in Advanced Skills, Defending, Practice plans
This session is designed to improve your team’s ability at defending long balls. Especially those that are played into your penalty area or threatening places in your defensive half of the pitch. MORE
in Core Skills, Defending, Practice plans
On the rare occasions Barcelona don’t have the ball, they put the opposition under immediate and intense pressure in order to win it back as quickly as possible. It’s a tactic they have used to great success over the years and if it’s good enough for the likes of Xavi, Iniesta and Messi, then why not give it a go? MORE
in Advanced Skills, Defending, Practice plans
Set plays are a good way to score goals so it is vital to improve your team’s ability to defend effectively from corners, wide free kicks and central free kicks. MORE
in Core Skills, Defending, Practice plans
When defending, the signs of good “man-marking” are concentration, determination and fast reactions. Do your players have what it takes? If not, this session will help them. MORE
in Advanced Skills, Defending, Practice plans
If defenders can improve their movement and communication, attacks can be stopped. The practices in this session will help enhance your defenders’ ability to squeeze across and remain compact. The defence can then apply pressure on attackers. MORE
in Advanced Skills, Defending, Practice plans
This practice improves your player’s ability to defend 1v1 by taking a good starting position and dictating the direction of play. MORE
in Core Skills, Defending, Practice plans
These intensive practices will instill good principles when it comes to all aspects of defending. MORE
in Core Skills, Defending, Practice plans
Anyone who watched the World Cup saw teams pressing opponents intensely to try and win back possession as quickly as possible. This session teaches your players this effective method of defending. MORE
in Advanced Skills, Defending, Practice plans
Regaining possession of the ball can be done by defending in small groups. The main emphasis of this session is to get your players working hard to pressure the opposition and force mistakes so it loses the ball. MORE
in Advanced Skills, Defending, Practice plans
This session looks at two defenders working together to stop attackers. The session tests their ability to communicate and support when attackers are running towards goal, and when they receive the ball with their backs to goal. MORE
in Core Skills, Defending, Practice plans
When the opposition is in possession of the ball, a defensive strategy your team can employ is to force them into areas of the pitch that don’t pose a threat to your goal. MORE
in Advanced Skills, Defending, Practice plans
This session aims to improve your team’s ability to pressure opponents by using the forwards as the first line of defence. MORE
in Ball Control and Footwork, Core Skills, Practice plans
This concentrated session really tests your players’ passing, receiving, awareness and movement off the ball. MORE
in Advanced Skills, Ball Control and Footwork, Practice plans
Improve your players’ ability to attack and defend in 1v1 situations. MORE
in Advanced Skills, Defending, Practice plans
In wide situations, if the defender quickly closes the space, the attacker’s options are limited, giving the defender the advantage. MORE
in Advanced Skills, Ball Control and Footwork, Practice plans
This session is designed to improve your players’ technique when running with the ball in wide areas. MORE
in Advanced Skills, Ball Control and Footwork, Practice plans
This session is designed to improve your players’ ability to receive passes on the back foot. The term “back foot” is used to describe the foot farthest away from the nearest opponent. Once receiving the ball, players are encouraged to drive forward with the ball and attack. MORE
in Ball Control and Footwork, Core Skills, Practice plans
Teach players how to perform a controlled and accurate header or volley over a short distance – for example, when passing an aerial or bouncing ball to a team-mate – with this session. MORE
in Ball Control and Footwork, Core Skills, Practice plans
This will teach your players how to travel longer distances quickly while maintaining possession of the ball. MORE
in Ball Control and Footwork, Core Skills, Practice plans
Improve your players’ mastery of the ball by working on their ability to keep it under close control while moving forward. MORE
in Ball Control and Footwork, Core Skills, Practice plans
There’s a lot more involved in receiving the ball than just controlling a pass from a team mate – as your players will discover in this session. MORE
in Ball Control and Footwork, Core Skills, Practice plans
A player’s first touch is about much more than just bringing the ball under control – it is also about setting the ball up in order to execute the next skill – whether that is a smart pass out of defence or a thunderbolt strike at goal. MORE
in Ball Control and Footwork, Core Skills, Practice plans
Keeping hold of the ball while under pressure from a defender is one of the most important skills your players can have. Knowing they can shield it from danger means they won’t lose possession and it will give them the confidence and time to execute other skills. MORE
in Ball Control and Footwork, Core Skills, Practice plans
Good players understand that a positive first touch will do more than just bring the ball under control – it will also move it into space. This creates more time for them to make their next decision so it is an important skill to master. MORE
