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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

Tracking runners

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Creating Scoring Opportunities
Nigel Pearson

Creating Scoring Opportunities

This session is about attacking with purpose and quality. It focuses on developing good combination play between attacking players and pr...
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CONTINUOUS COUNTER-ATTACKING
Mitch Whitty

CONTINUOUS COUNTER-ATTACKING

This is an extremely high tempo session that focuses purely on counter-attacking to create overloads and fast transitions to set up as ma...
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Angled runs in the final third to finish
Mark Robins

Angled runs in the final third to finish

This session is designed to encourage players to finish from angles in and around the box. It also brings into play the concept of finish...
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Compact defending
Christopher Evans

Compact defending

This session is all about learning how to defend in our own half, while tactically forcing the opposition into wide areas and encouraging...
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Preventing crosses
Steve Davis

Preventing crosses

This session is about full-backs and wingers stopping crosses into the penalty area.

Most attacks come from out wide, so the abi...
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Improving the defence
Phil Parkinson

Improving the defence

This session begins with simple 1v1 and 2v2 defending exercises in order to rehearse players in the basics. It then progresses through pr...
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Decisive defending
Roberto Mancini

Decisive defending

Use this exclusive session to focus on showing the opposition outside from the front, incorporating solid formation play and effective co...
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Defensive principles
Roy Hodgson

Defensive principles

All basic defending principles can be developed and practised with this session, particularly holding up attacks, pushing up from the bac...

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Defending as individuals and pairs
Steve Bruce

Defending as individuals and pairs

We often think of the defence as a unit comprising four or more players, but it’s common for one or two defenders to find themselves in ...

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