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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

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Stevie Grieve

Passing and running in behind

With this training session we are looking to improve the habits of our players in terms of encouraging them to make that killer pass, wit...

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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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Stephen Clemence

Attacking patterns against a deep block

This session helps to break down opponents who set up in a deep block against us.

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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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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 pr...

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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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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 encourag...

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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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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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Stephen Robinson

Penetration in the final third

This session is about breaking lines and penetration. It focuses on getting the wide players, the midfielders and the centre forward ...

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Steve Cotterill

Crossing and finishing

This session is primarily about good quality crossing and finishing, but it also works on players making well-timed runs and improving the ...

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Carlos Carvalhal

Passing and effective possession play

The aim of this session is to get players to use effective possession play as a tool to move and disorganise the opposition’s defence and ...

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David Artell

Playing through the thirds

This session is all about encouraging the team to play through the thirds, with a particular emphasis on keeping the ball on the floor in ...

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Phil Parkinson

Running without the ball

We will practice this session at least once a fortnight. Running in behind without the ball is extremely valuable because it steers players ...

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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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David Unsworth

Wide players and shape

This session is about wide players making quick, dynamic, well-timed runs, so as to create goalscoring opportunities.

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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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Michael Duff

Breaking lines

This session is all about breaking lines in possession. Due to the way we play, our players need to be able to understand when to switch ...

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Alan Irvine

Blind side runs

This session is about developing blind side runs in the final third in order to break the last line of defence. It’s important to practise ...

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Kenny Dalglish

Attacking movement and interplay

This session helps improve movement and interplay between midfielders and forwards. It’s designed to encourage understanding between ...

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Steven Pressley

Don’t reinvent the wheel

This session is about short, sharp passing and use of possession. We use tight areas to improve players’ footwork and put demands on them ...

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Paul Buckle

Press & protect

This is a simple defensive session that encourages players to press high and press aggressively. It also conditions players to respond with ...

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Lee Johnson

Switching play

Use this session about switching play and switching the point of attack to show your players how to exploit space on the pitch and ...

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Paul Buckle

Passing between and through the lines

If your team is set up to pass the ball, use this session to practise passing through and around the lines of defence. It focuses on ...

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Perry Suckling

Goalkeeping 1v1

A goalkeeper must be quick to deal with a 1v1 situation. Not just quick footed, but quick thinking too. This training session creates just ...

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