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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

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Possession with Transition

By Steven Smith Over the River Objectives: Increase possession skills while training fitness and transition. Increase the ability to defend in small groups. Set-Up This activity is designed to increase possession skills while focusing on transition, fitness and defensive pressure. It is perhaps one of the most challenging fitness possession games for a senior level team. The

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7 v 7 Blackjack

By Steven Smith Blackjack Teams: 7 v 7 Time: 10-12 minutes Objectives: Increase possession skills in teams of all developmental levels Possession oriented play is essential to the modern game of soccer. Many of the activities to develop possession allow for maximum success by giving space for possession or by giving extra attackers to the possessing side. The

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3 v 3 + 2 End to End

By Alex Trukan This practice significantly improves players’ aerobic power system which is responsible for recovery between high intensity actions and serves as a basis for all other physical components’ development. In this practice, this is achieved using extensive interval training which challenges and improves players’ recovery time between high intensity actions (quicker recovery). The

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