Part Three Agility, First Touch and Speed Dribbling 1 v 1's With a Conditioning Element Dribbling Challenge With Endurance Racing to Finish the Cross Continuous 1 v 1 Battles Agility, First Touch and Speed Dribbling By Jebreel Bubtana This exercise works on your player’s first touch, speed dribbling and endurance. This is another exercise
Continue readingADVANCED 1V1 TRAINING By Stefano Santona In this book we're going to explore some debates regarding issues related to the 1v1. Many people might think that it is a small part of football, but we find that in teaching 1v1, there are many important and aspects of concern that need to be considered. Many people
Continue readingCHAPTER 2 Exercises with ball for improvement in passing the opposite player and achievement of the spaces 1 VS 1 GAME "ACHIEVE THE SPACE" Area Size: Different geometric shapes (square, rectangle) depending on the focus. Vary the width or length size depending on the age and technical quality of the players. Time: 10-15 minutes Objectives:
Continue readingCHAPTER 3 Exercises with ball for improvement in passing the opposite player, achievement of the spaces, finding the goals, and scoring 1 VS 1 GAME “SCORE IN THE GOAL” Area Size: Different geometric shapes (square, rectangle) depending on the focus. Vary the width or length size depending on the age and technical quality of the
Continue readingCHAPTER 4 Exercises with ball for improvement in getting past the opposite player, achievement of the spaces, finding the goals, and scoring (with GK) 1 VS 1 GAME “SCORE IN THE GOALS AND DEFEND YOUR GOALS” + GK Area Size: Different geometric shapes (square, rectangle) depending on the focus. Vary the width or length size
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Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Tactical Series Jurgen Klopp By Alexander Trukan FOREWORD This short series tactical eBook is focused on giving a little insight into strategies used by one of the coaching masters – Jurgen Klopp. Due to the nature of the eBook format, it is a snapshot of the playing style rather than an
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Tactical Series Jurgen Klopp By Alexander Trukan TRANSITION FROM ATTACK TO DEFENSE This phase has become one of the most recognizable parts of Klopp’s brand of football. ‘Gegenpressing’ (Eng. counterpressing) has been employed by Klopp’s teams both at Dortmund and Liverpool. It is based on acknowledging the fact that opposition upon
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Tactical Series Jurgen Klopp By Alexander Trukan DEFENDING If the initial press was not effective and the possession wasn’t regained until the ball is played away into different space, the team needs to reorganise and shape a defending structure to win the ball back from. Klopp’s teams prefer a direct approach
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Tactical Series Jurgen Klopp By Alexander Trukan TRANSITION FROM DEFENCE TO ATTACK The moment when the team wins the ball back is another opportunity to use high energy and intensity. With many teams being very organised defensively and getting compact, it is increasingly difficult to break through using patient positional play. Counter
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Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett UEFA Cup - Flashback March 1996 Bordeaux 3 v 0 AC Milan It was 20 years ago. March 19, 1996, when Bordeaux, led by three future world champions (Zidane, Lizarazu and Dugarry) were playing away at AC Milan in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup. Beaten 2-0 in the
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett La Liga Atletico Madrid 1 v 0 Real Madrid After a difficult, yet victorious start to their Champions League campaign, Zinedine Zidane experienced his first Madrid derby as the coach of Real. His team lost to an Atletico Madrid that is simply satisfied to be collectively higher. Here
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Champions League Paris SG 2 v 1 Chelsea Victorious over Chelsea at Parc des Princes, PSG has done half the work in leading them through the Champions League quarterfinals. After a dominating, but uninspired, first half, the Parisian club accelerated after the break and undermined Chelsea’s game
Continue readingBy Sean Reed - The following sessions will focus on combining through the middle and playing on angles Objective: Session 1 Looking at combining through the middle, timing of runs and playing on angles Set Up The dimensions of the area can be changed, depending on outcome. For example 20yds w x 40yds (Encourage space to
Continue readingBy Alex Trukan Defending in and around the penalty box area is, alongside finishing, one of the two critical micro phases of the game. They are usually neglected and hoped they will ‘take care of themselves’. However, at the same time, it can be argued that these two phases are the two most important ones
Continue readingBy Jason Stockman - In the previous Pre-Game Drill (“Pre-Game I – Quick Shot Parade”) we made the most of pre-game warm-up time by using the entire team to work on shooting while getting the keeper ready for the game. In this next installment of pre-game drills however, we’re going to dial in the focus
Continue readingBy Alex Trukan This practice is focused on developing sprinting ability through improvement of anaerobic power energy system. It is based on combination of simple technical component of dribbling and ball manipulation around the cones with a pass followed by a sprint. The practice can be adapted in many ways to suit individual and group
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Champions League AS Roma 0 v 2 Real Madrid In this match, Zinedine Zidane may have measured the road that still separates him from the great coaches. Facing a veteran, the "young" Zizou remained helpless, watching his Real Madrid side stumble over a well-organized team. It took a flash
Continue readingBy Alex Trukan Creating, maintaining and exploit space is one of the crucial concepts in attacking phase of the game. It allows to build up from the back, play through the thirds as well as penetrate forwards. Especially on the opposition’s half, space becomes a valuable asset as the defending team will aim to reduce
Continue readingBy Sean Reed - Next few sessions will focus using the spare player to maintain possession in order to build the play. Objective: Session 1 Looking to link the play using the spare player. Working on the spare player creating passing options to maintain possession. Set Up Depending on the number of players – if you
Continue readingBy Alex Trukan The following practice is focused on developing endurance to maintain high quantity of actions throughout the whole game. This physical component is fundamental to develop any other conditioning characteristics and is important in aiding and speeding up the recovery process. That is achieved in a simple to organise possession game which can
Continue readingBy Josh Jones-Keen - Warm up Keepers move through the disks and the coach will shout ‘left’ or ‘right’ and the Keeper must touch the flag and deal with the serve on the ground from the coach. Keepers touch the left flag, make their way to the centre of the goal and deal with serve from
Continue readingBy Alex Trukan Medium pressure is a defensive strategy based on setting up a confrontation line (area of the pitch from which the team out of possession starts to apply pressing) around half way line. It is the most popular, yet not often very effective type of pressing. Many players associate this type of pressing
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