By Philip Cauchi Question - My U16 team has had numerous difficulties with transitioning to the attack due to lack of central midfield play. Unfortunately I have lost my excellent CMF long term and we are struggling to adapt. Player pool is limited so we need to use what we have. I have always put
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This week's Animated Drills Video looks at a great possession activity that will not only train your players ability to keep the ball but also to find the moment to go forward. Having an odd number of players in practice can make it difficult to find creative ways to keep all of the players involved.
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By Sean Reed - Objective This session focus’s on putting players into competitive races, which can challenges aspects of movement including their acceleration, deceleration, speed and movement. This session can be used as part of the warm-up. Set Up – Races without the ball The session is set up with a middle area (home) with
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By Sean Reed - Objective This session focuses on possession with an overload, managing possession within a small area, working on passing and supporting angles. The team defending are looking to win possession of the ball to encourage a positive transition. Set Up – Transition The session is set up in an area 15-20yds x
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By Steven Smith This training session is designed to teach the team the importance of transitioning up and down the field while still focusing on lateral wing play. If teams are able to get the ball to the wing on the attack or for targets coming out of the back then the rest of the team
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By Alex Trukan This practice is aimed at developing players’ aerobic power which is responsible for recovery speed in between high intensity actions. Players with more powerful aerobic system will be able to make more sprints and bursts with their fatigue building up slower. This game also focuses on possession to play away from pressure
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By Steven Smith Two versus Two Transition to Goal Setup: Two full size goals are set up 36 yards apart facing each other and players are placed evenly at each post with balls at the right posts of both goals ready to enter into play. Goalkeepers occupy each of the goals. This activity is extremely demanding
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By Sean Pearson Area Size: 28 x 32 Yards Time: 15 mins Players: 4 v 4 + 1 Objectives To force turnovers with a connected press. To keep the ball afterwards and be able to make a quick decision on what to do with the ball. Set-Up One area with 4 goals and 4 coned areas in front
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By Alex Trukan Passing backwards is generally considered by many fans as boring and rather pointless. Although, going backwards is probably more common for possession tiki-taka type of tactics, it is still considered as undesirable, with the highest priority to go forwards whenever possible. Completely agreed, however, regardless of the team’s style of play, a
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By Sean Reed - Objective This session will focus on the transition from an attacking phase to a defending phase with an overload. Set Up – 1st Phase Diagram 1 Set Up 12 Outfield players and 2 Goalkeepers The pitch is 2x penalty boxes with an extra 5yds Team in Red bibs start with 3
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By Alex Trukan Transition to attack starts when a team is still defending and out of possession. Their defensive strategy and shape will influence the options available upon winning the ball back. Not only the pressing line will influence the distance to the opposition goal when the ball is won but also the amount of
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By Alex Trukan With many teams being reactive and very effective on the counter attack, it is important for our teams to be able to deal with that. Preventing the counter attack and winning the ball back or forcing the opposition to be more patient going forwards will prevent the team from being caught outnumbered
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By Sean Reed - Objective This session can focus on both attacking and defending play. The focus for the purpose of this session will be on attacking play and exploiting the overload. Session 1 Diagram 1 Set Up Working within the penalty area up towards the edge of the centre circle Each side 5yds inside
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By Sean Reed - Objective This session works on transition and focusing on the next phase. Looking to exploit and limit opportunities depending on the transition phase. Session 1 Diagram 1 Set Up Working with 12 + players Players are split into 3 teams Working with a circle (other areas can be used) Size of the area
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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 This session focuses on attacking and transitions. Set-Up In an area approximately 40 yards x 40 yards you will have two teams playing 5 v 5
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By Sean Reed - Objective This is a game that can be used in the early parts of the session and can be linked within some of the speed work. Session 1 Diagram 1 Set Up 5 v 5 2x Areas (20x20yds) width of Penalty box apart. See diagram 1 One team starts with possession; objective is to
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This week's Animated Drill Video is of a possession activity that I first saw done by ACF Fiorentina during a coach's tour we organized to Italian Professional Clubs. It's a great variation on the 4 v 1 rondo game that many of us use with our teams. The diagram is being created with the session planner
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By Alex Trukan This game is focused on developing anaerobic energy system which is responsible for high intensity, short actions during the match. It is especially important in transition phases when every second counts. Both in transition to defence and attack, speed of reaction is crucial. This practice challenges players to make quick decisions upon
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This week's Animated Drill Video is about a small-sided game that can be scaled to fit the number of players you're training and focus on a number of topics. You can train quick passing and support to penetrate through the lines of pressure or focus on the defense and work on the shape and movement
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