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Mark Robins

Mark Robins

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Create chances and score goals with attacking transitions

Create chances and score goals with attacking transitions

Transitions
This session creates opportunities for attacking transitions. Every aspect of play will be challenged, including the reaction of the players, the ball speed, and the pace and quality of the movement.
Angled runs in the final third to finish

Angled runs in the final third to finish

In Possession
This session is designed to encourage players to finish from angles in and around the box. It also brings into play the concept of finishing from the second phase of an attack, taking snap shots, rebounds, and being alert in the penalty box to any type of finish.
Attacking crosses in a 4-3-3

Attacking crosses in a 4-3-3

Systems of Play
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 link the game. It gives players plenty of opportunities to rehearse crosses from wide areas, as well as cut backs inside the penalty area, and it helps centre forwards to work on the timing of their link play and wide players to work on the timing of their runs in behind the full back to cross. It also helps develop a wide player’s ability to make support...
Passing Precision

Passing Precision

In Possession
This session combines short and long passing. It’s great for helping players use the ball in small and compacted areas, teaching them when to hold possession, and when to switch play.
Crossing and finishing

Crossing and finishing

In Possession
Crossing and finishing is an inherent part of attacking play, and this quick-paced session addresses that by working on creation of space and movement in the box.

Biography

After playing for Manchester United, Norwich City and Leicester City, Mark Robins moved into coaching with another former club, Rotherham, initially as head of youth before becoming manager in March 2007. Guiding them through a period of instability, he left the club at the top of League Two in September 2009 to take charge of Championship side Barnsley, who he saved from relegation. 


He has subsequently managed Huddersfield Town and Scunthorpe, and is currently in his second spell in charge of Coventry City. He won the FA Trophy with Coventry in 2017 and led the club to promotion to League One via the playoffs the following season. He secured the club promotion to the EFL Championship as League One winners in 2020 and was voted LMA League One Manager of the Year. He also took the club to a fifth place finish in the Championship and to the play-offs in 2023.


A graduate of the LMA’s Certificate of Applied Management, he also enjoyed a consultancy role with the Premier League on the Elite Player Performance Plan.

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