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Coaching Corner

Coaching advice


Welcome to Club Website's coaching section!

Club Website's coaching section contains a wealth of advice to help you improve your overall team performance.


The 'Coaching drills' section contains a comprehensive video library of drills designed to improve all aspects of your game. In addition, we bring you advice on tactics and coaching methods to help improve your team's performance on the training pitch and on match day.

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  • Coaching tips

        Attacking

  • Build up play and finishing
  • Shape, switching play and finishing
  • Fast break and innovative passing
  • Fast break attacking
  • Quick passing and quick thinking
  • Attacking wing play
  • 1 vs 1 attacking
  • Improving first touch and ball skills
  • One touch finishing around the box
  • Movement, overlaps and finishing

        Defending

  • 1 vs 1 defending
  • Defending in pairs
  • Stopping forward passes
  • Regaining possession
  • Defending and recovering
  • Defending as group
  • Defensive with compactness and communication

        Passing/receiving

  • Wall passes
  • Long passing technique and control of the ball
  • Short passing and one-twos
  • Chip pass technique
  • Combining short, long and one touch passing
  • Overlapping and fitness
  • Receiving and controlling the ball
  • Receiving and turning
  • Receiving and keeping momentum of attack
  • Controlling and passing under pressure
  • Short passing and interchanging positions
  • Awareness, first touch and accurate passing
  • Passing and moving to create openings
  • Passing and movement in tight areas
  • Passing and changing the point of attack
  • Possession play and playing with your head up
  • Concentration and passing technique
  • Passing, receiving and finishing
  • Passing, receiving and making angles
  • Volley passes and concentration

        Goalkeeping

  • Footwork and getting set to receive
  • Footwork and agility
  • Diving and decision making
  • Dealing with cut backs from the dead ball line
  • Unsighted saves
  • Diving saves and agility
  • Improving fitness and leg strength
  • Agility and shot stopping
  • Positioning and angles
  • Core strength and handling

        Dribbling

  • Running with the ball at speed
  • Turning at speed
  • Running at speed with a finish
  • Beating a defender with skill
  • Dribble and take technique
  • Agility with the ball
  • Change of speed and direction with the ball
  • Skills when dribbling
  • Dribbling and protecting the ball
  • Communication and intelligence when dribbling

        Shooting/finishing

  • Accuracy
  • Shooting on the move
  • Creating space to shoot with a skill
  • Dribbling and finishing
  • Manipulating the ball in order to shoot
  • Crossing and finishing
  • Crossing and finishing with build up play
  • Tight control and accurate shooting
  • Shooting outside the box whilst on the move
  • Shooting across goal

        An introduction to tactics

  • An introduction to tactics

        3-5-2

  • The 3-5-2 formation
  • 3-5-2 attacking
  • 3-5-2 defending

        4-3-3 or 4-5-1

  • The 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 formation
  • 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 attacking
  • 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 defending

        4-2-4

  • The 4-2-4 formation
  • 4-2-4 attacking
  • 4-2-4 defending

        4-4-2

  • The 4-4-2 formation
  • 4-4-2 attacking
  • 4-4-2 defending

        An introduction to coaching

  • An introduction to coaching

        Session management

  • Session management

        Coaching methods

  • Coaching methods

        Coaching styles

  • Coaching styles

        Communicating with players

  • Communicating with players

        Motivating players

  • Motivating players

        Being the coach

  • Being the coach