the other end, with as many balls as possible outside the mini goals

0 Attacking Runs in the 3-5-2

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares different types of attacking runs with the 3-5-2.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Get Your Goalkeeper Involved In the Possession Phase Part 3

By Jakub Pietrzak, Goalkeeper involvement during the possession phase is growing. Most coaches try to make their teams play out from the back, straight from goal kicks, using their goalkeeper. That makes the ability to receive and pass the ball very important for the goalkeepers aspiring to make it at the highest level. In the

0 Defending in the 3-5-2

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares different defending tactics you can do with the 3-5-2These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Games Are Won and Lost in Transition - Part One

By Soren Schamberg Transitions are where games of football can be won and lost. Coaches are familiar with the four phases of a game - 1.) Attacking with the Ball 2.) Losing the Ball 3.) Defending without the ball and 4.) Winning the ball back. There are two additional phases coaches may not be familiar

0 High Pressing in the 3-5-2

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares different methods you can use to press high with the 3-5-2. These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Small-Sided Game for Communicating

By Søren Schamberg - Communication can be a difficult thing to decide on when working with growing a team, but one thing is for certain and that is everyone needs to know what each of their teammates mean when trying to communicate in game situations. The simple game of Tic Tac Toe can help open

0 A Training Session for the 3-5-2

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares a training session designed for the 3-5-2 formation.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 Transition Press Game

By Matt Carroll - The transition press game is an effective game for simulating beating high intensity pressing. It challenges players to either utilize effective one touch passing, or to use the dribble to create passing lanes under pressure. The drill starts with two grids next to each other. Where each of the grids meet

0 The 3-1-3-1 Formation for 9v9 Age Groups

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares his 3-1-3-1 formation for use with U11 and U12 teams.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at https://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/

0 How to Get the Best Out of Twin Strikers

By Danny Carvalho Question - “Our team plays with two strikers. One is really good with his back to goal and the other is pretty quick and makes great runs into space. How can I best utilize both strikers?" Many teams throughout history made the best out of playing with two men forward. Digging up

0 How to Win Games With Defensive Pressure

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to win more games by applying defensive pressure. With high pressure defending, you will force your opponent to give up possession more often which in turn will give your own team more possession and more goal chances.These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach

0 Move the Opponent's Defense to Create Scoring Opportunities - Part 2

By Soren Schamberg Brentford vs. Wolves - 1/22/2022 - See Part 1 Here Wolves second goal again utilizes the right channel in its build up and again finishes in the half space, proving how dangerous leaving these areas exposed can be. Derdoncker again makes a run into the right corner for Wolves and

0 Build a Team of Winners With Advanced 1v1 Training

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to build a team of winners with advanced 1v1 training techniques. Advanced 1v1 Training reveals how to run progressive sessions that will help you to create a team of elite duelists able to dominate play all over the pitch.These diagrams are created with the Academy

0 Correct Spacing to Build Out of the Back

By Danny Carvalho Warm up – Activity 1 Start with small-sided scrimmages (3v3 or 4v4) to get them enthusiastic and excited about the practice. This is a great format to get loads of touches and build from the back a lot of times. As they get on fire, you move on to the next activity.

0 How to Use Inverted Fullbacks When Attacking

In this week's Animated Drills Video, Matthew Carroll shares how to get the best out of your inverted fullbacks when attacking. Playing with inverted fullbacks is a major reason Pep Guardiola has dominated the soccer world with Barcelona and now Manchester City. These diagrams are created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at

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