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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

Speed

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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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Ange Postecoglou

Penetrating the final third

This session is all about penetration and it is focused on movement off the ball and on passing to penetrate. It begins with a passing dr...

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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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Aaron Callaghan

Efficient finishing

These exercises will help the midfield players to recognise space and encourage them to exploit it when in possession, as well as looking...

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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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Mitch Whitty

CONTINUOUS COUNTER-ATTACKING

This is an extremely high tempo session that focuses purely on counter-attacking to create overloads and fast transitions to set up as many ...

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Michael Carrick

Combining to progress through the pitch

This session is about working together to open up space on the pitch so the team can penetrate opponents quickly by passing forward and ...

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Veljko Paunović

General possession and tactical concepts

This session is about having possession in the opposition’s half of the pitch. It’s about looking to move the ball from side-to-side to get ...

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Gary Rowett

Defending and the transition to counter-attack

These activities are designed to move the ball with speed and quality along with getting players to transition quickly into counter-attacks....

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Alan Pardew

Defending crosses with a back three

This session is all about setting a team up in a 3-5-2 formation and coaching them to defend against crosses from wide areas. It initially ...

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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 ...

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Gavin Skelton

Counter-attacking

This session is all about counter-attacking at pace. It teaches players to quickly turn defence into attack while opponents are out of ...

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David Moyes

Pressing from the front

This session is all about developing an appetite and a strategy to impose a high press on opponents in the attacking third.

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Arsène Wenger

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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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Frankie McAvoy

Wide attacking in a 3-5-2 formation

This session is based on attacking at pace with wing backs in the wide areas of the pitch. It’s all about getting the wing backs into good ...

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Jonathan Morgan

Pressing to regain possession

This is a pressing session and it works on encouraging players to aggressively press and regain the ball quickly.
It focuses on an ...

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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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Daniel Farke

Building up through the centre against a low block

The session is about creating chances through the centre against teams that defend zonal orientated in a lower block.

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Mark Robins

Angled runs in the final third to finish

This session is designed to encourage players to finish from angles in and around the box. It also brings into play the concept of ...

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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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Vicky Jepson

Transition from defence to attack

This session is all about counter- attacking and making the quick transition from defence to attack. It rehearses players in the movements ...

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Pep Guardiola

Creating and finishing

This session is all about creating and finishing from a variety of distances and positions in and around the box. The majority of chances ...

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