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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

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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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Gary Caldwell

PASSING AND RECEIVING

In this session, technical, physical and social elements combine into a passing and receiving practice that works on all elements of pass...

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Ross Embleton

Creating and finishing centrally

This session is focused on creating opportunities to score and finishing under pressure centrally in and around the penalty area. It help...

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Lee Johnson

Decision making in the final third

This session is all about recognising the best opportunities for playing through, over or around the opposition’s defence. For example, r...

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Phil Brown

Finishing with realism

This is a shooting and crossing session for a front three, generating shots from the edge of the penalty box, just inside the box and fro...

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Michael Beale

Improving the central diamond

This session is designed to improve team movement and rotations when in possession of the ball. The session shows the example of working ...

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Julen Lopetegui

Attacking the 4-4-2 diamond

The main goal of this session is to prepare a team set up in a 4-4-3 system to beat an opponent playing in a 4-4-2 diamond system, throug...

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Ian Foster

Counter-attacking 11v11 into a 7v3

This session examines how to counter-attack at speed, linking up play with strikers and using quick combinations to score.

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Scott Parker

Finding the third man

This session is about encouraging players to work in threes, using passing combinations to find the third man free of his defender. This ...

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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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John Coleman

Pressing defenders

This session is about pressing the ball in all areas, starting high up the pitch. It encourages players to make purposeful decisions whilst ...

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Anthony Hudson

Defending shape

This is a 10v10 practice that rehearses defensive shape, both in terms of zonal marking, pressing and defending deep. It’s used to help ...

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Jon Whitney

One-to-one fitness session

The session is designed to be delivered by a coach on a one-to-one basis and all exercises are based on the movement patterns and ...

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Martin Ling

Defending in the final third

This session examines defending in the final third, specifically through the organisation and movement of the back four.

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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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Darren Ferguson

Stepping out and creating overloads in a 3-5-2

The 3-5-2 formation remains hugely popular in modern football, though with so many teams becoming smart to its threat, we need players to ...

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Arsène Wenger

Arsène Wenger is one of the most successful managers in the game and has twice been a winner of the LMA manager of the Year award. In a 22-...

José Mourinho

Here is a man who ascended from a coaching role in schools football to the status of arguably the world’s most recognisable football ...

Jürgen Klopp

Klopp arrived at Liverpool with a track record of managerial success and a reputation as one of the most forward-thinking coaches in the ...

Mikel Arteta

After beginning his playing career with Barcelona, Arteta went onto represent PSG before arriving in British football in 2002 when he ...

Pep Guardiola

In his debut season as manager, he guided Barcelona to the treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League, becoming the ...

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Chris Davies

Attacking overloads and positional play

This session takes the form of a number of progressive exercises, each designed to develop players’ ability to progress the ball through ...

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Nathan Jones

When to press and when to drop

This session is all about teaching players when to press and when to drop as a defensive unit and it encourages them to identify and ...

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Neil Warnock

Defensive team shape

The key with this session is to teach defenders when to mark the man and when to mark space, with the philosophy of ‘being in position when ...

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Phil Parkinson

Improving the defence

This session begins with simple 1v1 and 2v2 defending exercises in order to rehearse players in the basics. It then progresses through ...

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Dave Bassett

Defensive understanding through heading

Use this session to improve understanding between your defenders and goalkeeper. It teaches them how to cope with long aerial deliveries, ...

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Stuart Pearce

Defending deep to counter-attack

This session looks at defending in your own half in order to counter-attack the opposition in an 11v11 practice.

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Michael Appleton

Receiving skills

Help players perfect receiving skills, whether that be on the front foot, back foot or the half turn; and whether as a result of one-, two- ...

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Paul Heckingbottom

Defending as a team

The aim of this session is to prevent the opposition from playing through your team’s midfield and then to regain the ball by ...

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