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Three-zone movement

A passing and receiving activity to sharpen up players – use it as a warm-up ahead of a match or in pre-season.

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Pass or dribble?

Decision-making is crucial – here, the choice is whether to keep the ball or play it to a team-mate.

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Dribbling and passing

Develops players technical and decision-making ability in two fundamental core skills.

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Practice: Get on the front foot

This three-part session develops players’ ability on the ball to enable them to play forward.

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Warm-up: Get on the front foot

This three-part session develops players’ ability on the ball to enable them to play forward.

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Practice: Staying on the ball

Allow your players to develop confidence and technique in this three-part session.

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Warm-up: Staying on the ball

Allow your players to develop confidence and technique in this three-part session.

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Warm-up: Passing with purpose

Encourage players to be adventurous and create angles in this three-part session plan.

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Small-sided game: Staying in control

Challenge your players’ first touch with this variable and opposed session, split into three parts.

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Practice: Staying in control

Challenge your players’ first touch with this variable and opposed session, split into three parts.

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Warm-up: Staying in control

Challenge your players’ first touch with this variable and opposed session, split into three parts.

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Warm-up: On the receiving end

This three-part session will develop your players’ ability to receive the ball, ready to shoot.

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Christmas characters

Players select a festive-themed name and then battle for the ball during 1v1s, 2v2s or 3v3s in this exciting game.

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Take your turn

Use this activity to get your players confident at using different types of turns with different parts of the foot.

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Time to receive

Give your players the time they need to receive the ball in the final third using the safe zone in this session.

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Warm-up: The right combination

Develop touch, movement and passing in tight areas to break into space and create.

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Passing and receiving

A possession-based practice to develop players’ passing, receiving and movement skills.

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Keep hold of the ball

A foundation-phase practice designed to teach staying in possession when under pressure.

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Passing to create

This unopposed practice helps players develop up-back-through passing patterns to create.

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Dribble or pass?

This foundation-phase game allows players to develop both passing and dribbling skills.

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Receive and support

Aims to improve players’ ability to support a team-mate on the ball.

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Turning into space

Develops players’ ability to protect the ball, turn to evade defenders and move into space.

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Make the shape

Here, players develop an awareness of where their team-mates are and have some fun, too.

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Find the colour

In this activity, your players will get lots of touches and work on dribbling into space.

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