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Four day build up to playing 3-4-3
Chris Hughton

Four day build up to playing 3-4-3

This session was taken from the four day period between games in our recent international week. In my time as Ghana coach, we have always...
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Attacking movement in a 4-3-2-1 formation
Carlo Ancelotti

Attacking movement in a 4-3-2-1 formation

This session is based on tactical work, movement and patterns of play in the middle and attacking thirds of the field.
It uses a 4-3...
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Defensive organisation playing 3-4-3
Steve Bruce

Defensive organisation playing 3-4-3

This session is all about defensive organisation when playing in a 3-4-3. More specifically, it is focused on pressing in the middle thir...
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Shaping a 3-5-2 formation
Craig Brown

Shaping a 3-5-2 formation

This training session is about maximising the full potential of the 3-5-2 system, which was very much in vogue in the 1990s. The formatio...
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Stepping out and creating overloads in a 3-5-2
Darren Ferguson

Stepping out and creating overloads in a 3-5-2

The 3-5-2 formation remains hugely popular in modern football, though with so many teams becoming smart to its threat, we need players to...
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Possession & transition
Daniel Farke

Possession & transition

This session involves many important topics from our football philosophy, such as possession and transition after winning or losing the b...
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Build-up play in a 4-3-3
Jim Bentley

Build-up play in a 4-3-3

This session is about playing out from the back in a 4-3-3 formation, coaching players on how to move the ball well and build through the...
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Positivity and awareness
Willy Donachie

Positivity and awareness

This session teaches players to stay positive and aware in game situations, with a focus on moving play forward at all times. It encourag...

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Exploiting possession
Tony Mowbray

Exploiting possession

This session is focused on creating opportunities from possession. Every team should work on their ability to maintain and exploit ...
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Match preparation
Gabriele Cioffi

Match preparation

This session is focussed on preparing players for an upcoming opponent, specifically with regard to getting them to understand their ...
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Match preparation
Terry Butcher

Match preparation

This is the kind of training session I run with my teams in the build up to a match. It helps to rehearse the formation and shape we are ...
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Playing through the thirds
Russell Slade

Playing through the thirds

Help your players master basic elements such as movement and rotation in receiving the ball. It’s really important to practise these ...
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Possession principles
André Villas-Boas

Possession principles

Throughout this session you will work on possession principles, focusing on build-up play from the back and the mobility of the team.
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Improve possession to penetrate
Darren Kelly

Improve possession to penetrate

Through a series of activities, this session stresses the importance of combination play, both in the central midfield and out on the wings,...
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Running in behind
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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Finding the free player
Gus Poyet

Finding the free player

Do you find that your team has most of the ball yet finds it difficult to break through in the final third? Use this session to get your ...
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Forward play in 3-4-3
Stephen Robinson

Forward play in 3-4-3

Creating and linking forward play in the attacking third of the pitch is often the decisive factor in winning games. Creating the link up ...
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Transition game
Aidy Boothroyd

Transition game

Help your players feel comfortable when keeping the ball in tight areas with this session which is based on defending in overloads yet ...
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Decisions, pressure, possession
Mike Phelan

Decisions, pressure, possession

Use this full squad session to work on passing out from the back and making the right decisions to pass and keep possession. Its focus ...
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High press
Edu Rubio

High press

Pressing high gives your team the chance to regain possession as soon as possible. This session will help both individual roles and team ...
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Build-up versus counter
Tony Loughlan

Build-up versus counter

A great session for player understanding, in terms of how ‘build-up’ can look like ‘counter’. Also, great for tactical awareness – we can ...
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Playing through teams in a 4-4-2 formation
Darren Ferguson

Playing through teams in a 4-4-2 formation

Try this session to get your wide players or strikers receiving in between the lines. The focus is on quality of passing and timing of ...
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Defensive organisation
Brendan Rodgers

Defensive organisation

The idea with this session is to press high up the pitch to win the ball – this means that the defence must move up quickly to cover any ...
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Counter-attacking from deep
Michael O'Neill

Counter-attacking from deep

Away from home in international football we always have a deeper defensive position as a team and, therefore, to have attacking threat, we ...

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