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🚨 New Category Alert for the Touchtight Community! 🚨We’re excited to introduce our Position-Specific Series, designed to break down the key skills, movements, and tactical responsibilities for every role on the pitch.To begin, we’re focusing on strikers, covering everything from movement and finishing to decision-making under pressure. Next week, we shift our attention to full backs, exploring their attacking and defensive roles.Each week, we’ll spotlight a new position with supporting practices to help players develop in their specific roles. Let us know which position you want us to cover next! 👇⚽ Dear Touchtight Community,We’re thrilled to introduce TouchTight 3.0, a game-changing platform designed to revolutionise the way you approach coaching. For those familiar with app.coaching.com, this new platform—club.touchtight.com—builds on its foundations while delivering enhanced features that save you valuable time and elevate your coaching experience.TouchTight 3.0 combines the best of what you already know with exciting new tools. The Engine Room remains the core for accessing session plans and videos, while new features like the Dugout—a player-focused area, the Animation Tool, and an advanced Session Planner provide an all-in-one solution for individual and club-wide planning. Whether you’re developing your own practices or collaborating with fellow coaches on players, sessions, fixtures, and beyond, this platform empowers you to take your coaching to the next level.While there’s no mobile app yet, one is in the works. This platform is best suited for coaches who want more than just access to videos and session plans—it’s designed for those who are passionate about building better practices, driving player development, and fostering collaboration within their clubs.You can now explore club.touchtight.com with a 30-day free trial—no commitment required. Whether you choose to use both platforms or transition fully, the choice is yours. Don’t miss the chance to step into this new frontier of coaching. The future of coaching starts here.Warm regards,The TouchTight Team

Dario

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February 07, 2024

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Defend the Zones | 60-P2

00:00 Introduction00:06 Practice Breakdown00:23 Switch Direction of Attack00:42 Wide Zone & End Zone Entry00:56 Defensive Shape - Press & Cover01:22 Key Coaching PointsLet's challenge and refine our players' defensive capabilities and decision-making in possession with this targeted practice. In this 3 v 3 + 2 setup, the team in possession must combine with floaters to receive the ball in either the wide zones ( 1 Goal ) or the end zone ( 3 goals ). If the defenders win the ball, they become the possession team. Defenders need to be sharp, potentially having to sacrifice one goal to stop the opponent from getting 3! After the set period, the team with the most goals wins. 💪⚽️

🔥Defend the Zones | 60-P2

Let's challenge and refine our players' defensive capabilities and decision-making in possession with this targeted practice. In this 3 v 3 + 2 setup, the team in possession must combine with floaters to receive the ball in either the wide zones ( 1 Goal ) or the end zone ( 3 goals ). If the defenders win the ball, they become the possession team. Defenders need to be sharp, potentially having to sacrifice one goal to stop the opponent from getting 3! After the set period, the team with the most goals wins. 💪⚽️

Dario

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February 06, 2024

01:34

Transitional Rondo | 88-P5

00:00 Introduction00:05 Practice Breakdown00:21 Press as a Pair00:33 Quick Transfers Create Gaps01:11 Off the Ball Movement in Behind01:23 Key Coaching PointsThis transitional rondo focuses on pressing to regain, maintaining possession and exploiting numerical overloads. We have three zones, each with different overload scenarios, with the primary goal for the team in possession to break lines and advance to the next zone. The central players are tasked with seamless combination play, aiming to advance the ball and ultimately connect with the designated floater in the third zone, earning them a goal. Let's refine our players pressing, possession, and tactical decision-making skills, fostering a well-rounded and adept team ready for the challenges on the field! 🔥⚽️

🎉 Transitional Rondo | 88-P5

This transitional rondo focuses on pressing to regain, maintaining possession and exploiting numerical overloads. We have three zones, each with different overload scenarios, with the primary goal for the team in possession to break lines and advance to the next zone. The central players are tasked with seamless combination play, aiming to advance the ball and ultimately connect with the designated floater in the third zone, earning them a goal. Let's refine our players pressing, possession, and tactical decision-making skills, fostering a well-rounded and adept team ready for the challenges on the field! 🔥⚽️

Dario

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February 05, 2024

01:20

The Activation Square | Warm Up (WU-32)

00:00 Introduction00:06 Practice Breakdown00:34 Progression: 1-2 Combos with Central Players01:08 Key Coaching PointsThis warm-up is designed to prime players for the upcoming session, focusing on elevating their dribbling and passing skills. Players will dribble forward to the central square, leave the ball, run anticlockwise to collect another ball and pass it back to the next player in line. To elevate this warm-up, incorporate 1-2 combinations with middle players, increasing the amount of passes played, and to ensure our players remain alert. 🙌⚽️

🔥 The Activation Square | Warm Up ( WU-32 )

We kickoff this week with a warm-up designed to prime players for the upcoming session, focusing on elevating their dribbling and passing skills. Players will dribble forward to the central square, leave the ball, run anticlockwise to collect another ball and pass it back to the next player in line. To elevate this warm-up, incorporate 1-2 combinations with middle players, increasing the amount of passes played, and to ensure our players remain alert. 🙌⚽️

Dario

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February 02, 2024

01:18

WM/FB Combinations & Recovery | 62-P4

00:00 Introduction00:05 Practice Breakdown00:26 No GK- Hit the Target00:41 Speed to Get Across & Defend00:56 Too Slow to Get Across01:07 Key Coaching PointsIt's time to get our wide players combining and performing recovery runs in this high intensity practice. We have two groups working at the same time, with the player finishing in the 1st area transitioning quickly to defend vs the attacker in the 2nd area in a 1 v 1 scenario. Speed of recovery runs, finishing accuracy and passing weight are key coaching points in this one. 🔥⚽️

⚽️ WM/FB Combinations & Recovery | 62-P4

It's time to get our wide players combining and performing recovery runs in this high intensity practice. We have two groups working at the same time, with the player finishing in the 1st area transitioning quickly to defend vs the attacker in the 2nd area in a 1 v 1 scenario. Speed of recovery runs, finishing accuracy and passing weight are key coaching points in this one. 🔥⚽️

Dario

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January 31, 2024

01:31

Pass, Set and Move | 84-P5

00:00 Introduction00:05 Practice Breakdown00:48 Progression: Add 1-2 Combos to Sequence01:19 Key Coaching PointsLet's get our players activated with this excellent technical passing combination! Players will work through the sequence, playing sharp one and two touch passes, setting the ball for teammates and timing their movements to receive. Once players are getting into a good flow, we can introduce 1-2 combinations to increase the amount of passes in the sequence. 🔥⚽️

🎉 Pass, Set and Move | 84-P5

Let's get our players activated with this excellent technical passing combination! Players will work through the sequence, playing sharp one and two touch passes, setting the ball for teammates and timing their movements to receive. Once players are getting into a good flow, we can introduce 1-2 combinations to increase the amount of passes in the sequence. 💪⚽️

Dario

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January 30, 2024

01:46

Developing the Midfield 3 | 77-P5

00:00 Introduction00:06 Practice Breakdown00:54 Progression: Extra Defender Can Enter Area01:34 Key Coaching Points Here we have a 3 v 3 + 3 Rondo based practice that is focused on developing central midfielders ability to maintain possession when under pressure. The objective is for the three central players to combine with their three outside team-mates and make 10 passes earning the team a goal. If the defenders win possession, the roles are reversed with the the possession team now becoming the defenders. Short sharp combination play, positional awareness and communication are key to excelling in this practice! 💪⚽️

⚽️ Developing the Midfield 3 | 77-P5

Here we have a 3 v 3 + 3 Rondo based practice that is focused on developing central midfielders ability to maintain possession when under pressure. The objective is for the three central players to combine with their three outside team-mates and make 10 passes earning the team a goal. If the defenders win possession, the roles are reversed with the the possession team now becoming the defenders. Short sharp combination play, positional awareness and communication are key to excelling in this practice! 💪⚽️

Dario

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January 29, 2024

🚨 New Phase 4 Releases 🚨

Hi Coaches! We are kicking off this week with a bang, releasing all new Phase 4 Content:

Coach Curriculum 61: 5 Week Plan (Phase 4: Begin the Press)
Session 639: Phase 4: Begin the Press (Match Day + 2)
Session 640: Phase 4: Begin the Press (Match Day+3)
Session 641: Phase 4: Begin the Press (Match Day-3)
Session 642: Phase 4: Begin the Press (Match Day-2)
Session 643: Phase 4: Begin the Press (Match Day-1)

Let us know if you find these useful and how your players got on. 💪⚽️

Dario

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January 26, 2024

01:33

The Compact Defensive Unit | 19-P7

How well do your defenders work as a unit? Are they able to stay compact and force the opposition play in a certain direction? This defensive pattern focuses on these specific aspects of the game. Our defensive units objective is to stay tight and create opportunities to win possession and combine to play out into the mini goals representing 2 strikers. Let's get comfortable defending our goal and take this confidence into match day! 🔥

⚽️ The Compact Defensive Unit | 19-P7

How well do your defenders work as a unit? Are they able to stay compact and force the opposition play in a certain direction? This defensive pattern focuses on these specific aspects of the game. Working on Phase 6: Defending the Goal, our defensive units objective is to stay tight and create opportunities to win possession and combine to play out into the mini goals representing 2 strikers. Let's get comfortable defending our goal and take this confidence into match day! 🔥