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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

Penetration

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Stevie Grieve

Passing and running in behind

With this training session we are looking to improve the habits of our players in terms of encouraging them to make that killer pass, wit...

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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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Rob Edwards

Combination play in the final third

This training session is all about encouraging combination play in the final third and it provides the attacking players in our team with...

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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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Gabriele Cioffi

Go deep

This session is all about how and when to go deep, attacking the room behind the shoulders of the opposition’s defensive line.

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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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Sergio Ferreira

Beat the press, unlock the block

This is a specific training session that we use to prepare our players in a week when we’re due to face a team that tries to press really ...

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Emma Hayes

Play around to play through

This session has a focus on attacking strategy and we used it prior to a Champion’s League game. It allows the team to execute our build up ...

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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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Steve Morison

Managing transitions with and without the ball

This session is about making decisions in a controlled setting in order to make thinking and problem solving on game day much easier.

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Liam Manning

Beating a block

This session is focused on teaching players to beat a block. It’s about dominating possession and identifying when to attack down the side, ...

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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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Steve Foley

Creating space in midfield

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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Luke Webb

INDIRECT MOVES IN THE FINAL THIRD

This session is all about possession solutions and it teaches players how to perform indirect moves and movements in the final third of the ...

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Chris Davies

Building an attack against a high press

The build-up phase can be defined as the process of progressing the ball into the opposition’s half. In modern football, more teams than ...

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John Carver

Transition to attack from a low block

This session is all about turning defence into attack from the edge of our own box in a controlled and effective manner.

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Stephen Robinson

Penetration in the final third

This session is about breaking lines and penetration. It focuses on getting the wide players, the midfielders and the centre forward ...

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Keith Hill

Improving attacking players in and around the box

This session improves attacking players in key skill areas – namely in pre-movement (dynamic and elusive), penetration (with and without ...

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Darren Ferguson

Switching play with penetration

This session is about changing the point of attack. It shows players the different ways we can do this, allowing the team to attack at pace ...

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Brendan Rodgers

Penetration in behind

It’s an engaging session for the players because it’s about creating and scoring goals and that’s what players love to do. It’s an ...

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