Happy Monday everyone! This is a session that I have delivered previously to a range of groups: PE lessons, Advanced Youth and U23’s with professional players – thankfully, all enjoyed it! It’s a SSG which encourages: Attacking, Defending, Transition, Communication, Positioning/Movement, Overloads/Underloads, Finishing, Decision Making, Creativity and fun(!) It starts with a 2v2 on 4 …
As part of our new community group on Twitter, myself, Ross from Tactical Thinker and Temisan from Become Excel are choosing topics to 1) test each other and 2) offer insight to a range of topics to our community members. Check out our twitter pages for the group link. This was a good one to …
Coach a team to set traps that press high against a team playing out from the back Read More »
Looking through the sessions that I have posted, I realised that there wasn’t much for defending, so I traced back through my trusty black book and came across a session I had delivered to a U23 group… Below, I have put the game based part on display for you to try, amend, ignore – whatever …
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 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 …
Leave a Comment / By owerslloyd / November 11, 2022 This is a session based on combining centrally, planned for 16 players but easily adaptable. @LloydOwers – Twitter
This is a session aimed to focus on the principles of pressing from the front. We kept it simple without an information overload but wanted to emphasise key points. We had 20 players (inc. 2 GK’s) so with the 10v10, took off a red ST and blue CB. Adapt it as necessary for your groups …
This is a session that I delivered with my University team last night. We have switched to a 3-5-2 so wanted to work on some shape work in possession. The first part of the session was SSG based with end zones but a focus on moving the ball quickly in overloaded situations. This then moved …
3-5-2 Possession Focus (and in-possession shape ideas) Read More »
Below are 3 Small Sided Games (SSG’s) aimed to focus on finishing. Encourage ‘shooting on sight’, and coach the movement off the ball, timing of the runs, weight of supporting pass/cross and type of finish. Enjoy! Twitter – @LloydOwers
This session is aimed to focus on combinations, movement off the ball and playing wide to attack. It starts with a technical unopposed session before moving to 2 SSG’s. It is planned using 16 players, including 2xGK’s. Twitter: @LloydOwers
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