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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

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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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Steve Clarke

Attacking patterns of play

This training session is all about building up play in the middle third in a 3-4-3 formation. It’s important at any level to give players...

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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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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 ho...

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Veljko Paunović

Finishing patterns in the final third

This session is designed to rehearse players in the kind of attacking patterns we want them to use when playing in a 4-2-3-1 shape. The f...

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Darren Moore

Counter-attacking

This session is aimed at counter-attacking the opposition, either from deep or from the middle third. It also focuses on exploiting attac...

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League Managers Association

True blue coaching

In 2001 Emma Hayes gave up a steady job and headed to the USA to work for $100 a week. Fifteen years on from that first coaching job and ...

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Ben Garner

Intense pressing and recovery

This session focuses on pressing and recovering with intensity. Within the session there is a position-specific element, where the players ...

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John Carver

Transition to attack from a low block

This session is all about turning defence into attack from the edge of our own box in a controlled and effective manner.

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Neil Ardley

Defending principles in units

This session is about working with team mates to stop opposition teams playing beyond you, by simple balance and communication that can be ...

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Keith Hill

Improving attacking players in and around the box

This session improves attacking players in key skill areas – namely in pre-movement (dynamic and elusive), penetration (with and without ...

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Mark Robins

Attacking crosses in a 4-3-3

This session focuses on attacking crosses when playing in a 4-3-3 formation and looks at what happens when the centre forward drops deep to ...

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Graeme Jones

Position-specific possession

This session looks at how players should adapt their possession habits depending on where they find themselves on the pitch.

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Paul Lambert

Defensive dexterity

This session is about defending, both individually and as a unit. It’s crucial we practise this because we need defenders to recognise when ...

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John Still

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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Jon Whitney

One-to-one fitness session

The session is designed to be delivered by a coach on a one-to-one basis and all exercises are based on the movement patterns and ...

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Jim Cassell

Development without pressure

This practice is aimed at encouraging players to develop their decision-making. It’s done by allowing them to make choices without pressure ...

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Roberto Di Matteo

Attacking Aims

This session improves and develops attacking balance when going forward.
Often we have to switch play or break out at pace, and it’s ...

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Carlo Ancelotti

Overlapping against a low defensive block and in counter attacking

This session focuses on attacking play and, in particular, the use of overlaps to create and exploit space, a fundamental principle of ...

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Dave Jones

Penalty box battles

Defending is a skill that needs practice, as much as dribbling or passing. Within that, it’s vital that players win their 1v1 duels, ...

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Alex McLeish

Running in behind

Use this exercise to practise simple movements that are related to improving a player’s awareness of space, developing game intelligence, ...

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Karl Robinson

Pressing

Pressing is important in all areas of the pitch. In this session we look at pressing technique, the relationships between players, and the ...

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Wayne Burnett

Playing through midfield

Playing through midfield with confidence and precision is vital for any team - use this session to coach players how to receive, pass and ...

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