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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

Dribbling

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Gus Poyet

Transitioning to defence

This is a session we use to train our players to transition to defence after losing the ball. In doing so, we encourage them to react qui...

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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 ...

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James Marrs

Wide play

This session is all about exploiting the opposition in wide areas in order to gain the opportunity to either cross or shoot at goal. Our ...

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Nathan Jones

Improving counter-attacks

This counter-attacking session is built around our own counter-attacking principles. It progresses from a simple wave practice and eventu...

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Simon Weaver

Keeping possession and switching play

This is a possession game that we like to run, as it rehearses the players in transferring the ball and switching play when we have the o...

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Miguel Llera

Attacking and defending transitions

This session is focused on attacking and defending transitions. Transitions are one of the crucial moments in the game and the best teams...

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Darren Ferguson

Defending and attacking when overloaded

A progressive, multi-directional drill, this session is based around players attacking quickly whilst recognising and exploiting the spac...

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John Eustace

Attacking and defending transitions

This is a session designed to encourage the defending team to win the ball back and quickly play it forward to their attackers. The attac...

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Brian Dutton

Attacking and counter-pressing

This training session has all four aspects of the game rolled into one activity. We’re not only coaching attacking play, but also defence, ...

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Sam Allardyce

Counter-attacking with speed

This session is designed to improve a team’s threat when counter-attacking and it’s all about gaining an advantage by promoting a positive ...

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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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Steve Foley

Switching play

The main aim of this session is to encourage players to attempt to exploit space with overloads and speed. It also
helps the players to ...

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Keith Boanas

Wide dribbling and crossing

This session was designed through an analysis of player needs and it helps to create more positivity in attacking areas. It is aimed at ...

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Owen Coyle Junior

Finishing in and around the triangle

This session is based on creating opportunities to finish in and around the ‘triangle’, which is the zone that match analysis tells us is ...

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Ryan Giggs

Quick transitions

For the team in possession, this session is all about keeping the ball by making the pitch big and reacting quickly to the loss of ...

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Jack Ross

Improving the defence

This training session gives your players the opportunity to rehearse different kinds of defending, setting up situations where they are: ...

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Melanie Reay

Effective pressing

This session is all about getting the ball back as quickly as we can. We start with an activity focused on pressing in small groups to set ...

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Carlos Carvalhal

Passing and effective possession play

The aim of this session is to get players to use effective possession play as a tool to move and disorganise the opposition’s defence and ...

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Micky Mellon

Small-sided games

Small-sided games provide the best foundation for players when looking for them to rehearse the key technical and tactical elements that ...

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Neil Warnock

Quick movement in the final third

Quick, intelligent play in the final third is essential if a team is going to create and convert goalscoring opportunities. I like to run ...

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Matt Beard

Reinforcing team fundamentals

The main objective of this session is to make sure players are comfortable on the ball and confident in possession. It focuses on the ...

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David Artell

Playing through the thirds

This session is all about encouraging the team to play through the thirds, with a particular emphasis on keeping the ball on the floor in ...

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Gary Bowyer

Possession football

This session is not only about having an appreciation of the ball and keeping possession, but also looks at the importance of winning ...

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Roberto Martinez

The 1v1 situation

Any football game relies on being able to control 1v1 situations, in defence or in attack. In 1v1s, it’s not just the technical aspect of ...

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