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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

Marking

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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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Abel Ferreira

Moments of the game

In this session, we will illustrate the type of training we do so our players understand the principles of certain situations that occur ...

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Fran Alonso

Breaking a medium-low block

This is a session designed to help players understand the movements, positioning and timings needed to break a medium-low block when the ...

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John Eustace

Attacking and defending transitions

This is a session designed to encourage the defending team to win the ball back and quickly play it forward to their attackers. The attac...

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Mark Warburton

Defending the penalty area

This is a session designed to focus on defending our own penalty area, primarily from crossed deliveries, but as the session develops we ...

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Ben Garner

Intense pressing and recovery

This session focuses on pressing and recovering with intensity. Within the session there is a position-specific element, where the player...

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Pete Wild

Pressing to win

This is a defending practice that I like to use. It’s all about pressing and it encourages players to adopt a ‘don’t get beat’ attitude. ...

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André Villas-Boas

Front to back

I will have an idea in my head of what I want to achieve in every single session. This can be done by designating key factors, which we w...

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Graham Westley

Defending set plays

A high percentage of goals are scored from set plays. For that reason, it is vitally important to create a skill set in players which ...

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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 third ...

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Anthony Hudson

Defending shape

This is a 10v10 practice that rehearses defensive shape, both in terms of zonal marking, pressing and defending deep. It’s used to help ...

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Lee Carsley

Pressing within a shape

Pressing within a shape is a vital part of any team’s set-up. It ensures strength, control and organisation, and provides a crucial element ...

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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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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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Danny Cowley

Counter-pressing

This session is aimed at influencing player behaviour on the loss of possession. We work very hard to affect player behaviour in the ...

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Mick McCarthy

Defending - individual, unit and team

This session is a straight competition between defenders and attackers. It takes the principles of defending as individuals, in units and ...

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Neil Warnock

Defensive team shape

The key with this session is to teach defenders when to mark the man and when to mark space, with the philosophy of ‘being in position when ...

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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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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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Karl Robinson

Pressing

Pressing is important in all areas of the pitch. In this session we look at pressing technique, the relationships between players, and the ...

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Michael Flynn

Switching play & pressing high

Use this session to encourage your players to switch the play to launch attacks. It also helps players to press high as a team when out of ...

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Mark Warburton

Deliveries from wide areas

The focus of this session is on combination play that results in a crossed delivery from a specific wide area. We play with attacking full-...

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Neil Lennon

Crossing and finishing

This fast paced crossing and finishing blueprint is perfect for getting strikers to hit the net

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Steve Bruce

Working through the thirds

This session rehearses passing, receiving and offering support through thirds of the pitch. It takes directional passing as a warm-up, then ...

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