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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

Receiving the ball

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Manisha Tailor

Pivot play and forward running

This session is about encouraging pivot play, with an emphasis on midfield movement.

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Tony Morton

Receiving and combining in crowded areas

This session is all about encouraging players to play with their heads up and to make the most of their opportunities to both pass and re...

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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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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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Mick McCarthy

Forward play

This session is all about understanding forward patterns of play. It’s a session that encourages team play in order to create plenty of g...

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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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Mark Hudson

Attacking transition from a fight zone

This session is all about rehearsing players to make the transition from defence to attack. It is made up of two parts: the first part is...

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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, ...

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Nigel Clough

Finish the attack

This session is all about link-up play in the final third of the pitch and it focuses on attacking crosses and finishing, whilst ...

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Nuno Espirito Santo

Game fundamentals

This game-based session is designed to focus on, and drill down on, some of the simple game fundamentals inside of our process. In a simple ...

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Chris Davies

Building an attack against a high press

The build-up phase can be defined as the process of progressing the ball into the opposition’s half. In modern football, more teams than ...

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Mark Bonner

Playing forwards through midfield

This session is all about the movement of midfield players and their receiving skills to pass forward.

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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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Chris Beech

Movement to receive the ball

This session is all about encouraging players to constantly make angles to get on the ball. It’s about providing space for others and ...

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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Attacking transitions

This is a tactical training session based around reacting quickly to the attacking transition and it rehearses players to win the ball and ...

Featured Coaches

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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Paulo Sousa

Attacking play

This session is for offensive play situations when in possession. We will work on aspects of assertive communication, what each player ...

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Stuart Gray

Possession drills with players in position

The aim of the session is for players to try and keep possession in order to dominate the game. It’s also designed to encourage players to ...

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Graham Taylor OBE

Possession and scoring

My players tend to run out of ideas in the final third. How can I get them to take better advantage of the opportunities around them?

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Malky Mackay

Striker combinations and link play

This session is about striker combinations and link-up play in the final third. It’s important to practise these because we’re frequently ...

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Tony Mowbray

Playing and receiving through the lines

This session is about passing and receiving through the lines of the opposition.

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Kevin Thelwell

Developing build-up play through quick passing

This session is specifically about build-up play and providing players with the opportunity to understand specific patterns of play. It’s ...

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David Flitcroft

Playing through the thirds with your number 10 as a playmaker

This session looks at retaining possession in aiming to find the number 10 (the attacking midfielder) in between the lines.

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Sir Alex Ferguson

My philosophy

My key football philosophy has always been to make sure my teams keep hold of the ball. The use of possession in creating space and ...

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