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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

Overloads

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Neill Collins

Unlocking the wing backs

This session is designed to teach teams to utilise the wing backs in build-up play and attack.

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James Brayne

Utilising the full back in build-up play

This session is designed around using our full backs in build-up play. It is split into two activities, with the first technical practice...

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Graham Coughlan

Attacking phases incorporating wing backs

This session encourages the wing backs to make decisions in different types of attacking situations, whether in the build-up phase, a swi...

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Joao Nuno Fonseca

Playing behind pressing lines

This session focuses on creating the opportunity to have the ball at our disposal to move or drag the opponent and find the proper spaces...

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Darren Carter

Building the attack and third player runs

When in possession, this session is all about building from the back and receiving under pressure.

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Stephen Clemence

Attacking patterns against a deep block

This session helps to break down opponents who set up in a deep block against us.

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Joe Edwards

Using overloads to bear pressure

The main purpose of these exercises is to improve the basic habits of the players in possession of the ball.

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Paul Heckingbottom

Forward runs to break a defensive line

This session promotes forward runs from all positions on the pitch: runs off the ball, third man runs, one-twos to break the defensive li...

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Adam Thorley

Attacking movement and combination play in the final third

This session is designed to improve the ability to create and exploit space in the final third.

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Ange Postecoglou

Penetrating the final third

This session is all about penetration and it is focused on movement off the ball and on passing to penetrate. It begins with a passing ...

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Aaron Callaghan

Efficient finishing

These exercises will help the midfield players to recognise space and encourage them to exploit it when in possession, as well as looking ...

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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 many ...

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Michael Beale

COUNTER-ATTACKING WITH SPEED

This session focuses on fast counter-attacking football when winning the ball. The moment a team regains possession, regardless of where on ...

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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 ...

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James Marrs

Wide play

This session is all about exploiting the opposition in wide areas in order to gain the opportunity to either cross or shoot at goal. Our ...

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Veljko Paunović

General possession and tactical concepts

This session is about having possession in the opposition’s half of the pitch. It’s about looking to move the ball from side-to-side to get ...

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Bruno Lage

Building up

This session is about building up play from the goalkeeper and the centre backs and it is intended to develop and improve circulation and ...

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Gavin Skelton

Counter-attacking

This session is all about counter-attacking at pace. It teaches players to quickly turn defence into attack while opponents are out of ...

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Ross Embleton

Creating and finishing centrally

This session is focused on creating opportunities to score and finishing under pressure centrally in and around the penalty area. It helps ...

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Matt Layton

Managing the ball in the middle third

This session focuses on managing the ball in the middle third of the pitch. It has specific positional objectives: it teaches defenders to ...

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Mark Bonner

Playing forwards through midfield

This session is all about the movement of midfield players and their receiving skills to pass forward.

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Daniel Farke

Building up through the centre against a low block

The session is about creating chances through the centre against teams that defend zonal orientated in a lower block.

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Mark Bowen

Defending 1v1 and against overloads

This training session is aimed at educating defenders in the skillsets, communication ability and decision making needed when they are goal-...

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Sam Allardyce

Counter-attacking with speed

This session is designed to improve a team’s threat when counter-attacking and it’s all about gaining an advantage by promoting a positive ...

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