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Smart Sessions - Advanced Skills

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These advanced skills Smart Sessions practice plans provide the blueprint for an entire session of fundamentals 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 6 to 16, and are appropriate for adult teams too. Looking for something more straightforward for younger or less experienced players? Try our Core Skills practice plans to develop your players further.

The best bit? They’re written by legendary West Ham Utd Academy Director, Tony Carr – the man responsible for a generation of talent that includes England stars Frank Lampard, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick & Joe Cole – plus many more besides. So you can be confident you’re giving your players the best possible soccer education.

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The shield

This session is crucial to develop a competitive edge in your players. Learning how to challenge for the ball and shield it from an oppon...

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England’s number one

Goalkeeping is not simply about making eye-catching dives to the top corner of the goal. This session will help improve your goalkeepers’...

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A formidable formation

Having a formation that your players know will give your team good organisation. If players can use the shape to help when defending and ...

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Playing through the spine

This session improves the ability to maintain possession using the “spine” of the team: The goalkeeper, central defenders, central midfie...

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The goalkeeper’s circuit

This goalkeeping circuit improves your goalkeeper’s allround handling skills. From catching under pressure to getting rid of the ball qui...

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Release the goalkeeper

Look to improve your goalkeeper’s confidence by enhancing their ability to receive and pass the ball. This in turn will improve the trust...

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Hunting in packs

When trying to pressure opponents, it’s important that players don’t work alone as they will be outnumbered and simply played around. The...

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Dealing with high balls

This session works on improving a ‘keeper’s ability to deal with a high ball over their head. This can happen when caught off their line ...

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Get in the game, keeper

This week’s session improves your goalkeeper’s active participation during the game. The practices will develop a range of techniques from ...

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Total goalkeeping

Give your goalkeepers a complete workout with this exhaustive session that focuses on shot stopping, reactions, communication and ...

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Narrow the angle

Improving your goalkeeper’s ability to come off the goal line to pressure the attacking forward and narrow the shooting angles will stop ...

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Switch play

Improve your players’ awareness of space and how to switch play to find room to attack with this simple-to-follow session.

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The top scorer

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.

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Netbusters

This session aims to improve the attitude to shooting at goal by concentrating on having a good first touch or by combining with team mates ...

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The middle man

The playmaking midfielder is a player every team can benefit from. If you think of Andrea Pirlo, Andres Iniesta or Xavi Hernandez, you can ...

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Set up shots to find the net

In matches, forwards often have to play with their backs to goal. This will allow defenders and midfielders to make positive forward passes ...

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Back passes

In modern day football all goalkeepers need to be comfortable when dealing with back passes.

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Win your 1v1 duels

This session is designed to improve 1v1 duels in the midfield. The players are forced to continually attack and defend 1v1 in order to get ...

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Reactor!

Improving your goalkeeper’s reaction speed to different attacking situations such as rebounds and the fast, unexpected shot could stop your ...

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Counter strike

Teams are at their most vulnerable when they lose the ball in the attacking third. This session will help your team to capitalise on these ...

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Flick the switch

If you can improve your team’s ability to quickly switch play from one side of the pitch to the other, the attacking options are far ...

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Cunning corners

In professional soccer almost 50% of goals are scored from set pieces (corners and free kicks). So organisation and efficiency in set-piece ...

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Defence and midfield link

This session will improve your team’s ability to play the ball out of defence. It develops technique and understanding through unopposed, ...

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The second six yards

When a cross arrives between the six-yard box and penalty spot, the goalkeeper can catch the ball or leave it to his defenders. This ...

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