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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

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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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Paul Hurst

Effective counter-attacking

This session is based on encouraging players to make counter-attacks and it emphasises forward runs and playing forward quickly when poss...

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Joao Nuno Fonseca

Playing behind pressing lines

This session focuses on creating the opportunity to have the ball at our disposal to move or drag the opponent and find the proper spaces...

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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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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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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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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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Steve Morison

Managing transitions with and without the ball

This session is about making decisions in a controlled setting in order to make thinking and problem solving on game day much easier.

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Chris Coleman

Shooting practice

This is a straightforward three-station shooting drill, constructed in blocks of four sequences that have multiple actions per player in ...

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Jesse Marsch

Counter-Pressing

This session is focused on our ability to counter-press. This is an essential behaviour in our game model and it’s independent of ...

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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 helps ...

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Steven Gerrard

Creativity in the final third

This session is designed to help a team’s creativity in the final third. It looks to provide opportunities for the players to create goal-...

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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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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 ...

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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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Quick transitions

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Front to back

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Defensive transition

A defensive transition session. It helps to get players into the habit of reacting immediately after losing possession and works on ...

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Defending set plays

A high percentage of goals are scored from set plays. For that reason, it is vitally important to create a skill set in players which ...

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Shelley Kerr

Preparation for defending

This training plan is designed to focus on defending against an opponent whose key threats are identified and incorporated within the ...

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Darrel Clarke

‘Keep ball’ and counter shooting

This session is about keeping hold of the ball and making good use of it in transitions (as we might do with counter-attacks in games). It ...

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Stuart Gray

Mastering possession

This is a competitive session devised of two similar games. It involves players being put under pressure in keeping possession, and also ...

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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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