🎉 Pass and Press Activation | Warm Up (WU-34)

It's time to activate your players passing and pressing with this simple warm up exercise. We have a central 4-yard square which players will pass between, playing on one touch, two touch and executing short 1-2 combinations. After passing across, players must sprint to press, forcing the player to take a good touch to avoid interceptions. We can increase the size of the square and work in the opposite direction to add variation to this simple but effective warm up. 🙌⚽️

🎉 Beat the Chaos to Switch | 50-P2

This practice emphasises enhancing players' awareness, first touch, and passing accuracy for our younger age groups. The goal is for outside players to link up with central teammates, who receive the ball, turn, and pass to their outside teammate. Central players must navigate around others in the zone, timing passes to prevent collisions. Once players are comfortable, we can introduce a rotation progression to keep them on their toes and moving throughout the practice. 🙌⚽️

🔥 Break Lines to Exploit Overloads | 47-P9

This practice focuses on developing teams ability to progress possession between the lines and exploit attacking overloads. Initially, two defenders aim to progress play into the second zone while screened by the opposition striker. Once the pass is made, one defender advances to create a 3 v 3 situation in the second zone. Upon passing into the final zone, the three players from the second zone move forward to create a 6 v 4 attacking overload, with the aim to finish. If the defending team gains possession in any zone, they must transfer the ball to their striker to earn a goal. Let's get our team progressing play with confidence! 🔥⚽️

⚽️ Full Session 670: Centre Backs Initiating the Attack

This session focuses on developing our Centre Backs ability to initiate the attack, taking place on Match Day -1. We begin the session with a technical practice, activating players passing and movement. Next, we have a pattern of play that requires our Centre Backs to be comfortable on the ball and to start/create attacks by stepping out of the back line and into more advanced areas on the pitch. To end off, we have a small sided game that develops our centre backs ability to find wide players and to deliver into the box to finish. 💪⚽️

⚽️ Full Session 668: Retain Possession to Attack

This session focuses on developing players to retain possession and attack, taking place on Match Day -3, endurance. We begin the session with a rondo based practice, activating players passing and movement. Next, we have a lead practice that focuses on developing switching the point of the attack and deliveries into the box for finishing. To end off, we have and 11 v 11 game developing possession from back to front in unopposed and opposed situations to enhance player understanding.💪⚽️

🎉 Pressing Activation | 88-P4

Do your players recognise when to press in games and how quickly do they react to sprint out and apply this pressure? This technical pressing activation works on these important aspects of defending. In a small 10 by 10-yard area, players will receive passes while the player on the opposite mannequin will sprint out and put them under pressure. We have added a simple progression to challenge players ability to read the game and react quickly. 💪⚽️