Tag Archives for " Space "

0 Possession for Tactical Front Third Direct Play

By Mike Smith This training session is a functional tactical approach that emphasizes that we must have clarity on our roles. For this session, seven and eleven must stay wide when ball is down the middle of field. When ball moves to flank, the near side player must stay wide and the far side needs to

0 Hold Your Space

By Mike Smith “Be in the right place at the right time.” Tons of success stories on and off the field and in all walks of life have come down to that statement. In soccer, the idea of team shape exemplifies this concept. However, actively managing team shape can be hard for players (especially young ones

0 #068 Developing Spacial Awareness

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0 Passing in the Final Third

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 These activities are designed to offer the players opportunities to work on the types of passing that is necessary in and around the box. Exercise 1

0 Economical Training

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 These activities are designed to allow the different lines of players to better understand and work on movement and possession in their zone as well as

1 Creating Offensive Superiority

By Renato Lopez Moreira - 

This is a progression of last week's 8 v 8 game to work spacing and player movement. This week the game will again start as 8 v 8 but the team in possession works to create 6 v 4 offensive superiority situations.

The game area is 55 x 45 yards and the game is played in two 15 minute halves.

The field is once again divided into four zones. This time each zone contains

1 Four Zone Game - Progression

By Renato Lopez Moreira - 

This is a progression of last week's 5 v 5 game to work spacing and player movement. We now play 8 v 8 The game area is 50 x 45 yards and it is played as two 15 minute halves. 

The field is once again divided into four zones. This time each zone contains

0 Four Zone Game

By Renato Lopez Moreira -  This is a 5 v 5 game to work spacing and player movement. The game area is 44 x 39 yards and it is played as two 10 minute halves.  The field is divided into four zones. Each zone contains an attacker and a defender. An additional attacker and defender begin

0 Coaching Team Shape in the 3-3-1

How many times do you hear coaches yelling, "Spread out, create space!" And how often do you see the players look around and not move much?

This is a sign that the players don't know where to go or how to move in relation to their team mates. This ability is not a natural one for most players. They need to be shown where to go to support their team mates while keeping proper spacing between themselves and their team mates.

A new book called, 'Coaching Team Shape in the 3-3-1' by Sean Pearson contains

2 Using Space and Moving Without the Ball

Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on using space, moving without the ball, finding the runner, communication and defending.

Start with a 40 x 40 grid with a 10 x 10 area in the middle

This is a simple possession game.  In this example we will