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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

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Individual positional training within a group
Willie Kirk

Individual positional training within a group

We want to expose every player to as many position specific technical actions as possible within a team session that has tactical element...
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Defensive headers
David Kemp

Defensive headers

This session examines the skill and art of defensive headers. It’s a simple exercise, but practice makes permanent.
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Crossing and finishing from wide areas
Gary Bowyer

Crossing and finishing from wide areas

This session is about crossing and finishing from wide areas, and is one we’ll perform up to three times a week because in Jordan Rhodes ...
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Pressing within a shape
Lee Carsley

Pressing within a shape

Pressing within a shape is a vital part of any team’s set-up. It ensures strength, control and organisation, and provides a crucial eleme...
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Build-up play in a 4-3-3
Jim Bentley

Build-up play in a 4-3-3

This session is about playing out from the back in a 4-3-3 formation, coaching players on how to move the ball well and build through the...
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Technical training session
Anthony Hudson

Technical training session

This is a broad training session that enables players to practise a range of skills across multiple exercises.
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Balancing the back four
Andy Thorn

Balancing the back four

This session is about the back four working as a unit. It looks for them to clear the ball past a target when dealing with a range of del...
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Crossing and finishing with shooting scenarios
Justin Edinburgh

Crossing and finishing with shooting scenarios

Being clinical in front of goal when chances arrive can be the difference between winning and losing, so make sure your strikers are read...

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The power of positioning
Ronald Koeman

The power of positioning

In every game, we aim to be dominant in terms of good possession and good movement. So, this session is about players adopting learned and ...
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Switch of play with counter-attack
Derek Adams

Switch of play with counter-attack

Run this session when playing against teams who are going to attack directly – it works by allowing the opposition to come on to you before ...
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Crossing and finishing
Steve Lovell

Crossing and finishing

Create situations where wide players are encouraged to use as many different kinds of crossing technique as possible to set up goal-scoring ...
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Counter-attacking short and long
Shaun Derry

Counter-attacking short and long

This session covers accuracy of passing both in deep areas of the pitch and in and around the goal. It also showcases combination play of ...
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Shooting from outside the box
Mark Stimson

Shooting from outside the box

A shooting session that really gets played in the mood to attack. It’s sometimes assumed that ‘distance’ attacking practices such as this ...
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Physical and technical drill
Sam Allardyce

Physical and technical drill

This is a high intensity football-specific conditioning drill, designed to challenge players both technically and physically.

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