By Chris Kouns USSF A License (USSF Coaching Education Instructor) – NSCAA Premier Diploma (NSCAA Coaching Education Associate Staff Coach) – Head Women’s Soccer Coach – Georgia Gwinnett College In these activities we are working on players finishing in different situations around the box. QUICK FINISHING ACTIVITY Setup Inside the penalty area you will have
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By Alex Trukan When building up from the back through the centre backs, the spaces as well as options in front of them are crucial to progress the ball forwards. The key players involved in that are central midfielders. As the centre backs are in possession, they have to make a choice on their starting
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By Alex Trukan This shooting combination practice involves working on starting speed around the penalty box. This is important for players in order to gain advantage near the goal and be able to get to the ball before the defender. This in turn will help players to get into more goal scoring situations and eventually,
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By Sean Pearson Area Size: 45 x 38 yards (Channel Areas: 45 x 3) Teams: 5 v 5 + 4 Time: 15 Minutes Objectives To understand when and where to use the space for the underlap To use movement to clear space for the underlap of the full back Execution In order to perform the underlapping
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This week's Animated Drill Video looks at the 'Cross' CogiTraining pattern. This is a powerful format for training players to think and move. They always have to be concentrating and thinking about their next action. [wpsharely id="6889"][wpsharely][/wpsharely] The diagram is being created with the session planner on Planet Training that is available through the Member Drills Database. Please
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By Sean Pearson Area Size: 40 x 34 yards (Heading Zone: 28 x 5) Teams: 5 v 5 + 2 Time: 15 Minutes Objectives To understand how to head the ball when aiming to score To understand where to head the ball 4 v 4 with GKs. 2 neutrals, 1 in each channel. The aim of
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By Alex Trukan The practice is aimed at developing players’ anaerobic endurance which is the ability to repeat and maintain the quantity of actions throughout the whole game. This means that players will be able to be highly involved even towards the end of the game. In addition to that, the practice contains elements of
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By Alex Trukan The throw-in is an element of the game which is often neglected and not focused on. This is evident across most of the age groups and levels. At the same time, we can observe that if executed correctly, especially in the opposition’s half, it can be used as an important attacking strategy.
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By Chris Kouns USSF A License (USSF Coaching Education Instructor) – NSCAA Premier Diploma (NSCAA Coaching Education Associate Staff Coach) – Head Women’s Soccer Coach – Georgia Gwinnett College In these activities we are working on players recognizing and exploiting numbers up situations. 2 v 1 + 1 Varied Pressure Set Up There are two
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By Josh Jones-Keen - This warm up can be used at the start of any session. It gets the Keepers moving, working on handling and distribution. As always the warm up’s should focus on good technique as well as preparing the body and mind. Below is what I would consider being the top points to look
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By Sean Reed - Objective These sessions are working on crossing and finishing. Which include looking at players playing a diagonal pass into a wide player, for them combine to set for a cross into an area for players to attack. Session 1 Diagram 1 Set Up Using 16 players + 2 GKS Pitch is approx
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This week's Animated Drill Video includes a very functional passing pattern that can be progressed in many different ways and turned into a shooting pattern as well. [wpsharely id="6889"][wpsharely][/wpsharely] The diagram is being created with the session planner on Planet Training that is available through the Member Drills Database. Please share your ideas for variations of this exercise in the
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By Chris Kouns USSF A License (USSF Coaching Education Instructor) – NSCAA Premier Diploma (NSCAA Coaching Education Associate Staff Coach) – Head Women’s Soccer Coach – Georgia Gwinnett College In these activities we are working on possession with the purpose of finding the correct opportunity to create finishing chances. The Blitz Set Up Place two
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By Alex Trukan Having options to pass is an essential requirement of the effective football. It is basis for not only possession style but also for more direct approaches. Attacking ‘connections’ help the team to play away from pressure, circulate the ball as well as penetrate. The type of support available will determine what the attack will
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This week's Animated Drill Video is a three step progression of an exercise to train your players to change direction with the ball quickly and deceptively. The progressions add pressure and options. [wpsharely id="6889"][wpsharely][/wpsharely] The diagram is being created with the session planner on Planet Training that is available through the Member Drills Database. Please share your ideas for
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By Sean Pearson Area Size: 40 x 50 yards Teams: 7 v 7 Time: 20 Minutes Objectives To build possession from the center backs To work together as a team to create opportunities to move the ball forward Combination play is when 2 or more players combine passes in quick succession to move the ball up the field.
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By Sean Reed - Objective These sessions are working on the player’s ability to switch focus from one action to the next from an attacking movement to a defending movement and from a defending movement to an attacking movement. Once they perform one action how quickly can the player refocus and turn their attention on what
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By Alex Trukan This practice is designed to improve players’ ability to recover between high intensity actions in a most efficient way. This will allow players to sustain the quality (speed and strength) of their actions for longer throughout the game. These physical outcomes are achieved in a highly technically demanding game containing a lot
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By Josh Jones-Keen - With summer here small sided tournaments are also here and with them they bring their own challenge for outfield players but also for those in goal. The smaller and sometimes wider goals mean Keepers have to adjust their positioning more than if they were in a full size goal as shots are
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By Sean Reed - Objective These sessions focus on a players working on their 1st touch and range passing within a competitive situations. These can be used within small groups or on a recovery day or as additional extra work. Players will receive the ball in many different ways and play a range of different passes
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This week we share a video from our Elite Membership level. We have had lots of coaches asking what are the videos like that we upload every week to the Elite Membership Video Library. This example is on One Touch Passing and is Part One of a three part series. So if you like what
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