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Out of Possession

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Eric Steele

Possession with keepers

This is a focused possession practice that uses keepers at every opportunity, engaging them as key players in overloads and ball retention.

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Adrian Tucker

Close range blocking for keepers

Develop the speed of your goalkeepers' close-range reactions by getting them to use different techniques to secure, block, parry or defle...

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Andy Leaning

Shot-stopping for keepers

This high tempo session is used to improve a goalkeeper’s footwork and mobility around the six-yard box. It helps him to move into line a...

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John Townson

High press to score goals

This session is all about attacking without the ball by using a high press to score goals. It focuses on good intensity in the press, kee...

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Andy Quy

Great goalkeeping

This is a session for goalkeepers that teaches and rehearses dealing with crosses, both opposed and unopposed, and in the context of a sm...

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Dave Beasant

Angled shot stopping

This session is focused on angled shot-stopping. It looks at the principles of moving around the goal in order to give a keeper the best ...

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Neil Cutler

Dealing with crosses

This session is designed to help goalkeepers deal with crosses of different heights, power and trajectories. It will not only show them t...

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Jay Bradford

Pressing from a mid-block

This session allows players to understand when and how to press from a mid-block. By starting as a structured block the session’s progres...

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Leam Richardson

Counter-pressing with attacking transitions

This session has many individual/unit and team actions in the practices, with a clear understanding of how to exploit defensive ...

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Tony Caig

Shot-stopping

This is a major part of the goalkeeper’s on-pitch diet. There are elements of technicality within the practice but it quickly grows into ...

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Paul Robinson

Crossing, finishing and defending

The balls start from the central area of the exercise with the coach. Players who are working start in the centre, alongside the coach, ...

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Dave Challinor

Pressing and transition

This session really brings everything that my teams do. It’s the first one I do when I go into any club, because it just sets the tone: ...

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Chris Butler

Defending the goal and goal area

This session is designed around the decision-making of when, how and why to use the spread technique in 1v1 situations.

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Lee Johnson

Problem v problem

This session is all about solving problems as a defending team.

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Marcos Abad

Flow the risk

This is a goal kick session leading on to the transition between attack and defence; it moves from some specific goalkeeping drills to a ...

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Jesse Marsch

Pressing principles

When we press, we need to think not just about winning the ball but about how to turn it into chances and ultimately into goals.

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Kolo Toure

Counter-pressing

When you counter-press, you allow yourself to win the ball back and play as quick as possible forward to create a goal opportunity, or you ...

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Jim O'Connor

Banks of four compact

The session is based around being compact and difficult to play through in both our defensive and midfield units.

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Quinton Fortune

Sunflower positioning

The focus of this session is looking at the full-back - in this instance, the left-back’s - body position.

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Michael Skubala

Counter-pressing principles and rest defence

The session is about the moment the team loses the ball in certain situations, and how we then want the team to react with performance ...

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Darrell Clarke

Out of possession match preparation

The session is based around an out of possession practice when concentrating on preparing for a league fixture against a 3-5-2 formation.

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Kris Dixon

Goalkeeper out of possession: defending the goal centrally from 0-12 yards

The session is focused on the goalkeepers utilising the most effective technical choices.

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James McPike

Developing a determination and resilient mindset towards 1v1 duels

The session is about an individual’s ability to show determination and resilience when defending 1v1.

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Steven Schumacher

Counter-attacking

The session has two main focuses: counter attacking and exploiting overload situations and defensive principles, which will allow the ...

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