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 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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By Sean Pearson Area Size: 40 x 50 yards. (end zone 20 x 2 yards) Teams: 6 v 6 + 1 Time: 25 Minutes Objectives To build possession from the center backs To work together as a team to create opportunities to move the ball forward Each team has 2 CB’s off the main area of the field,
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By Alex Trukan The following practice includes a simple 2v1 scenario with an overlap run. This is realistic and relevant picture which happens all over the pitch, from full back overlapping winger to central midfielder overlapping the striker. From the conditioning point of view, the practice develops explosive power which is the foundation to improve
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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 passing combinations in the final third. Activities may also incorporate aspects of finishing and movement off the ball. Set
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By Sean Reed - Objective This session focuses on the player’s awareness and movement. This is a session that can be used within the warm – up, as part of the session and / or when working with individual players. The cones and areas used in the exercises represent the 4-corners of the pitch (hence the
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By Josh Jones-Keen - Once a Keeper has the fundamentals of distribution it’s time to move on to how you would like them to play as part of the team’s tactics. This phase of play session looks at the Keeper starting play from the back. Deciding how to play has a lot to do with the
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By Alex Trukan The ability to accelerate and be explosive is one of the key physical components in football that make a difference in the game. It is needed both in defence when recovering and pressurising as well as in attack when trying to beat a defender. This practice focuses on this conditioning element altogether
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By Sean Reed - Objective These sessions are based on 6 v 3 possession overloads. It's a great session to get players working, engaging them and challenging them on a number of areas, depending on the coach’s objective. For the purposes of these session we are going to focus the coaching points on the ‘in possession’
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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 Set Up: On each side of the 18 yard box create a triangle of cones. Put players on the three cones on each side of the
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By Alex Trukan This practice has multi outcomes in all corners of the game. Firstly, from the conditioning point of view, it develops explosiveness and power. That is especially required when breaking through defences and around the opposition penalty box. From the technical perspective, it includes elements of passing, combination play as well as finishing.
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By Alex Trukan The presented game is aimed at improving players’ ability to produce more high intensity actions throughout the game. This is achieved in a conditioned game which has elements of defensive transition, combination play as well as recovery runs. The organisation of this practices challenges players to react quickly when losing possession as
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This week's Animated Drill Video includes a couple of variations of Rondo possession games. The Double Rondo creates a moment of transition for both the attacking and defending groups. 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
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By Sean Reed - Objective These sessions focus on movement, specifically mirroring movement. At any point within the game players will come up against an opponent where they will need to create space, get away or get past the opponent. On the other hand players will come up against an opponent where they need to prevent
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By Alex Trukan This practice is designed to improve Anaerobic energy system which is responsible for short-duration, high intensity actions during a match. Therefore, players will develop their ability to produce high quality explosive bursts, which may be useful when applying pressure on the ball or doubling up to win the possession back. From the
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By Sean Reed - Objective These sessions will focus on some individual movement work that can be carried out within the warm-up. They can also be linked in with any specific work you are focusing on within the session. They are there to provide some ideas, but like with every session can be developed and progressed.
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By Alex Trukan This practice is focused on improving players’ explosiveness and anaerobic power. It is crucial conditioning component which is for example used when losing the ball and making transition to defence and during recovery runs. In addition to that, combination play element is incorporated to make the practice more realistic and add technical
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By Sean Pearson Area Size: 30 x 34 yards Teams: 5 v 5 +1 Time: 20 Minutes Objectives: To maintain possession To transition quickly This possession focuses on the transition of your players from being condensed when defending to open when in possession and the reverse. You can choose to focus on one specific transition
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By Sean Reed - Objective These sessions can used as part of the warm-up and they aimed to engage the players leading into the session. They will focus on their awareness, decision-making, and movement to create an option, along with specific types of football movements. These types of sessions can be used with any age, any
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