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  www.worldclasscoaching.com                                                               February 27, 2007

Welcome to the WORLD CLASS COACHING Email Newsletter.  Below is Part Three of a session from Wayne Harrison called "Continuous Passing Exercise".  Parts 1 & 2 appeared in Previous email newsletters.

Don't forget that next Monday (March 5th), is when the first week of training sessions from English Premier League U14 Academy Team will be available on our web site.  See below for this one-of-a-kind opportunity to get an inside look at the training sessions of future English Premier League players.

The March/April issue of the WORLD CLASS COACHING magazine is complete and in the mail.  As usual, this issue has some interesting and educating articles.  From England we have a session from Michael Beale, coach of the Chelsea U10 Academy Team.  Also in this issue are two sessions from National Teams - Norwegian U18 National Team and Bahamas National Team.  And to give the issue an even more global flavor, we have sessions from Australia and Uruguay.

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Follow the Weekly Training Sessions of an U14 EPL Academy Team

WORLD CLASS COACHING has gained unprecedented access to follow the training sessions of the U14 Academy team of a top English Premier League club.  Each week beginning on March 5, we will post the teams training sessions (warm-up, technical, tactical and cool down) from that week on our web site where you can access them 24 hours a day.

 

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WORLD CLASS COACHING Magazine

The March/April issue of the WORLD CLASS COACHING magazine is in the mail.  Thousands of coaches in over 65 countries subscribe to our printed magazine.  We try to give you a taste of the articles in our email newsletter.  However, the magazine contains lots more articles and diagrams and in more depth than we can show here.  If you haven't tried the magazine, take a look.  And don't forget, we currently have a special offer of seven free bonuses with your subscription.

As usual, this issue of the magazine contains practices from some of the world's top teams and coaches.

Norway U18 National Team - A complete training session in preparation for a game against the U.S. U18 National Team

S.W.Q. Raiders F.C., Australia - A great selection of diamond passing drills

Coaching Soccer Champions - An excerpt of 4 v 4 games from our book of the same name

English Premier League Academy Training - The coach of the U10 Chelsea F.C. Academy team shares an in-depth training session on "Reacting to the Next Ball"

Bahamas National Team - Gary White, Bahamas National Team coach explains his thoughts on "Style of Play"

River Plate U18's, Uruguay - A fast paced shooting and finishing session from the Uruguayan team

FineSoccer Training - A look at training for young players

Soccer Conditioning - A look at conditioning and its importance in the spring season

Golden Goal - An excellent goal from a Middlesborough v Sunderland EPL game
Web Site Poll

Our previous web poll of "Which of the four EPL teams will go the furthest in the UEFA Champions League?" wasn't close with 45% of you giving Man U the thumbs up, 23% thinking Chelsea will go the furthest with Arsenal at 19% and Liverpool at 12%.

Our current web poll question is, "Will Jose Mourhino still be the Chelsea manager next season?"  There are rumors about this every week.  I have also started this as a topic on our discussion forum.  Place your vote on our web site and then go to the forum and give your reasons.
 
Continuous Passing Exercise - Part Three
Contributed by Wayne Harrison of Soccer Awareness Harrison has a wealth of knowledge at the highest levels of the game both as a player and coach.   A former Academy Director at Blackpool F.C. in the English 2nd Division, he is now a "best-selling" author and presents at coaching symposiums worldwide including at the NSCAA Convention.  Harrison holds the prestigious UEFA ‘A’ License as well as a bachelors degree in applied physiology and sports psychology. Several of his books are currently in print through Reedswain and are recommended reading at coaching courses worldwide including the English PFA. 


CONTINUOUS PASSING EXERCISE

 

 

 

b) (1) to (2), who passes back to (1), who passes long to (3), back to (2), then (2) to (4) and so on. Work on middle player coming off short to receive at an angle in the above developments. Again (2) checks to the ball at an angle (this is as if in a game a defender is challenging and the receiver is getting away from the challenge).    

c) Not shown here: The middle player checks away to come back (as if running off a defender to create space) to receive the pass to give themselves more time. The passing moves can be the above ones as before. (1) is a defender, (2) a midfielder, (3) an attacker in a game situation. The timing of (2)’s run to support (3) is important (don’t go too early).