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Soccer Drills, Games and Session Plans

Winning possession

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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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Effective counter-attacking
Paul Hurst

Effective counter-attacking

This session is based on encouraging players to make counter-attacks and it emphasises forward runs and playing forward quickly when poss...
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Playing behind pressing lines
Joao Nuno Fonseca

Playing behind pressing lines

This session focuses on creating the opportunity to have the ball at our disposal to move or drag the opponent and find the proper spaces...
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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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Emergency defending
Matthew Etherington

Emergency defending

This training session is a based around a 4v2 possession scenario that progresses into a 5v4 overloaded transition for the defenders.

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Win the ball and break
Paul Mcguinness

Win the ball and break

This session is about winning the ball back and breaking quickly to score – it’s based in the middle third of the pitch but the skills ...
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Managing transitions with and without the ball
Steve Morison

Managing transitions with and without the ball

This session is about making decisions in a controlled setting in order to make thinking and problem solving on game day much easier.
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COUNTER-ATTACKING WITH SPEED
Michael Beale

COUNTER-ATTACKING WITH SPEED

This session focuses on fast counter-attacking football when winning the ball. The moment a team regains possession, regardless of where on ...
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CONTINUOUS COUNTER-ATTACKING
Mitch Whitty

CONTINUOUS COUNTER-ATTACKING

This is an extremely high tempo session that focuses purely on counter-attacking to create overloads and fast transitions to set up as many ...
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Counter-Pressing
Jesse Marsch

Counter-Pressing

This session is focused on our ability to counter-press. This is an essential behaviour in our game model and it’s independent of ...
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Pressing triggers when out of possession
Rob Edwards

Pressing triggers when out of possession

This session focuses on pressing triggers and shows players how and when to press in certain scenarios from a compact shape.
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Decision making in the final third
Lee Johnson

Decision making in the final third

This session is all about recognising the best opportunities for playing through, over or around the opposition’s defence. For example, ...
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Building an attack against a high press
Chris Davies

Building an attack against a high press

The build-up phase can be defined as the process of progressing the ball into the opposition’s half. In modern football, more teams than ...
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Attacking and defending transitions
John Eustace

Attacking and defending transitions

This is a session designed to encourage the defending team to win the ball back and quickly play it forward to their attackers. The ...
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Playing against pressure
Gary Rowett

Playing against pressure

This is a session that aims to combat the threat of playing against a team that presses well in central areas.
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Reinforcing team fundamentals
Matt Beard

Reinforcing team fundamentals

The main objective of this session is to make sure players are comfortable on the ball and confident in possession. It focuses on the ...
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Defensive organisation playing 3-4-3
Steve Bruce

Defensive organisation playing 3-4-3

This session is all about defensive organisation when playing in a 3-4-3. More specifically, it is focused on pressing in the middle third ...
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Defending the box
Tony Mowbray

Defending the box

My defenders tend to panic when winning the ball in defence and punt the ball out, only for it to come straight back. How can I get them to ...
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Pressing & pre-season conditioning
Grant McCann

Pressing & pre-season conditioning

This session is about pressing, with a focus on the transition after winning the ball, and it’s one that we specifically use in pre-season. ...
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Possession football
Gary Bowyer

Possession football

This session is not only about having an appreciation of the ball and keeping possession, but also looks at the importance of winning ...
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Beating a high press
Alex Neil

Beating a high press

The purpose of this session is to help us in our preparation for a match day when we’re due to face a high-pressing team who are very ...

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