Practice plans
Covering core and advanced skills, each Practice Plan provides the blueprint for an entire session for you to run with your team. A quick read through and you've got a ready-made session to take on to the pitch. Perfect for when you're running late and don't have time to hunt around for new ideas.
Practice Plans can be adapted by the coach to suit any age group from age 7 to 16, and are appropriate for adult teams.
As a Soccer Coach Weekly subscriber you can access all 275 Practice Plans on the website covering the entire range of skills and tactics, in a format you can easily print and take to training.
in Defending, Practice plans
Manchester City's Fernandinho has shown how a defensive midfielder can intercept the ball to break up attacks and then begin a counter attack. This session will help your players emulate the Manchester United star. MORE
in Goalkeeping, Practice plans
Give your goalkeepers a complete workout with this exhaustive session that focuses on shot stopping, reactions, communication and distribution. MORE
in Goalkeeping, Practice plans
When an attacker is clean through on goal and wants to dribble around the keeper, the attacker should be favourite to score. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty a keeper can do to give himself a better chance of emerging as the winner in this 1v1 duel. MORE
in Midfield, Practice plans
Help your attacking midfielders get into advanced positions to create and score goals with this drill. MORE
in Goalkeeping, Practice plans
Improving your goalkeeper’s ability to come off the goal line to pressure the attacking forward and narrow the shooting angles will stop your team leaking easy goals. If there is less for an attacker to aim at, scoring goals will inevitably be tougher. MORE
in Passing, Practice plans
Passing without movement isn’t going to get your team very far. This session encourages your players to make movements to receive the ball on the run in between the lines of the opposition. MORE
in Goalkeeping, Practice plans
Help your goalkeepers perfect the most eye-catching save possible. This is a full-length dive through the air to tip a goal-bound shot around the post. MORE
in Passing, Practice plans
Improve your players’ awareness of space and how to switch play to find room to attack with this simple-to-follow session. MORE
in Attacking, Practice plans
Whether committing a defender in a 2v1 situation, bursting through a defence into space, or starting an attack from the back, moving with the ball quickly into space is a fundamental attacking skill. MORE
in Practice plans, Shooting
If your players can make space inside a crowded penalty area to receive the ball, they will also have time to take a shot at goal. MORE
in Goalkeeping, Practice plans
There are times when rather than just sending the ball upfield as far as possible following a back pass, a goalkeeper may have time and a team-mate available to retain possession. MORE
in Defending, Practice plans
Defenders must be able to cope in 1v1 battles against attackers. This session will help you teach your players
how to keep the “goals against” column to a minimum. MORE
in Practice plans, Shooting
session aims to improve the attitude to shooting at goal by concentrating on having a good first touch or by combining with team mates in order to create space for a shot. MORE
in Passing, Practice plans
Passing to maintain possession is one thing; passing to hurt the opposition by moving them around and breaking through defensive lines is another and requires instilling a sense of purpose in players. MORE
in Goalkeeping, Practice plans
A goalkeeper’s job is to make it as difficult as possible for an opposition striker to score in any situation. And when it’s just the goalkeeper against a striker in a 1 v 1, it is essential that the goalkeeper uses all the tools within his/her arsenal to make it as tough as possible for the
striker to score. MORE
in Midfield, Practice plans
The playmaking midfielder is a player every team can benefit from. If you think of Andrea Pirlo, Andres Iniesta or Xavi Hernandez, you can see how influential their ability to play and receive passes is when it comes to launching attacks. MORE
in Goalkeeping, Practice plans
There are times when a goalkeeper can’t catch a flighted ball, such as when the penalty box is crowded, so the next best option is to clear the ball as far away as possible. The two-fisted punch is the most effective way to do this. MORE
in Practice plans, Shooting
In matches, forwards often have to play with their backs to goal. This will allow defenders and midfielders to make positive forward passes into attacking areas of the pitch and support those passes with good runs. Then they can expect accurate set-ups by forwards to shoot. MORE
in Goalkeeping, Practice plans
Goalkeepers should be as comfortable with the ball at their feet as they are with it in their hands, particularly when they receive and clear back passes from their defenders. MORE
in Attacking, Practice plans
Soccer is an unpredictable game and the complete striker needs to have the tools to be able to react to all situations. This session gives your players the chance to attempt a range of finishing techniques in a short and intense period of time. MORE
in Attacking, Practice plans
Combination play in the form of quick, accurate passing and movement can be the key to unlocking defenses to create opportunities to shoot at goal. MORE
in Goalkeeping, Practice plans
In modern day football all goalkeepers need to be comfortable when dealing with back passes. MORE
in Practice plans, Shooting
The goal doesn’t move, so when your forwards receive the ball with their backs to goal they should know where to shoot without aiming. MORE
in Practice plans, Turning
Being able to keep control of the ball while changing direction when dribbling is an important skill that players must use in matches, especially when trying to beat or avoid a defender. MORE
