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0 Midfield Variations in the 4-3-3

By Soren Schamberg For many, the 4-3-3 formation is a familiar line up without knowing much about the individual positions and their responsibilities. In modern lineups, this formation has Two center backs and two wing backs making up the back four; three midfielders meant to transition and move the ball from their defensive third into

0 Small-Sided Game That Can Be Used For Warm-Ups, Cool Downs or Session Topic

By Søren Schamberg - Having a game that is easy to set up, simple to play and effective in getting players to move and think on their feet are handy. Circle Ball has helped me by being a great arrival game before a practice to get players warming up, after a practice as a cool

0 A Look at a Successful High Press Tactic From the EPL Part 2

By Soren Schamberg Man United vs. Wolves and an effective High Press Part 2 The last sequence of play we will analyze is the only goal in the game, giving Wolves the win at Old Trafford. The sequence begins with a free kick from DeGea for a previous foul in the 6 yard box. The

0 A Look at a Successful High Press Tactic From the EPL Part 1

By Soren Schamberg Man United vs. Wolves and an effective High Press The beginning of the new year produced some surprises in the way of results across the Premiere League, particularly the Manchester United vs. Wolves fixture at Old Trafford on January 3rd. For this fixture, both teams lined up as they had been previously

1 The 17 Zones of the Pitch

By Soren Schamberg During the heat of a game, it can be a challenge to communicate to your team and/or teammates where to move next. “Over There!”, “Up Front”, “This way!” fall short of being descriptive enough when fractions of a second matter and “Move up, move over, up more...right there...good” takes both the player

0 Attacking and Defending SSG

By Søren Schamberg - Set up Create the playing area by making a box 15 x 15 yards with two cones on opposing sides about 5 yards beyond the border of the 15 x 15 box. Divide the team in half, with one group of players assigned as “Attackers” and the other as “Defenders”. On

2 Thomas Frank and Brentfords Tactics

By Soren Schamberg Being promoted to Premiere League, Thomas Frank and his Brentford side have brought a dynamic addition to the weekend lineups. To highlight their playing style and tactics, we don’t have to look any further than this months game against Aston Villa. Lining up as a 3-5-2 formation allows Brentford to adjust their

2 Using a Withdrawn Forward When Attacking

By Soren Schamberg On a team lineup, the Center Forward position (CF) looks like the player who stands up front and runs onto the ball to shoot and score and not much else. This may be true in years past, but to play the modern game, more skillful deployment of this position is required. Today,

0 SSG to Help Train Movement OFF the Ball

By Søren Schamberg - This small sided game is meant to help players with movement off of the ball during a game. Most instruction about movement of the ball can be lost because of the frenetic pace of a scrimmage or game. During the introduction, slowing down the game will be helpful. Again, the emphasis

0 Switching the Field to Create Goal Chances

By Soren Schamberg In today’s modern game, most displays of switching the field are high arching passes executed and brought down with the precision only years and years of practice can produce, or, passing on the ground around half field or further to build out from the back. We don’t always get a display of

0 4-3-2-1 or 4-2-2-2

By Soren Schamberg With changes in management at Manchester United from Oligunnar Solskær to Ralf Rangnick, questions are abound regarding how things will be done differently. Initially, United took the field in what looked like a 4-3-2-1, but after the fist few moments of play, this formation was altered to a narrow 4-2-2-2. As it

1 Why Pressing Needs to Include Everyone

By Soren Schamberg The second most commonly heard phrase at a youth soccer field (coming behind by a distance to “shoot”) is “press”. But pressing is more than just players putting pressure on the opponent with the ball. For a proper press, everyone in the immediate effective vicinity must do it. This is demonstrated well

0 Don't Allow Players to Turn

By Søren Schamberg - A challenging topic to introduce to players to practice is getting tight on players when defending. Not letting attacking players turn takes timing, speed and strength. To set up, create a line with cones approximately 10 yards long. Place 2 small goals 10 yards apart and approximately 20 yards from the

1 Guardiolas 20 Zone System

By Soren Schamberg During the last few seasons of the EPL, Manchester City has been known for playing a innovative 20 zone system. While the idea of breaking a pitch down into areas of play to train what to do in certain situations is similar to the 18 zone system, that’s where the similarities end.

0 Slow the Opposition Build Up

By Soren Schamberg When playing without the ball, finding the most effective position to keep the opponents from passing between the lines is important…and a challenge. Done correctly, this can stop even some of the most dynamic teams from advancing the ball during their attack. Using the term “shadow” speaks to exactly that, the space

1 4v4+4 Small-Sided Games

By Søren Schamberg - Being able to transition from defense to offence faster than your opponent can win games and from offense to defense can protect hard earned leads. What I refer to as the 4 v 4 + 4 can help hone a team's abilities and skills when it comes to transitions during play.

0 Zonal Defending v Man Marking

By Soren Schamberg A long-time debate with regard to system of play is whether to mark a zone on the field despite who the player in the zone is, or, a man marking system which has an individual player mark an opponent. Currently, the epitome of these two systems would be Manchester City with their

2 Small-Sided Games For Overlaps

By Søren Schamberg - Overlap is an action associated mainly with full backs running around wingers when in final third. However, it can be used all over the pitch especially to execute in 2v1 situations. Overlap is a very good tool in overloaded and underloaded situations if done at the right time. It confuses the

0 4v4+2

By Søren Schamberg - Being able to play out of pressure anywhere on the field is essential in both creating space and moving the ball up the field efficiently. This exercise creates situations to demand movement, communication and awareness to improve players abilities to get out of pressing situations. To set up, create a 10

0 ReACT to Defend

By Søren Schamberg - When referring to the basics of defending it is easy to make the topic sound simple or the player foolish for not knowing, but this is furthest from the truth. The term “basics'' should be reinforced as a foundation to build off of. It is a very slippery slope to get

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