Movement Archives - WORLD CLASS COACHING Training Center

1 Two Passing and Moving Warm-Up Activities

In this week's Animated Drills Video we look at two warm-up activities that will help your players prepare technically, physically for games and training sessions. They incorporate passing, receiving, movement and awareness. The diagram is being created with the Academy Soccer Coach software. See more at www.academysoccercoach.co.uk Tom

6 #169 Don't Just Follow Your Pass

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4 #148 Focus on Technique Before Speed

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0 Four Player Passing and Moving

This week's Animated Drills Video highlights a passing and moving pattern that you can use a warm-up or technical practice to focus on quality one-touch passes. The diagram is created with the session planner on Planet Training that is available through from Planet.Training. Have a great week! Tom

2 #135 Training Players to Move Individually and as a Team

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1 Diamond Passing and Movement

By Mike Smith This session contains several simple patterns of passing and movement, based on a diamond shape, which are especially good for training midfield and attacking movement in the offensive third. Lesson 1 Two Ball Pass and Move Set Up Groups of 4 players set up in a diamond made of 8 cones spaced 7-10

0 #130 Movement to Create Options

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0 Create an Advantage with Movement

By Mike Smith This session focuses on midfield movement to get players open, even when the numbers are equal. Lesson 1 3 v 3 with Targets and Neutrals Set Up Set up a 20 x 20 yd grid as shown. Two teams of 3 work against each other inside the box. Each team has a target

0 Hit the Lane

By Mike Smith This session focuses on passing accuracy first, movement second and combined vision and timing third. This is a great session to sharpen up passing accuracy while building into a 4 man combination attack. Lesson 1 Three Passing Stations Set Up Set up three stations as shown on the diagram. The bottom station is

0 Think and Move

By Mike Smith Players win or lose games. Coaches either put their players in positions to be successful or not, and a coach can and should certainly impact the game. Still, the guys and gals with the boots on ultimately determine the outcome. Because of this fact, teams whose players are actively thinking and reading the

0 #117 From Technical to Functional

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0 Movement and Different types of handling

By Wayne Henderson - There are various types of saves a goalkeeper has to make and this drill is excellent for working on all the various techniques needed. The set up is 1 goal, 3 feeders 2 cones separating the goal into 3 smaller areas – Each feeder has their own small area to aim

0 Movement and the Set Position

By Wayne Henderson - The goalkeeper stars in a central position as shown in diagram 1 The goalkeeper reacts to the instruction from the coach to move to the right or the left. The keeper moves quickly into position to deal with the serve from feeder 1 or 2. The service can be varied depending

0 Team 5 v 3

By David Johnson - Objective This session will focus on shooting, passing, and team dynamics on both offense and defense. The focus needs to be on proper weight and direction of the pass and the quality of the finish. The focus is also on moving without the ball and maintaining possession while looking for a finish.

3 Cogi Change of Direction and Opening Up

This week's Animated Drills Video shows a functional passing and support pattern that will encourage players to create passing options for their players after passing the ball backward. The diagrams are created with the session planner on Planet Training that is available through from Planet.Training. How would you progress this activity? Share your ideas in the

0 Movements to Get Full Backs the Ball

By Alex Trukan There are many types of movements off the ball that full backs try – overlaps, underlaps, third man runs. In many situations, however, these movements don’t lead to full backs getting on the ball. Rather than that, these are often used to create space for other players and unbalance the opposition defensive

0 Three Square Passing Game

By Steven Smith Three Squares Area Size: For groups of six’s or seven’s a square grid of 44X44 (progressively smaller sized grids inside of larger grid) Teams: Three groups of six or seven (or other numbers as coach chooses) Time: 10-12 minutes Objective: Increase passing skills in teams of all developmental levels Narrative Taking risks and

0 2 v 2 to Targets

This week's Animated Drills Video is a great environment for your players to work on their movement without the ball to create options for the player in possession. The diagrams are created with the session planner on Planet Training that is available through from Planet.Training. How would you progress this activity? Share your ideas in

0 Off the Ball Movement

By Gregg Gillies - Warm Up: Hand Ball Soccer This is a great warm up game. When utilizing it with my teams, I've found that it gets them engaged and excited about the upcoming practice session (their brains are switched “on” and they are focused). It gets their bodies moving and their minds ready for what's

0 3v3 + 3 Rondo

By Sean Reed - Objective This session will involve a 3v3 + 3 Ronda practice. Focusing on the movement to support the ball, playing on angles and tempo of play. Encouraging the players to play in the future and prepare for the 2nd movement and phase. Session 1 Diagram 1 Set Up 9 Players 3

0 Moving Well

By Wayne Henderson - Goalkeepers are judged on many things, shot stopping, distribution, commanding their area, dealing with crosses etc. One aspect which goes a little unnoticed is the quality of their movement. The ability to move quickly in and around the goal mouth is a very important aspect of being a top class goal

0 Disguised Through Balls

By Sean Pearson Area Size: 35 x 45 yards 2 x (35 x 10) yard end zones 1x (35 x 25) yard middle zone Teams: 15 - 20 mins Players: 5 v 5 + 2 Objectives To have multiple runners behind the defense To be inventive and creative in passing into the space for the runners Set-Up

0 Creating and Using 2 v 1 Overloads

By Sean Pearson Area Size: Half Field Teams: 20 mins Players: 5 v 5 + 2 Objectives For players understand where to use the 2v1 overloads To use the movements of defenders against them and have multiple options to attack Set-Up Use half a 9v9 field with 5 defenders set up as GK-3-1 and 5 attackers

0 Training Movement Without the Ball

By Mike Smith This session is focused on small groups of players working together to defend the space behind them. The fact is most of a soccer game is played off the ball. Because of this, great technical skill is needed to take advantage of the short time a player does have the ball. However, there is

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