Below is a transition game that covers coaching points from Transition to Attack as well as Transition to Defend. There is a game based approach to both parts of the session including a couple of variations and adaptations. Hopefully you can adapt and progress the sessions accordingly to suit your own groups. Let me know …
This weeks Q+A comes from the brilliant Blaine McKenna, coach, football professional, author and keen world traveller! Blaine covers his experiences of coaching abroad, tips on finding those jobs and his approach to football. Blaine also recently released a book that covers 8 coaches who followed their dreams to coach abroad, sharing tips to emulate …
This session looks at Switching Play in a SSG format, with elements of ‘organised chaos’. The purpose of this? Improved decision making, recognition, awareness and general creativity whilst still working on an important element of tactical play. As you can see above, Switching Play is included with the risk/reward aspects of attacking the closest, secondary …
This interview comes with Billy Ready, currently based in UAE. Tell us a bit about yourself? My journey within football began before I was born, as my dad was a professional footballer, playing in the Premier League and internationally, so I have been around football all my life. I began playing grassroots football at 9 …
This is a session designed to attack via your full backs/wingbacks and includes a sharp SSG style approach to introduce the topic and required aims before moving into a full size game with coaching points and challenges that bring the full backs into the attack It is important to work with the full backs in-session …
Usually, the sessions Impost here are for older age groups or teams but today, it’s time for a change… so please take a look at 3 small games that are aimed to be used within a younger age group or maybe even slightly older, but lower or mixed ability. Enjoy! Twitter: @LloydOwers
This sessions focuses on Breaking Lines in the attacking third. It’s aimed say 16 players so there will be amendments needed to suit, I.e. players rotating in/out. Instructions are on each slide, I hope you enjoy it and try it! Twitter: @LloydOwers
Here is a simple 1v1 game which can be progressed throughout, before moving into 3v3 games to highlight a 1v1 focus. If you try this, please let me know how it goes. Twitter: @LloydOwers
The purpose of this is to encourage fast attacking play and to encourage more shots. (Tighter size of pitch = faster play and faster decision making, but maybe reduced quality initially) 4v4 approach to the game with 4 outer players +2GK Twitter: @LloydOwers
This is a session which progresses with differing overloaded games, working with 2 groups working half a pitch each. Enjoy! Twitter: @LloydOwers
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