⚽️👇 Activity Description Below 🗣️ This is a practice... called ‘Rondo into Cutbacks’ from Drill Library. Play starts with a 4v2 rondo in the central area. The team of 4 in possession must complete a minimum of five passes before playing a pass into either of the two wide players positioned on the outside. Upon successfully passing the ball into the wide players, they will initiate a 3v2 attack, with the two wide players and the centre forward attacking against two defenders. If the defending team in the rondo manages to win possession while being outnumbered 2v4, they can counterattack and attempt to score in the main goal. ✅ Click below to view 700+ specialised & adaptable training activities ↙️ 💻show more

⚽️👇 Activity Description Below This is a Breaking Lines... practice from Drill Library. In this drill, players work on breaking defensive lines through quick ball movement and intelligent positioning. The aim is to find and pass to two teammates who are positioned beyond the opposition’s defensive line, replicating scenarios that occur in real match situations. The setup includes 3 players in possession versus 3 defenders in a locked central grid. The 3 attackers must circulate the ball quickly, using clever movement and combination play to disrupt the defensive structure. The team shape resembles a 2-3-3-2, with 3 defenders trying to block access while 2 target players wait beyond the line to receive a penetrating pass. ✅ Click below to view 700+ specialised & adaptable training activities ↙️ 💻show more

⚽️👇 Activity Description Below 🗣️ This is a ‘Back... 3 Build Up Pattern’ from Drill Library. This passing activation allows players to work on developing build-up patterns and relationships while playing in a back 3 shape. The build-up is heavily focused on a 3-2 build-up shape with central combinations. The aim is to create a fluid transition from the back, ensuring the ball is circulated efficiently before being played into the attacking areas. ✅ Click below to view 700+ specialised & adaptable training activities ↙️ 💻show more

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4v4+4 Possession➡️Crossing & Finishing🎯 • Make 5 passes in... the central area before you can break out into the wide areas • 2v2 in attacking box with wide players as crossers🎯 • If there is a goal, the team who conceded swap roles with the outside players and winners stay on Great practice with quick transitions and opportunities to work on breaking lines and working with attackers on making forward runs to join attacks at speed⚽️ Coaches' Voice Sport Session Planner The Sporting Resource The Coaching Family SessionShareshow more

⚽️ Cutback Small Sided Game 🗣️ This is a... practice from drill library. This small-sided game is played with 4v4 teams and 4 neutral players positioned at the 4 corners of the grid, known as the 'cutback' zones. The objective is to score 1 goal to win the game. After each goal, the losing team will switch with the neutral players, ensuring that both teams get equal opportunities in different roles. The neutral players are restricted to 1 touch, and the team in possession is encouraged to use them to create goal-scoring chances through quick cutbacks, crosses, or switching the play. The attacking team should aim to exploit the neutral zones to stretch the defense, pull defenders out of position, and open up space for a final delivery into the box. The defenders will need to be aware of their positioning and try to prevent passes into the neutral zones by maintaining close coverage on their opponents.show more

📽️ New Activity L 📂 Possession Challenge: The Zone... Game L 💻 Created via Sport Session Planner 🔘Set-Up: ▪️ 30x30 yards, divided into three equal thirds (middle and two end zones). ▪️ 8 players (4v4). ▪️Two small goals placed in each end zone facing the end zone. 🔘Activity: 🟡 Both teams play to maintain possession in the middle third of the pitch. 🟡Teams must complete a minimum of 5 passes before one player can move into an end zone and attempt to score in one of the two small goals. 🟡Goals must be scored with a maximum of 2 touches inside the end zone. 🔘Scoring System: 🔷1 point for successfully completing 5 passes. 🔷1 point for scoring in the small goal. 🔷1 point for the defending team if they regain possession inside either end zone. 🔷Coach to keep track of overall team points. ⚪️ Progressions 🧵👇 💻 Website: 📽️ Youtube Channel:show more

Transfer Game⚽️ • Complete 4 passes before you can... transfer the ball to the other side • Must play into the middle player before you can transfer, they can set you back to then pass into the other side🎯 • If the defending team regain the ball they can score in the mini goal Rotate players around so that they all get an experience of being in possession and pressing players, highlight specific players to be the transfer player in the middle which helps them work on their development or strengths🗒️ Coaches' Voice Sport Session Planner The Sporting Resource The Coaching Family SessionShare @_otlfcshow more

⚽️ Progressive Rondo ✅ Visit our drill library to... view hundreds of specialised & adaptable animated training activities ↙️ 💻show more

Hexagons and Octagons Those who follow football and coaching... will be well aware that there are trends that emerge and become the great break through in coaching, only to vanish quite quickly. A few stick around and become a staple. Such as the rondo, or the 4v4+4 Guardiola rondo variation. One that did not stick around in the coaching collective consciousness that possible should have was Thomas Tuchel’s use of hexagonal and octagonal playing areas in training sessions. Tuchel explained that cutting off the corners and angling the pitch forced “sharp diagonal” passes that would help break the press. The positioning of players outside the hexagon/octagon or players close to the edges will be manipulated into an open body shape by the angles of the pitch. Players are impacted by environmental constraints and embodied cognition, where the geography of the playing area influences their actions. This influence spreads to the creation of triangles and diamonds within the playing area due to the “funnel” like nature of the playing area. We can use the cut outside angles by placing bounce or target players on the exterior, influencing the movement and organisation internally. The inside players will not have to move wide as those areas are occupied. The internal players will seek to create passing angles using the positioning of the outside players and their internal team mates. The diamonds and triangles will appear. If we leave the spaces on the outside empty players can move to fill the spaces. These act as free spaces to receive from the goalkeeper or open spaces for attackers to overlap into, encouraging attacking combination play and crosses. A different way of using the space is to remove goals and goalkeepers from the ends and place bounce/target players on the outside. Players now can combine with the outside players, when they do so they are then free to finish into the outside goals. The condition can be extended to combining with the target player in the opposite side of the pitch before scoring, adding an element of switching play. The hexagon and octagon are versatile spaces that help to replicate aspects of the game. By funneling the spaces we impact players body shape, ability to play forward quickly, team shape (or small group shapes), players cutting in, defending centrally, the types of combination used and the angles of line breaking pass (diagonals). The angles are hugely significant for teams that value combinations and possession football, Straight passes and receiving angles are much easier to intercept and carry high risks for being counter attacked. Short diagonals can bypass players and attacking shapes, creating angled connections. If an angles pass is given away there is still a risk of being counter attacked but there is more chance of having players around the ball to regain possession. To counter press. The question that emerges is should we then be using hexagons and octagons more? If they are of greater benefit than squares and rectangles, why use them? Should all pitches, including those of a small sided nature be hexagonal? Can the rondo square be replaced by the rondo octagon?show more

⚽️ Playing Out From The Back ✅ Visit our... drill library to view hundreds of specialised & adaptable animated training activities ↙️ 💻show more

3 Team Tactical Possession | Build Up Play in... Wide Areas Created on: TacticalPad® @become_excel Tactical ✭ Thinker.  Lloyd Owers @FootballTrnng @205_Sports The Sporting Resource Felix Lehmann TacticalPedia SessionShare Drills4Football ⚽️Coaching Drills⚽️ CoachesTrainingRoom⚽ ☑️ Ball ⚽️ starts in an outer 1/3. ⚫️s and 🔵s combine until they can play wide and then through to the other outer 1/3. ☑️ If the path wide is blocked 🚫 a ⚫️ or 🔵 from the opposite outer 1/3 can drop into the middle 1/3 to help transfer the ball ⚽️. ☑️ 🔴s must win the ball and score in the mini goals they are facing. They are allowed 1 player in outer 1/3s and 2 players in the central 1/3. ☑️ When 🔴s win the ball ⚽️ they can go anywhere. 🔁 Switch up the teams regularly.show more

⚽️ 1v1s With & Without the Ball Subscribe to... our drill library to view hundreds of specialised & adaptable animated training activities ↙️ 💻show more

A simple possession game using sticky ball. •Hurley in... hurling hand, throw with the catching hand •Team in possession try work the ball to their teammate with the sticky pad •Players can progress to hand passing instead of throwingshow more

⚽️ 2v2+1 Create The Attack ✅ SOUND ON ➡️... Subscribe to our drill library to view hundreds of specialised & adaptable animated training activities ↙️ 💻show more

⚽️ 8v6 Phase of Play | Attacking Wide Areas|... Cutbacks + Crosses Created on: TacticalPad® ☑️ Aim: ✔️ Combine in wide areas and create scoring chances using crosses or cutbacks. ☑️ Space and Set Up: ✔️ Half pitch: Funnel pitch toward mini goals. ✔️ 3 Mini Goals in a line centrally 🥅. Approx 5-8 yards from centre circle ⭕️. ✔️ Attacks are alternate ⚽️1️⃣: ⚫️s try to combine and score in large goal. ⚽️2️⃣: 🔴s build up and score in mini goals. ☑️ Play the Game: ✔️🔴s defend the large goal and score in any of the 3 x mini goals 🥅. They line up in a 1-4-3. ✔️ ⚫️s score in the large goal and defend the 3x mini goals 🥅. ✔️ ⚫️s line up in a 3-3 but they have 2xFB operate on the diagonal lines of the pitch. The FBs are behind the attack to recycle the ball ⚽️ for the ⚫️s. ☑️ Notes: ✔️ Encourage ⚫️s to use 2 and 3 player combinations to get behind the 🔴s defence. ✔️ Playing wide is a preference but if the 🔴s offer a clear central route to goal then use it. ✔️ Wall passing, Set passes, Overlaps and Underlaps are great moves to help players create chances. 🔁 Flip the roles of the players to allow them to practice attacking and defending. Temisan Williams @TheCoachesArea Lloyd Owers @FootballTrnng Brett Godwin The Sporting Resource Felix Lehmann @ExchangeCoaches The Coaching Family @RJPcoach TheBeardedCoach 205 Academy Tom Skeath Breakthrough Soccer 𝗙𝗖𝗖 𝗛𝘂𝗯 | 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 goTeam! Sports 🇬🇧 🇺🇸show more

Playing through the Thirds Game. ⚽️ Created On: Sport... Session Planner #SundayShare #SundayShare 🟩 Set Up: ✔️ 56 by 30 yard pitch split into thirds. 👕 Teams: ✔️⚫️ vs 🔴s 🗣️ How to play: ✔️ Teams have to play through the thirds to score. ✔️ Game starts in the build up zone. Two players build up against one and progress into the middle third. ✔️ Teams must make at least one pass in the middle third then progress into the final third to score. ✔️ Four players can join the attack and four players can recover to defend. 🚧 Constraints: 🏆Reward: if a team played through the thirds and scores - they get to keep the ball and have another go. 👨‍🏫 Review: In the middle third can you receive, turn and be forward facing? 🚫 Restriction: Two touch limit in the middle third. Temisan Williams @FootballTwenty5 Lloyd Owers Osku Partonen 205 Academy Conor Edwards Breakthrough Soccer TheBeardedCoach The Sporting Resource Felix Lehmann @ExchangeCoaches Brett Godwin Mo Hicham Souisse 🇺🇸 🇲🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Birch Coaches' Voice The Coaching Familyshow more

BUILD FROM THE BACK - PART 1 9v6 Rondo... using pitch geography. Reds play into the 9 for a point, but must combine with at least 1 CM. Blues win the ball and score past GK. - CM receive on half-turn - Create a wide diamond - Inverted FB, CM rotates out #SundayShareshow more

TRAINING ACTIVITY 4v4+3 Pressing Rondo My #SundayShare for the... weekend. Train your players to press as a unit and remain on the front foot to secure the ball and establish control with quick transitions Session Details ⬇️show more

Fulham FC Crossing And Finishing Activity 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The practice... starts with a 3v2 attacking phase. After the first action, a resting defender plays wide, creating a 4v3 to attack and cross. The final ball from the resting defender then triggers a 5v4, encouraging quick transitions, wide play, and finishing under pressure. 🎥 Full breakdown & more sessions at 📲 Ultimate Player HQ App | App Store & Google Playshow more