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0 Full Sided Progression

By Steven Smith This progression is designed to take a team from small-sided play to full sided play with focus on each level of the progression. The coach must emphasize the key needed tactical progression for the team as needed. Activity 1: Heads Up Warm Up Setup: A large grid is set up with multiple obstacles

0 Winger Play and Possession

By Steven Smith This session is designed to emphasize winger play to encourage outside to inside attacking patterns. The build-up occurs with smaller sides of play (numbers) and increases to include large sided play. Coaching should encourage players to play to targets on the inside of the field but then find wingers. Each activity can have

0 Play the Wings Out

By Mike Smith I wrote an article on “ funneling” as a defensive system to use when playing a superior opponent. The funnel shape, a 4-3-2-1 was used to fall back into after an attack to hold the middle and bait the opponent out wide before pinching them in on the line. Funneling is great against

0 Wingers cutting inside from wide positions

By Philip Joe Cauchi Within a 1-4-3-3 system of play the wingers’ function might differ according to the role within the team and their playing characteristics. However, a common aim we find in all wingers is to stretch the opposition’s defence to create gaps in the back line. They themselves might use this space (as

0 Direct play through the wings

By Alex Trukan Attacking down the wings requires players that are quick, direct and able to combine with others or win their individual duel against the defender. However, it is not only individual players that make wide play effective. Direct play through the wings should be a collective action of the whole team with appropriate

0 Wingers coming inside to receive

By Alex Trukan Modern central midfielders are becoming more and more fluid and flexible with their movements. They often vacate spaces in the middle of the pitch and make runs into wide areas or forwards. This has big implications for other positions around them. Wingers have to become much more flexible and willing to take

0 Role of the Wide Players in the 4-2-3-1

By Sean Pearson With the new USSF mandated birth year and small sided games changes there is a lot of trial and error regarding formations and systems of play. Instead of 8v8 formations, as coaches, we are now trying to figure out how to position our players in the new 7 v 7 and 9

0 Analysis of the ‘1v1’ Situation - Part 2

By Alex Trukan First part of the article covered brief introduction as well as different types of ‘1v1’ situations according to the position of the defender. The second part of the article will look more critically at the whole concept of ‘1v1’ situation and how it is understood and coached. In order to better understand

0 Analysis of the ‘1v1’ Situation - Part 1

By Alex Trukan Dominating 1v1 situations has been a widely discussed topic over the last years. Many clubs have chosen to design their philosophy around this area stating that they want to consistently win ‘1v1’ situations both in attack and defence. That approach can be adapted at all levels of the game, whether it’s U6’s

0 Alternative Ways to Use Wingers

By Alex Trukan Position of a winger has primary importance in the attacking strategy of many teams. Initially, their responsibilities were based around winning duels on the wings as well as delivering crosses into the box. However, that has evolved over the last years and now being a winger requires more versatile abilities and intelligence

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