By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible. Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on overlapping runs and taking players on. Start with a 40 x 30 area with a line of players on each end. There are two flags 20 yards aparts on the middle line and a player in
Continue readingBy Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on passing and overlaps.
Start with two lines of players 30 yards apart and two players in the middle, 15 yards apart. There is a ball with the first player in one of the lines.
The player with the ball passes to one of the middle players and then
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This is a great exercise to teach your team how to make overlapping runs and work on their aerobic power.
Set up the field as shown below in figure 1, with two feeders and three others who will be working and overlapping.
The feeder at the top of the diagram starts with the ball. As one of the players starts to
Continue readingBy Jebreel Bubtana, BRASA, Brazilian Soccer Academy
This article works on the anaerobic endurance of the right or left back in an attacking situation. Overlapping is something that is extremely important for a right or left back to be able to do because their role is not only to defend, but also to attack when the opportunity arises. Figure 1 below shows the set-up of the exercise.
A 10x10 square is set up around 25 yards from the end line out on the right hand side of the field and. This is where the exercise will start
Continue readingBy Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on overlapping runs, decision making, defending and getting to goal.
Start with a keeper in goal, a line of players near the center of the field with balls, a line of attacking players on one sideline and a defender in the middle of the field (with other defenders off to the side ready to take the defenders place.
The activity starts with a pass from the center player to the
Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter. Today’s featured activity is a 4 v 4 game working on defensive shape with overlapping runs.
There are some excellent activities working on this aspect of the game in the book Defending & Goalkeeping Drills of the World’s Top Teams & Coaches
Start with 4 attacking players around 35 yards out and 4 defending players. There is a keeper in goal and one of the central attacking players has the ball.
The two central players pass the