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Switching play
Eddie Howe

Switching play

This session is made up of three activities, each with a switch of play featured as part of its make-up.
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Unlocking the wing backs
Neill Collins

Unlocking the wing backs

This session is designed to teach teams to utilise the wing backs in build-up play and attack.
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Building the attack and third player runs
Darren Carter

Building the attack and third player runs

When in possession, this session is all about building from the back and receiving under pressure.
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Play around to play through
Emma Hayes

Play around to play through

This session has a focus on attacking strategy and we used it prior to a Champion’s League game. It allows the team to execute our build ...
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Counter-attacking
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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Transitioning to defence
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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Attacking and defending in wide and central areas
Alex Bruce

Attacking and defending in wide and central areas

In this session two teams work on attacking and defending in wide and central areas of the pitch
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Creating space in midfield
Steve Foley

Creating space in midfield

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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Efficient finishing
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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COUNTER-ATTACKING WITH SPEED
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 on ...
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Creating Scoring Opportunities
Nigel Pearson

Creating Scoring Opportunities

This session is about attacking with purpose and quality. It focuses on developing good combination play between attacking players and ...
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PASSING AND RECEIVING
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 ...
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CONTINUOUS COUNTER-ATTACKING
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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INDIRECT MOVES IN THE FINAL THIRD
Luke Webb

INDIRECT MOVES IN THE FINAL THIRD

This session is all about possession solutions and it teaches players how to perform indirect moves and movements in the final third of the ...
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Forward play
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 ...
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Combining to progress through the pitch
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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Attacking against a 1-5-3-2 formation
Julen Lopetegui

Attacking against a 1-5-3-2 formation

The main aim of this session is to prepare a team playing in a 1-4-4-3 system with a possession style, to beat an opponent playing in a 1-5-...
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Wide play
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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General possession and tactical concepts
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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Building up
Bruno Lage

Building up

This session is about building up play from the goalkeeper and the centre backs and it is intended to develop and improve circulation and ...
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Defending and the transition to counter-attack
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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Improving counter-attacks
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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Pressing with team connectivity to score more
Tony Mowbray

Pressing with team connectivity to score more

This session is all about encouraging the different units of a team to connect together to win the ball back from an opponent and create ...
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Attacking transition from a fight zone
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 a ...

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