Defending at the right distance
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Soccer Technique
1 vs 1 with five balls
1v1 - 1 vs 1 drill with five balls to improve reaction and speed skills with shoot at goal under opponent's pressure
Possession
Rondo 2 v 2 + 2 neutral players: switch play and 1 v 1
Rondo 2 v 2 + 2 neutral players: switch play and 1 v 1
Possession - Rondo 2 v 2 with 2 jokers for wide ball possession and final 1 v 1 situation with finishing
Quickness
Physical course - The square
Physical course - The square
Quickness - Cognitive circuit for training speed and quickness
Pressing
Pressing and preventing counterattack - Barcelona FC
Pressing and preventing counterattack - Barcelona FC
Pressing - Simplified game to train pressing and prevent counterattack
Depth
Rondo 4 vs 2: Striker gets away from marker
Rondo 4 vs 2: Striker gets away from marker
Depth - Preparatory drill for the seek of depth through striker's cuts
Corner kick
Corner kick play starting in line
Corner kick play starting in line
Corner kick - Corner kick play with simultaneous unmarking movements starting in line
Technical
Technical improvement circuit
Technical improvement circuit
Technical - Technical and coordination circuit to train ball control, precise shoot and ball transmission skills
Possession
Theme match: 4 v 4 +1 with side supports
Theme match: 4 v 4 +1 with side supports
Possession - Ball possession in small spaces to train quick passes and quick thinking and execution
Shooting
From 1 v 1 to 4 v 4
From 1 v 1 to 4 v 4
Shooting - Exercise focused on quick and unpredictable shooting, quick decision-making, and peripheral vision.
Width
Thematic game: wide attack on the goal
Thematic game: wide attack on the goal
Width - Thematic game to attack the goal wide with cross or lofted passes
Creating space
Possession and unmarking
Possession and unmarking
Creating space - Improve unmarking movements and ball possession in a situation of numerical superiority
Possession
8 v 8 ball possession plus 3 neutral players
8 v 8 ball possession plus 3 neutral players
Possession - Conditioned game to train ball possession and cognitive skills in numerical superiority situation
Switching play
Ball possession numerical superiority: neutral player and 1 v 1 for conclusion
Ball possession numerical superiority: neutral player and 1 v 1 for conclusion
Switching play - Rondo in numerical superiority to practice switching play plus 1 v 1 situation with finishing
Creating space
Searching for depth against two defenders
Searching for depth against two defenders
Creating space - Exercise to train players in unmarking movements to evade opposing marking
Balance
Thematic match to train defenders on defensive elastic and marking in the area
Thematic match to train defenders on defensive elastic and marking in the area
Balance - Train the defensive line in covering movement, ball attack, positioning, and marking.
Width
6 v 6 scoring in regolatory goal and in two small goals aside
6 v 6 scoring in regolatory goal and in two small goals aside
Width - Small-sided Game proposal with multiple finalization opportunities
1v1
Small-sided game - Active defense
Small-sided game - Active defense
1v1 - Small-sided Game with a 1 v 1 with the defender, training tackling and dribbling
Basic motor skills
Motor-cognitive circuit with 1 v 1 challenge
Motor-cognitive circuit with 1 v 1 challenge
Basic motor skills - Motor station with cognitive inputs to train speed and speed of processing in 1 v 1
Creating space
6 v 6 match with central forbidden zone
6 v 6 match with central forbidden zone
Creating space - 6 v 6 conditioned game for play developments and losing the marker creating width and depth
Goalkeeping
Ball possession with passback to the goalkeeper
Ball possession with passback to the goalkeeper
Goalkeeping - Exercise about possession with the objective of passing to goalkeeper, who defends their area learning to participate actively in the game with teammates
Coordination
Technical motor circuit: Cognitive and precision shot
Technical motor circuit: Cognitive and precision shot
Coordination - Technical motor circuit to be performed with the ball with final precision shot
1v1
Coordination circuit and 1 v 1 situation
Coordination circuit and 1 v 1 situation
1v1 - Coordination circuit followed by a 1 v 1 with cross from the back to a teammate
Awareness
Space-time coordination skills: relaunched ball
Space-time coordination skills: relaunched ball
Awareness - Game for youth soccer players to develop space-time orientation and coordination skills
3v2
Small-sided Game: situations of numerical superiority aimed at scoring goals
Small-sided Game: situations of numerical superiority aimed at scoring goals
3v2 - Small-sided game 3 v 2 for the goal in favor of the attackers with the defenders restarting play after recovering the ball
Diagonal runs
Rondo 3 v 2: cut of a wide player
Rondo 3 v 2: cut of a wide player
Diagonal runs - 3 v 2 preparatory drill on finding depth with a cut by an outside player
Finishing in the final third
Reference, insertion, and back pass
Reference, insertion, and back pass
Finishing in the final third - Exercise that helps players perform the correct movements to score in specific game situations.
Creating space
4 v 2: passing, losing your marker and positioning
4 v 2: passing, losing your marker and positioning
Creating space - Situational drill to train players in passing, losing their marker, and positioning
Running with the ball
Running with the ball and 2v2
Running with the ball and 2v2
Running with the ball - Technical-motor circuit for ball driving and control with final 2v2 situation
Running with the ball
Robin Hood: driving the ball at speed - Ajax AFC
Robin Hood: driving the ball at speed - Ajax AFC
Running with the ball - Driving the ball at speed with fun elements for players
Education
Introduction to bio-banding and its scientific basis
Introduction to bio-banding and its scientific basis
Education - What is bio-banding? What is the theoretical basis of bio-banding? How do we identify the stages of growth in soccer players? Let's find that out in this article.
Dribbling
Dribbling in different size spaces
Dribbling in different size spaces
Dribbling - Improve dribbling and close control in spaces of different sizes
Passing
Technical warm-up - Peripheral vision, passing and running with the ball
Technical warm-up - Peripheral vision, passing and running with the ball
Passing - Improve players' technique by also stimulating peripheral vision
Creating space
Spanish Game: 3 v 3
Spanish Game: 3 v 3
Creating space - 3 v 3 game for younger age groups with the objective of finishing on small goals
2v2
2 v 2: Get out of high press and attack quickly
2 v 2: Get out of high press and attack quickly
2v2 - 2 v 2 game situation with defender's high pressing for ball recovery
Running with the ball
Basic motor skills and cognitive: The spoils
Basic motor skills and cognitive: The spoils
Running with the ball - Cognitive drill with the ball for Youth Academies
Running with the ball
Game: Numbered squares corner
Game: Numbered squares corner
Running with the ball - Game proposal for basic activity to train carrying the ball inside a square
Corner kick
Corner kick play starting in line
Corner kick play starting in line
Corner kick - Corner kick play with simultaneous unmarking movements starting in line
Shooting
From 1 v 1 to 4 v 4
From 1 v 1 to 4 v 4
Shooting - Exercise focused on quick and unpredictable shooting, quick decision-making, and peripheral vision.
Numerical superiority (attack)
Seeking positional superiority
Seeking positional superiority
Numerical superiority (attack) - Positional play to seek numerical superiority behind the opponent's pressure line
Double up (marking)
Activation: searching for double up
Activation: searching for double up
Double up (marking) - Three-man drill to practice defensive double up situations
Technical
Technical improvement circuit
Technical improvement circuit
Technical - Technical and coordination circuit to train ball control, precise shoot and ball transmission skills
Passing
Combination of passes at varying distances - Diego Pablo Simeone
Combination of passes at varying distances - Diego Pablo Simeone
Passing - Exercise by Diego Pablo Simeone: sequence of ball passing with combination of passes and unmarking between several players
Threaded pass, defense splitting pass
11 v 11 thematic match: goal after a through ball
11 v 11 thematic match: goal after a through ball
Threaded pass, defense splitting pass - Thematic game to practice the technical skill of passing, with a particular focus on through balls.
Finishing
5 v 5 Small-sided Game with support players
5 v 5 Small-sided Game with support players
Finishing - SSG to develop sudden situations with shots on goal
Anaerobic lactic
Small-Sided Game in offensive superiority
Small-Sided Game in offensive superiority
Anaerobic lactic - SSG to be offered in multiple age groups by applying due consideration (number of sets and repetitions, size of the field, number of players, increased attention to joint mobility and endurance)
Education
Attention: Is it my problem?
Attention: Is it my problem?
Education - Kids are often labeled as energetic, rowdy, distracted when in reality the problem could be the way we communicate and manage practices
Education
Effective communication between the coach and the team: Obstacles and strategies to promote a constructive dialogue - Part 1
Effective communication between the coach and the team: Obstacles and strategies to promote a constructive dialogue - Part 1
Education - Communication between the coach and the team is not a spontaneous process, it requires the right approach and constant effort
Anaerobic alactic
4 v 4 with goalkeepers + speed endurance
4 v 4 with goalkeepers + speed endurance
Anaerobic alactic - Small-sided game integrated into a session with the aim of lactacid conditioning
Education
Introduction to bio-banding and its scientific basis
Introduction to bio-banding and its scientific basis
Education - What is bio-banding? What is the theoretical basis of bio-banding? How do we identify the stages of growth in soccer players? Let's find that out in this article.
Nutrition
Are food supplements useful? When and how to use them
Are food supplements useful? When and how to use them
Nutrition - Is it necessary to use food supplements in sports? Let's dive into this increasingly popular topic
Nutrition
Nutritional Strategies In Half Time
Nutritional Strategies In Half Time
Nutrition - What foods are recommended to obtain a good performance in the second half? The nutritionist’s advice
Education
Muscle cramps: What they are and what to do when they occur
Muscle cramps: What they are and what to do when they occur
Education - Cramps are quite frequent on soccer fields and affect both professional and amateur players: why do they occur and how can you deal with them?
Education
Skeletal muscle tissue: what is it and how does it work?
Skeletal muscle tissue: what is it and how does it work?
Education - This brief text describes the striated skeletal muscle, i.e., the muscle that permits movement!
Attacking Principles
4-3-3 - Attacking development to shooting
4-3-3 - Attacking development to shooting
Attacking Principles - Combination proposal to get to shooting after a rejection by an opponent defender
Game construction for 4-3-3 system: Holding Midfielder free to play and Side Midfielder centralizing
Playing out from the back - Game construction proposal for 4-3-3 system with Holding Midfielder free to play and Internal Midfielder's insertion
Match Analysis
The importance of marking in the defensive phase
The importance of marking in the defensive phase
Match Analysis - The Chukwueze-Zalewski case in AC Milan vs FC Inter match
Match Analysis
Leicester vs Tottenham: a tactical analysis
Leicester vs Tottenham: a tactical analysis
Match Analysis - How Leicester capitalized on Tottenham’s defensive lapses and dynamic transitions to create offensive threats
Corner kick
Corner kick in favor with short play
Corner kick in favor with short play
Corner kick - Build-up from a corner kick with short play and subsequent block to free the player that shoots from outside the area
Indirect free kick
Lateral free kick: long ball on the second post
Lateral free kick: long ball on the second post
Indirect free kick - Game plan for lateral free kick with zone defense
Goalkeeper skills
3 v 3 game for goalkeepers
3 v 3 game for goalkeepers
Goalkeeper skills - 3 v 3 games to train various technical goals for goalkeepers and game situations
Goalkeeping
Ball possession with passback to the goalkeeper
Ball possession with passback to the goalkeeper
Goalkeeping - Exercise about possession with the objective of passing to goalkeeper, who defends their area learning to participate actively in the game with teammates
Possession
Rondo 2 v 2 + 2 neutral players: switch play and 1 v 1
Rondo 2 v 2 + 2 neutral players: switch play and 1 v 1
Possession - Rondo 2 v 2 with 2 jokers for wide ball possession and final 1 v 1 situation with finishing
Quickness
Physical course - The square
Physical course - The square
Quickness - Cognitive circuit for training speed and quickness
Pressing
Pressing and preventing counterattack - Barcelona FC
Pressing and preventing counterattack - Barcelona FC
Pressing - Simplified game to train pressing and prevent counterattack
Depth
Rondo 4 vs 2: Striker gets away from marker
Rondo 4 vs 2: Striker gets away from marker
Depth - Preparatory drill for the seek of depth through striker's cuts
Corner kick
Corner kick play starting in line
Corner kick play starting in line
Corner kick - Corner kick play with simultaneous unmarking movements starting in line
Technical
Technical improvement circuit
Technical improvement circuit
Technical - Technical and coordination circuit to train ball control, precise shoot and ball transmission skills
Possession
Theme match: 4 v 4 +1 with side supports
Theme match: 4 v 4 +1 with side supports
Possession - Ball possession in small spaces to train quick passes and quick thinking and execution
Shooting
From 1 v 1 to 4 v 4
From 1 v 1 to 4 v 4
Shooting - Exercise focused on quick and unpredictable shooting, quick decision-making, and peripheral vision.
Width
Thematic game: wide attack on the goal
Thematic game: wide attack on the goal
Width - Thematic game to attack the goal wide with cross or lofted passes
Creating space
Possession and unmarking
Possession and unmarking
Creating space - Improve unmarking movements and ball possession in a situation of numerical superiority
Possession
8 v 8 ball possession plus 3 neutral players
8 v 8 ball possession plus 3 neutral players
Possession - Conditioned game to train ball possession and cognitive skills in numerical superiority situation
Switching play
Ball possession numerical superiority: neutral player and 1 v 1 for conclusion
Ball possession numerical superiority: neutral player and 1 v 1 for conclusion
Switching play - Rondo in numerical superiority to practice switching play plus 1 v 1 situation with finishing
Creating space
Searching for depth against two defenders
Searching for depth against two defenders
Creating space - Exercise to train players in unmarking movements to evade opposing marking
Balance
Thematic match to train defenders on defensive elastic and marking in the area
Thematic match to train defenders on defensive elastic and marking in the area
Balance - Train the defensive line in covering movement, ball attack, positioning, and marking.
Width
6 v 6 scoring in regolatory goal and in two small goals aside
6 v 6 scoring in regolatory goal and in two small goals aside
Width - Small-sided Game proposal with multiple finalization opportunities
1v1
Small-sided game - Active defense
Small-sided game - Active defense
1v1 - Small-sided Game with a 1 v 1 with the defender, training tackling and dribbling
Basic motor skills
Motor-cognitive circuit with 1 v 1 challenge
Motor-cognitive circuit with 1 v 1 challenge
Basic motor skills - Motor station with cognitive inputs to train speed and speed of processing in 1 v 1
Creating space
6 v 6 match with central forbidden zone
6 v 6 match with central forbidden zone
Creating space - 6 v 6 conditioned game for play developments and losing the marker creating width and depth
Goalkeeping
Ball possession with passback to the goalkeeper
Ball possession with passback to the goalkeeper
Goalkeeping - Exercise about possession with the objective of passing to goalkeeper, who defends their area learning to participate actively in the game with teammates
Coordination
Technical motor circuit: Cognitive and precision shot
Technical motor circuit: Cognitive and precision shot
Coordination - Technical motor circuit to be performed with the ball with final precision shot
1v1
Coordination circuit and 1 v 1 situation
Coordination circuit and 1 v 1 situation
1v1 - Coordination circuit followed by a 1 v 1 with cross from the back to a teammate
Awareness
Space-time coordination skills: relaunched ball
Space-time coordination skills: relaunched ball
Awareness - Game for youth soccer players to develop space-time orientation and coordination skills
3v2
Small-sided Game: situations of numerical superiority aimed at scoring goals
Small-sided Game: situations of numerical superiority aimed at scoring goals
3v2 - Small-sided game 3 v 2 for the goal in favor of the attackers with the defenders restarting play after recovering the ball
Diagonal runs
Rondo 3 v 2: cut of a wide player
Rondo 3 v 2: cut of a wide player
Diagonal runs - 3 v 2 preparatory drill on finding depth with a cut by an outside player
Finishing in the final third
Reference, insertion, and back pass
Reference, insertion, and back pass
Finishing in the final third - Exercise that helps players perform the correct movements to score in specific game situations.
Creating space
4 v 2: passing, losing your marker and positioning
4 v 2: passing, losing your marker and positioning
Creating space - Situational drill to train players in passing, losing their marker, and positioning
Running with the ball
Running with the ball and 2v2
Running with the ball and 2v2
Running with the ball - Technical-motor circuit for ball driving and control with final 2v2 situation
Running with the ball
Robin Hood: driving the ball at speed - Ajax AFC
Robin Hood: driving the ball at speed - Ajax AFC
Running with the ball - Driving the ball at speed with fun elements for players
Education
Introduction to bio-banding and its scientific basis
Introduction to bio-banding and its scientific basis
Education - What is bio-banding? What is the theoretical basis of bio-banding? How do we identify the stages of growth in soccer players? Let's find that out in this article.
Dribbling
Dribbling in different size spaces
Dribbling in different size spaces
Dribbling - Improve dribbling and close control in spaces of different sizes
Passing
Technical warm-up - Peripheral vision, passing and running with the ball
Technical warm-up - Peripheral vision, passing and running with the ball
Passing - Improve players' technique by also stimulating peripheral vision
Creating space
Spanish Game: 3 v 3
Spanish Game: 3 v 3
Creating space - 3 v 3 game for younger age groups with the objective of finishing on small goals
2v2
2 v 2: Get out of high press and attack quickly
2 v 2: Get out of high press and attack quickly
2v2 - 2 v 2 game situation with defender's high pressing for ball recovery
Running with the ball
Basic motor skills and cognitive: The spoils
Basic motor skills and cognitive: The spoils
Running with the ball - Cognitive drill with the ball for Youth Academies
Running with the ball
Game: Numbered squares corner
Game: Numbered squares corner
Running with the ball - Game proposal for basic activity to train carrying the ball inside a square