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Pumpkin smash

Players develop confidence and technique when dribbling their pumpkin.

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Cross the swamps

Competitive 1v1s with points, and spooky forfeits, at stake.

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Skull transfer

Players transfer the skull through or over the graveyard.

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Pumpkin drop off

Get players talking, connecting, and dribbling the ball, with a spooky backdrop.

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Small-sided game: Receive under pressure

Three-part session to teach players to deal with collecting passes while a defender closes in.

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Practice 2: Receive under pressure

Three-part session helping players to deal with collecting passes while a defender closes in.

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Practice 1: Receive under pressure

Three-part session helping players to deal with collecting passes while a defender closes in.

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Developing soccer skills: receiving

Getting the ball under control is fundamental to the success of attacks. Moritz Kossmann tells Steph Fairbairn how coaches can develop th...

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Receiving to progress

Brush up on your first touch and evade defenders, who can tune up their closing down

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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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What is passing?

Carl Wild takes novice coaches on a deep dive into the various ways to get the ball to team-mates and how to successfully teach the ...

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Passing with speed

A simple exercise to encourage young players to work on their possession so they can dictate the play at pace.

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Passing: coaching points and questions

Technique, accuracy, weight, vision, timing, movement and communication...

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Pass around and across

Encourages a variety of passes and demonstrates how movement can create options.

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Practice: Passing to break from midfield

With limited passes before a shot must be made, players learn how to break from midfield with pace and precision

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Shoot under pressure

A fast game based on getting shots away and blocking them. Players must attack and close down very quickly.

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Ben Bartlett

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Former Head of Academy Coaching at Fulham FC, Ben spent 12 years redefining the coaching pathway at the English FA.

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Sam is Executive Director of Bluesprings Soccer Association and delivers coaching courses for US Soccer and United Soccer Coaches.

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Work in overloads

Create overloads in both defence and attack, with your players experiencing brief spells in every area of the pitch

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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: 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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Small-sided game: 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: Move in possession

Encourage players to keep good tactical positions in the centre of the field, resulting in fast breaks. By TONY KEES.

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Small-sided game: React to losing the ball

A session to help your players work on their reactions to losing possession. Use this session as a standalone activity, or combine it with ...

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Practice 4: Dribble to beat a player

Develop an attacker’s ability to take on a defender in a creative way, with turns added to the mix.

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Practice 3: Dribble to beat a player

Develop an attacker’s decision-making and identifying the right times to take risks in 1v1s.

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