Mark Hudson

Coaching Sessions

Improving transitions

Transitions

This training session is designed to create multiple opportunities for players to instantly switch from an attacking moment to a defensive action and vice versa.

Attacking transition from a fight zone

Attacking

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 5v5 transition end zone game and as the session progresses it culminates in an 11v11 ‘fight zone’ practice with transitions.

Biography

Beginning his professional football career coming through the ranks at Fulham, Mark Hudson went on to play as a centre back with Oldham, Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Cardiff City, but it was after hanging up his boots at Huddersfield Town in 2017 that he turned to coaching.

Joining Huddersfield’s backroom team, he was soon appointed manager of the U23 squad. He also enjoyed two spells as the club’s caretaker manager in 2019, including taking charge of Town’s Premier League fixture with Manchester City.

In November 2021 Hudson rejoined his former club, Cardiff City, as a first-team coach and late the following year he was promoted to the role of manager after an impressive spell in a caretaker role.

Hudson left Cardiff City in January 2023.

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