🎉 Defensive Recovery Runs | 67-P5

Let's explore this dynamic practice focused on defensive recovery runs! With two teams of three players each, the session begins with a pass to a central player, triggering the start of the action. Defenders aim to swiftly regain possession and transition to attack, while attackers strive for strategic passing and scoring opportunities. Speed of recovery runs and working as a team are key coaching points in this practice. 💪⚽️

🔥 Full Session 669: Wide Deliveries to Finish

This session focuses on developing wide deliveries to finish and occurs on Match Day -3, endurance. We begin the session with a warm up, activating players passing and dribbling for the upcoming session. Next, we have an technical advanced lead practice that allows units to work collectively with specific movements to cross and finish high up the pitch and from deeper areas. To finish, we have a pattern play to develop switches and back-post deliveries 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.💪⚽️

🎉 Centre Backs Linking Attacks | 91-P2

This technical opposed practice focuses on developing our Centre Backs movement to receive in advanced areas. Players will work in their teams in the set sequence, aiming to coordinate their movements to get their CB into space to receive in the zone. The advanced CB will play into one of the three attacking players, who must combine and finish. If the attacking team perform the correct sequence, they are awarded with 1 point and if they score they awarded an additional point. The team with the most points after a set number of rounds wins! 💪⚽️

⚽️ Develop the Advancing Centre Back | 91-P1

This technical practice is designed to elevate the skills of our Centre Backs when pushing forward into advanced areas. Players engage in passing sequences aimed at advancing from the back and receiving between the lines. Players must execute well timed advancing runs and precise passes, ending with a 2 v 1 attacking scenario, challenging defenders and aiming for goal. Let's set strong foundations for our defenders to build on in possession. 💪⚽️

🎉 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. 🙌⚽️