Chris Davies

Coaching Sessions

Building an attack against a high press

Attacking

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 ever want to build attacks from their goalkeeper, and in turn more teams than ever are looking to counter this by pressing high.

Attacking overloads and positional play

Attacking

This session takes the form of a number of progressive exercises, each designed to develop players’ ability to progress the ball through the pitch.

Biography

Chris Davies is an assistant manager at Leicester City. The 34-year-old has a UEFA Pro Licence and Sports Science Degree from Loughborough University, and was an integral part of the Liverpool coaching set-up that almost saw the Reds clinch the league title in 2014. He has worked alongside Brendan Rodgers for most of a decade, at Swansea, Liverpool, Celtic and Leicester. He was an academy player at Reading under Rodgers, and a Welsh youth international, before injury cut short his career.

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