Tag Archives for " Technical "

3 v 3 Game with Defensive Focus

In this week’s Animated Drills Video I share a 3 v 3 game that focuses on defensive principles. I used it because I wanted to go over these ideas with my players but I wanted to do it in a fun, game-like

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5 v 5 Four Goal Game for the ‘Central Block’

In this week’s Animated Drills Video I share a game that I use to work with the five players in the center of the formation. The 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 are a unit of players that need to have a good understanding.

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Two Passing and Moving Warm-Up Activities

In this week’s Animated Drills Video we look at two warm-up activities that will help your players prepare technically, physically for games and training sessions. They incorporate passing, receiving,

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Circle Drills – Running with the Ball and Dribbling

In this week’s Animated Drills Video I share a great environment for working on technical skills. Changing the shape of the area that you’re working in will change the challenges that the players

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Diagonal Passing and Finishing Activity

In this week’s Animated Drills Video I share a great warm-up activity that you can use with any age group. You can divide a larger group up or play it together with multiple players who are, ‘It’.

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Stuck in the Mud Game

In this week’s Animated Drills Video I share a great warm-up activity that you can use with any age group. You can divide a larger group up or play it together with multiple players who are, ‘It’.

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Technical Warm-Up in a Narrow Area

This week’s Animated Drills Video looks at an warm-up activity that incorporates running with the ball, fast foot work, passing, receiving and combination play. It’s a great activity to use

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Training Turning (and much more)

This week’s Animated Drills Video looks an activity that incorporates turning, running with the ball, changing direction and passing. While it can be used to teach any or all of these technical skills

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Changing Direction and 1v1 Moves

This week’s Animated Drills Video highlights an activity that I first saw on the SuperCoach app that I talked about on a recent CoachingSoccerWeekly.com podcast. It’s a great setup that allows

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1 v 1 to Targets

This week’s Animated Drills Video shows an activity that combines passing and dribbling in order to put passive pressure on the group that is passing. The diagram is created with the session planner

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