Stuart Pearce

Coaching Sessions

Attacking team shape

In Possession

This session offers the opportunity to rehearse the shape of a team while attacking from the middle third of the pitch to the opposition’s goal. This practice encourages team movement and develops an understanding of who arrives in the penalty area, when they need to arrive in the penalty area, and what the shape of the side should look like in varying scenarios.

Defending deep to counter-attack

Attacking

This session looks at defending in your own half in order to counter-attack the opposition in an 11v11 practice.

Biography

Stuart Pearce was a tough tackling defender who reached the semi-final of both the 1990 World Cup and the 1996 European Championship with England. While still a player he enjoyed spells as caretaker manager and joint manager of Nottingham Forest.

After hanging up his boots at Manchester City, he remained at the club as a coach and in 2005 he was appointed City’s caretaker manager before being given the job on a permanent basis. He subsequently worked for the Football Association as manager of England’s U21s from 2007 to 2013 and he also enjoyed a coaching role with the senior England team. In February 2012 Pearce served as caretaker manager of England for one game and he was appointed manager of the Great Britain football team at the 2012 Olympics.

He returned to Nottingham Forest as manager in 2014 and subsequently joined another former club, West Ham United, as assistant manager to David Moyes in 2017. He has won the Premier League Manager of the Month award on three occasions.

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Stuart Pearce

Coaching Sessions

Attacking team shape

Defending deep to counter-attack

Biography

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