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2 #119 Training Transition

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0 #117 From Technical to Functional

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1 Open Up After Passing Back

This week's Animated Drills Video shows a great exercise to train your players to open up and receive a pass after playing the ball backward. The diagram is created with the session planner on Planet Training that is available through from Planet.Training. Have a great week! Tom

0 #113 Early Season Training Sessions

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1 Building Pattern Plays

This week's Animated Drills Video describes a structure that you can use to create passing combinations that will train your team to build up and finish. The diagram is created with the session planner on Planet Training that is available through from Planet.Training. Have a great week! Tom

0 #109 Four Favorite Possession Games

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0 Three Team Possession

This week's Animated Drills Video is of a possession activity you may have seen before but I don't want to assume that. It's not a very functional possession game but it will force your players to think and react to changes of possession quickly. The diagram is created with the session planner on Planet Training that

0 Passing Patterns

By David Johnson - Objective This session will focus on passing and game like patterns of play.  The focus needs to be on proper weight and direction of the pass and the quality of the runs.  The focus is also on moving without the ball.  This should be done as close to game speed as possible. 

0 #103 Why Your Players are Bored

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0 Spin to Support

0 Turn and Face

0 Pass and Spin

0 Creating Speed of Play and Support

By Anthony Hazelwood The following activity is a long intensive and non-directional possession exercise aimed to train the speediness of play on a mental, physical, technical, and tactical level. On a tactical level, coaching emphasis should be on ball circulation and player movement. Although players are initially placed in a particular formation (2-1-2 or 1-3-1),

0 Cogi Receiving Pattern

This week's Animated Drills Video shows a great way to organize an activity to work on receiving the ball out of the air while also challenging the players to run through the pattern. The video also shows some of the progressions you can use as well. The diagrams are created with the session planner on Planet Training

2 Layoff to Diagonal Pass

0 Building from the Back with Two Defensive Midfielders

By Alex Trukan With many teams choosing to build up from the back through the thirds, as well as playing with a midfield three, one of the important things to consider becomes the role of central midfielders. One of the options to choose from is to play with two defensive midfielders operating in front of

0 4 v 2 Double Square

0 Teaching Possession

0 Sharpening the Angle

0 Teaching Body Shape

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 4 v 2 Rondo Through Gates

This week's Animated Drills Video is a variation of a 4 v 2 Rondo that helps players understand the importance of keeping possessing until they can find a way to penetrate through one of two gates on the wings. This rondo is from our new Tactical Series eBook focused on Mauricio Pochettino's tactics at Tottenham. The diagrams

0 The Foundation of Possession

0 Four Goal Game