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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

Team pressing

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Possession with pressing intensity and transition
Gary O'Neil

Possession with pressing intensity and transition

This session works on maintaining possession with elements of pressing intensity and transition.
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Counter-attacking and counter-pressing
Neil Lennon

Counter-attacking and counter-pressing

The basis of this training session is counter-attacking and counter-pressing. We start with a tactical passing drill and then we go into ...
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Counter-pressing
Valerien Ismael

Counter-pressing

This session is all about counter-pressing and it encourages a high intensity style of play and instant reactions from the players.
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Counter-attacking on transitions
Liam Bramley

Counter-attacking on transitions

This session focuses on the transitional moment of regaining possession of the ball.
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Create chances and score goals with attacking transitions
Mark Robins

Create chances and score goals with attacking transitions

This session creates opportunities for attacking transitions. Every aspect of play will be challenged, including the reaction of the play...
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Transitions
Stephen Robinson

Transitions

This session is a combination of our midfield press transitioning into regaining possession and our forward combination play.
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Defensive transition into effective possession
Cameron Toshack

Defensive transition into effective possession

This session is focused on two main themes: defensive transition (against the ball) and regaining to build effective possession (with the...
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Improving transitions
Mark Hudson

Improving transitions

This training session is designed to create multiple opportunities for players to instantly switch from an attacking moment to a defensiv...

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Beat the press, unlock the block
Sergio Ferreira

Beat the press, unlock the block

This is a specific training session that we use to prepare our players in a week when we’re due to face a team that tries to press really ...
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High press to score goals
John Townson

High press to score goals

This session is all about attacking without the ball by using a high press to score goals. It focuses on good intensity in the press, ...
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Defending and the transition to counter-attack
Gary Rowett

Defending and the transition to counter-attack

These activities are designed to move the ball with speed and quality along with getting players to transition quickly into counter-attacks....
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Pressing in key areas
Steve Kean

Pressing in key areas

This session is about pressing, at first in pairs, and with a view to manufacturing quick and accurate attacking situations.
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Defending principles
Tanya Oxtoby

Defending principles

This session is about players developing their decision-making skills by executing our defending principles at the right times and in the ...
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Counter-pressing
Danny Cowley

Counter-pressing

This session is aimed at influencing player behaviour on the loss of possession. We work very hard to affect player behaviour in the ...
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Press & protect
Paul Buckle

Press & protect

This is a simple defensive session that encourages players to press high and press aggressively. It also conditions players to respond with ...
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Closing down and pressurising play
Gary Waddock

Closing down and pressurising play

The more possession the team has, the more goalscoring opportunities they create. With that in mind, this session concerns itself with ...

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