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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

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Manisha Tailor

Pivot play and forward running

This session is about encouraging pivot play, with an emphasis on midfield movement.

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Willie Kirk

Individual positional training within a group

We want to expose every player to as many position specific technical actions as possible within a team session that has tactical element...

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Paul Mcguinness

Win the ball and break

This session is about winning the ball back and breaking quickly to score – it’s based in the middle third of the pitch but the skills le...

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Gus Poyet

Transitioning to defence

This is a session we use to train our players to transition to defence after losing the ball. In doing so, we encourage them to react qui...

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Alex Bruce

Attacking and defending in wide and central areas

In this session two teams work on attacking and defending in wide and central areas of the pitch

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Alan Pardew

Defending crosses with a back three

This session is all about setting a team up in a 3-5-2 formation and coaching them to defend against crosses from wide areas. It initiall...

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Darren Ferguson

Defending and attacking when overloaded

A progressive, multi-directional drill, this session is based around players attacking quickly whilst recognising and exploiting the spac...

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Mikel Arteta

Key attacking and defending concepts in game scenarios

This session was run during the international break and it had as its main target the refreshing of some of our key concepts for dealing ...

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Tony Mowbray

Playing and receiving through the lines

This session is about passing and receiving through the lines of the opposition.

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Mark Yates

Reorganising for the second phase of crossing

This session is about defending the second ball. There are a number of teams in our league who use crosses into the box as a key repetitive ...

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Gary Rowett

Defending the danger zone

This session is designed to work on defending in the ‘danger zone’, but it also works on attacking in the danger zone too. Studies have ...

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Wayne Burnett

Defenders' decision making

My defenders are technically proficient, but they often make wrong decisions. How can I improve their understanding of key technical and ...

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Jon Whitney

One-to-one fitness session

The session is designed to be delivered by a coach on a one-to-one basis and all exercises are based on the movement patterns and ...

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Gareth Ainsworth

Defending crosses

This session is all about defending against crosses in and around the penalty area. It allows us to work with the players on their ...

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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 ability for ...

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Joe Montemurro

Attacking in central areas

This session is about identifying opportunities to play forwards in central areas. It shows players how to create central overloads and ...

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Phil Parkinson

Defending positions

Use this defensive practice to teach players how to hold the line, whilst defending threats that emerge through the middle as well as from ...

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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 ...

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Dave Jones

Defending as a back four unit

Get your back four working as a unit, whilst developing a clear understanding of defensive roles. This will create a solidity that is ...

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Darren Sarll

Creating overloads in defence

Get your defenders creating 2v1s at the back to restrict the attacking threat. You want to see them efficiently and effectively closing ...

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Javi Gracia

Defending crosses

This is a session to improve both individual and team defending when an attack comes from wide and balls are crossed into the box.

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Simon Grayson

Defending crosses

Challenge your players to properly defend crosses into the 18-yard box with this session that examines the requirements of technique, ...

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Jon Whitney

The art of pressing

Use this session to help develop the technique of pressing and encourage players to think about who they press, how they press and when ...

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Alan Pardew

Defending crosses

You only have to look at the number of goals scored from crosses to know why it’s important for to practise this session. It works ...

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