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In this section you can find drills suitable for different positions or units within your team. The drills are sorted into attacking, defending, midfield, and  goalkeeping

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Create midfield space

Create midfield space

With quick passing and movement, your players can open up defences and carve out goal-scoring chances.
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Practice 1: Exploiting overloads

Practice 1: Exploiting overloads

Develop players’ understanding of when and how to make the most of a numerical advantage.
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Practice 2: Exploiting overloads

Practice 2: Exploiting overloads

Develop players’ understanding of when and how to make the most of a numerical advantage. 
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Small-sided game: Exploiting overloads

Small-sided game: Exploiting overloads

Develop players’ understanding of when and how to make the most of a numerical advantage.
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Small-sided game: Through the thirds

Small-sided game: Through the thirds

Develop your players’ ability to play through a crowded midfield with this three-part session.
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Practice: Through the thirds

Practice: Through the thirds

Develop your players’ ability to play through a crowded midfield with this session.
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Warm-Up: Defending in our half

Warm-Up: Defending in our half

A three-part session focusing on defensive principles and developing defensive techniques.
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Small-Sided Game: Defending in our half

Small-Sided Game: Defending in our half

This session focuses on defensive principles and developing defensive techniques.

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Practice: Defending in our half

Practice: Defending in our half

This session focuses on defensive principles and developing defensive techniques.
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Small-sided game: Passing with purpose

Small-sided game: Passing with purpose

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

Movement and combinations to attack

Helps attackers to understand how their movement and position can create space and, ultimately, scoring chances.
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Warm-up: Pressed into action

Warm-up: Pressed into action

Apply pressure, regain possession and then use the ball in this session. Use this session as a standalone activity, or combine it with two ...
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Practice: Pressed into action

Practice: Pressed into action

Apply pressure, regain possession and then use the ball in this session. Use this session as a standalone activity, or combine it with two ...
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Small-sided game: Pressed into action

Small-sided game: Pressed into action

Apply pressure, regain possession and then use the ball in this session. Use this session as a standalone activity, or combine it with two ...
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Practice: Press from the front

Practice: Press from the front

This session develops players’ awareness and ability to press confidently as a unit.
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Warm-up: Press from the front

Warm-up: Press from the front

This session develops players’ awareness and ability to press confidently as a unit.

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    Small-sided game: Press from the front

    Small-sided game: Press from the front

    This session develops players’ awareness and ability to press confidently as a unit.
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    Defend a long ball

    Defend a long ball

    If teams launch direct passes behind your defence, use this game to help players watch for, and react to, danger.
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    Ready for battle

    Ready for battle

    Drill defenders to cover each other while one of them deals with an incoming direct ball that threatens the goal
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    Practice 2: We’re outnumbered!

    Practice 2: We’re outnumbered!

    Three-part session to help defenders protect the goal when they are short-handed.
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    Practice 1: We’re outnumbered!

    Practice 1: We’re outnumbered!

    Three-part session to help defenders protect the goal when they are short-handed.
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    Practice 2: Wide-player threat

    Practice 2: Wide-player threat

    Three-part session working on patterns of play to bring wingers into scoring positions.
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    Small-sided game: We’re outnumbered!

    Small-sided game: We’re outnumbered!

    Three-part session to help defenders protect the goal when they are short-handed.
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    Practice 1: Wide-player threat

    Practice 1: Wide-player threat

    Three-part session working on patterns of play to bring wingers into scoring positions.

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