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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

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David Horseman

Pressing from the front

This session is designed to improve the defensive structure and behaviours of the team when the ball is wide through realistic games situ...

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Neil Lennon

Counter-attacking and counter-pressing

The basis of this training session is counter-attacking and counter-pressing. We start with a tactical passing drill and then we go into ...

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Valerien Ismael

Counter-pressing

This session is all about counter-pressing and it encourages a high intensity style of play and instant reactions from the players.

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Liam Bramley

Counter-attacking on transitions

This session focuses on the transitional moment of regaining possession of the ball.

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Cameron Toshack

Defensive transition into effective possession

This session is focused on two main themes: defensive transition (against the ball) and regaining to build effective possession (with the...

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Lewis Young

Counter-attacking

This training session is based on both aspects of the counter-attack, offering the defensive side of the team solutions to dealing with c...

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Paul Mcguinness

Win the ball and break

This session is about winning the ball back and breaking quickly to score – it’s based in the middle third of the pitch but the skills le...

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John Townson

High press to score goals

This session is all about attacking without the ball by using a high press to score goals. It focuses on good intensity in the press, kee...

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Michael Beale

COUNTER-ATTACKING WITH SPEED

This session focuses on fast counter-attacking football when winning the ball. The moment a team regains possession, regardless of where on ...

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Jonathan Morgan

Pressing to regain possession

This is a pressing session and it works on encouraging players to aggressively press and regain the ball quickly.
It focuses on an ...

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Grant McCann

Reaction to transitions

This session is about the players and their reactions to transitions, both in an attacking sense and a defensive sense. It’s all about how ...

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Mark Warburton

Defending the penalty area

This is a session designed to focus on defending our own penalty area, primarily from crossed deliveries, but as the session develops we ...

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Mark Yates

Reorganising for the second phase of crossing

This session is about defending the second ball. There are a number of teams in our league who use crosses into the box as a key repetitive ...

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Joe Dunne

Defending the phases from crosses

This session helps players improve their ability to defend the first ball into the box, then subsequent phases of crosses.

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Steve Kean

Pressing and closing down

This session is all about individual players closing down the opposition when they have the ball. I have developed this session over the ...

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Wayne Burnett

Defenders' decision making

My defenders are technically proficient, but they often make wrong decisions. How can I improve their understanding of key technical and ...

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Eddie Niedzwiecki

Changing play in midfield

This session focuses on awareness in midfield, encouraging players to build a better understanding of where they should expect their team ...

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Kevin Blackwell

Pressing as a unit

This session is used throughout the season, particularly when there is a rest from the intense fixture schedule. It’s great for enabling ...

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Paul Buckle

Block and counter from halfway

The philosophy of this session is based on the idea that it’s okay for the opposition to have the ball as long as our players are organised ...

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Paul Lambert

Defensive dexterity

This session is about defending, both individually and as a unit. It’s crucial we practise this because we need defenders to recognise when ...

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Alex Neil

Beating a high press

The purpose of this session is to help us in our preparation for a match day when we’re due to face a high-pressing team who are very ...

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Jamie Hoyland

The dedicated defence

This session is all about defensive positions. It looks at how players should act when the opposing team has the ball, working firstly with ...

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Tanya Oxtoby

Defending principles

This session is about players developing their decision-making skills by executing our defending principles at the right times and in the ...

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Keith Hill

Defending in and around the box

This session is about defending the 18-yard box when in control and when in states of ‘chaos’. It’s a great practice that improves both ...

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