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

8v6 | Build Up vs Pressing | Phase of... Play ⚽️ Created On: Sport Session Planner #SundayShare #SundayShare ✅ Build up vs Press. 🧱Set-Up: ➡️ On half a pitch, set up the playing area as shown. Across the halfway line, bolt on a 5-yard scoring zone. ➡️ Place a pair of mini-goals centrally, and position escape gates in the wide zones of the pitch. ➡️ At the opposite end, have a larger goal defender by a GK (🟢 👕 Teams: ⚫️s vs 🔴s plus 🟢 (GK) 🛝How to Play: ☑️ The 🔴s play out from the back and score by dribbling through a wide gate, or scoring 1st time off a set into the mini goals. No players are allowed to enter the red zone. ☑️ The ⚫️s press, regain possession of the ball, and score in the larger goal. 🚧 Constraints: 🏆Reward: Double points a regain and a finish within 6 seconds. 👨‍🏫 Review: The collective press of the ⚫️s. 🚫 Restriction: The 🔴s only have 5 passes to score. @Tactica1Thinker Lloyd Owers Osku Partonen 205 Academy The Sporting Resource Peter Prickett | TheBeardedCoach Jamie Birch SessionShare @ExchangeCoaches Mo Hicham Souisse 🇺🇸 🇲🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Allenaremania.com The Coaching Familyshow 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

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

3 Team Tactical Possession | Build Up Play in... Wide Areas Created on: TacticalPad® @become_excel Tactical ✭ Competitive Tender.  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

📽️ 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

Happy Bank Holiday Monday! ☀️ Here's a 2v2+2 practice... working on player between the lines Crafted on TacticalPad® Session Details: ➡️ 2v2 where the team in possession score through the red gates past the half way line ➡️ Team in possession can bounce the end player in the middle space between the gates to create angles to receive and score ➡️ First to 2 goals wins and then rotate the end players Tactical ✭ Thinker.  Lloyd Owers JUST COACH The Sporting Resource The Coaching Family @RJPcoach @ExchangeCoaches TheBeardedCoach @205_Sports Coach Siya Maloka SessionShare Charlie Huyton Felix Lehmann @FootballTrnng Tom Skeathshow more

My #SundayShare : 🔥HIGH-INTENSITY PRE-SEASON ATTACKING SESSION. Looking to... build a relentless, forward-thinking threat? Try this fast-paced 6v6 (+6) transition game designed to push quick decision-making under pressure. 📋 THE SETUP ✔️Format: 6 Yellow vs 6 Red + 2 GKs ✔️Neutrals: 6 Green players (Strict 2-touch limit; cannot shoot) ✔️Positioning: 4 Greens out in the corners, 2 Greens running the middle 🎯 THE RULES & SCORING ⏱️ 3-Minute Games: Play high-intensity 3-minute blocks, then rotate squads. Keep score! ⚽ 3 Points: For a regular goal. 🎯 1 Point: For any shot on target (rewards positive intent). ➕ Bonus Point: Score directly from a neutral player's assist! ✅Coaching Points: ✅Speed of Play: Demand quick, vertical ball movement. The two-touch limit on the neutrals forces the attacking team to support early and look forward immediately. ✅Exploit the Overload: Encourage your players to recognize where the extra green jersey is and use them to isolate defenders and create 2v1s. ✅Transition Mentality: The moment possession is won, the focus must instantly shift to a positive, forward-thinking threat before the defense can set up. 💥 The Goal: Force players to use the overload, transition vertically, and punish the opposition. Perfect for physical and tactical sharpness. How would you tweak this for your squad? 👇 #SoccerCoaching #TrainingDrills #PreSeason #Tactics #FootballCoach Ray Power SessionShare 𝗙𝗖𝗖 𝗛𝘂𝗯 | 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 AFC Ajax UU™ Rob Porter Osku Partonen 205 Academy Breakthrough Soccer The Sporting Resource The Exchange Coach Jamie Birch Kevin Middleton | FootballGPT Peter Prickett | TheBeardedCoach The Coaching Family JUST COACHshow more

Ajax Y Passing Drill❌❌❌ A simple passing practice used... by clubs such as Ajax & Barcelona to work with players on their passing and receiving skills, plus much more! • 3 Different variations within the video, however there are many more that you can use • Work on players passing weight & accuracy and ensuring they are passing to their teammates correct foot to allow them to receive the ball comfortably and then play at speed⏲️ • Working with players on their first touch so that it sets up their next action whether that is to put the ball in the correct place to then pass off their second touch or if they need to set their touch to then dribble or run with the ball🎯 #SundayShare The Coaching Family Coaches' Voice Sport Session Planner The Sporting Resource 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

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

#SundayShare 7v5 plus 4: transition from defense into attack.... (via Simon Jennings & FIFA Training Centre) A dynamic 3-zone session designed to train fast counter-attacking and intelligent defensive pressing. 📐 Organization • Pitch: 70x40m with 2 full-sized goals + GKs. • Central Area: 30x16m split into 3 zones (larger middle zone). ⚽ Explanation • Possession Phase: Orange looks to play through the central zone to their teammates at the opposite end. • Defending Phase: Green (middle) & active inside Yellow press to block lanes and win the ball. • Transition Phase: When Green/Yellow win possession, they instantly attack main goal. Wide Yellows activate immediately to join the counterattack, while Orange can break out of their zones to defend. 💡 Coaching Points • Attacking Transition: Look forward immediately—exploit space before the defense recovers. Wide neutrals must stay sharp on the shoulder of the defensive line. • Defensive Structure: Identify when to press vs. delay. Nearest player presses the ball carrier while supporting defenders offer depth to prevent overhead passes. • Rest Defense: Maintain balance and cover during transition so you aren't caught open on turnovers. A dynamic 3-zone session designed to train fast counter-attacking and intelligent defensive pressing. #SoccerCoaching #FootballTraining #Tactics #SoccerCoaching #TrainingDrills #PreSeason #Tactics #FootballCoach Ray Power The Coaching Family SessionShare 𝗙𝗖𝗖 𝗛𝘂𝗯 | 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 AFC Ajax UU™ Rob Porter Osku Partonen 205 Academy Breakthrough Soccer The Sporting Resource The Exchange Coach Jamie Birch Lee Cosgrove Kevin Middleton | FootballGPT Peter Prickett | TheBeardedCoach The Coaching Family JUST COACHshow more

Pep Guardiola on the tactics board explaining how to... exploit a double pivot by creating overloads in central areas. The key is positioning players between the lines while maintaining width through the half spaces, forcing the opposition to shift and protect one side of the pitch before attacking the space that opens on the opposite side. Those spaces can be through through dribbling or combinations. He then delivers perhaps the most important message when operating in dangerous areas: DESIRE TO SCORE. When you receive the ball close to goal, your first thought must be to hurt the opposition. Play forward. Attack the defender. Combine to penetrate. Shoot when the opportunity is there. Pick the ball up with the desire to score.show more

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 BASKETBALL The hardest thing for American teams at... any level of FIBA competition (besides maybe the rules, and ref disadvantage lol) is taking a set of individuals that haven’t played with eachother before and get them to play with shared energy, effort, and IQ This clip is showing where American Basketball is going, and if you want to be the best of the best - you have to learn how to play within simple offensive concepts - otherwise at some point (college, nba,etc) your individual talent will not be enough WHY THIS CLIP SHOWS SHARED IQ AND IS 🔥🔥 1. (The PG)is patient in the ball screen - simple concept with 2 players guarding him, he passes the ball to the open man (SIMPLE OFFENSIVE PRINCIPLE UNLOCKED) 2. (The Screener) recognizes the double and short rolls to space - but even bigger - they have the ability to PASS! Eyes up be a playmaker! 3. (receiver) recognizes the middle pass (we treat as a middle drive) and baseline cuts for an easy dunk - stars that can play in a team setting increase their winning impact (see Jalen Brunson in finals) If our best players have the ability to play like this in halfcourt settings, we are going to be just fine!! S/o to the coaching staff for building this in a short time! Scott Fitch Coach Nick LoGalbo Frank Bennettshow 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

🎩Finishing Drills ✏️1433 ⚽️"Medium" Created on TacticalPad® 🛡️ Defense... stacks up, game's on! #8, #10, #9 dive into a maze of strategy, turning the pitch into a chessboard. 🔄 🤼 Flanks turn fierce, fullbacks and wingers in a high-stakes duel. Every cross, a bold claim to victory. ⚔️ 🚫 Defenders rise, weaving a web of interceptions and presses. It's not just a game; it's a battle of wits. 🕸️ 💥 Attack meets defense, a thrilling clash of determination and skill. Who will outmaneuver whom? Stay tuned. 🔥🏆 @become_excel Tactical ✭ Competitive Tender.  Lloyd Owers JUST COACH @205_Sports Conor Edwards The Sporting Resource Felix Lehmann The Coaching Family @ExchangeCoaches SessionShare Coach Siya Maloka @RJPcoach TheBeardedCoach Ray Power Tom Skeath Breakthrough Soccer I.O.S JackBarca Kirk Crichton Charlie Huytonshow more

PVL ON TOUR CHANGES AND INNOVATIONS 🏐 The PVL... has announced the following rule changes and innovations for this year's PVL on Tour. 🔸 Each winning team per game will win P100,000 while the losing team will receive P50,000. 🔸 All 14 players per team must have already played by the end of Set 2, with each player required to be part of at least three rallies. 🔸 The two-point Premier Ball, similar to the one used in the All-Star Game, will again be used in the PVL on Tour. It can only be activated until a team reaches 22 points in Sets 1 to 4, and until 12 points in Set 5. #PVL2026 #PVLonTour #AlasPilipinasshow more

🚨 Francisco conceicao on Ronaldo not passing the ball... to him on Portugal 2-1 win over chile: 🗣️ “I felt I was in a much better position to take the shot and score but Ronaldo didn’t pass the ball Sometimes in football moments like that are what decided games We had opportunities in transition where the right decision could have changed everything, but it didn’t happen in that moment. We ended up going 1 man down and having to fight to take something out of the game but at the World Cup we need to work as a team to achieve our goal At this level, small details matter a lot. One pass, one decision, one second can completely change the direction of a match. We have the quality in this team, but we need more understanding in those situations, especially in the final third. If we want to go far in the World Cup, we cannot rely on individual moments we must move as one unit and make the best choice for the team every time.” {talkSPORT }show more

🚨Michael Olise on France’s approach to facing Spain in... the FIFA World Cup semi-final. 🗣️ “Let’s stop pretending everything Spain do goes through one player. Whether it’s Lamine Yamal, Pedri or Nico Williams, the danger comes from how they move the ball together. If you allow them to settle into their rhythm, you’ve already made your first mistake.” “Spain are a fantastic team, but we’re not going into this match to admire their football. Our job is to break their rhythm, win our duels and make sure they never feel comfortable on the ball.” “We’ll press them, we’ll match their intensity and we’ll make every pass difficult. In a World Cup semi-final, you don’t get time to play pretty football. Every metre has to be earned.” “People talk about Spain’s possession, but we have players who can hurt any team in transition. With Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé and the quality we have throughout the squad, we know we can create chances against anyone.” “This isn’t about proving who plays the better football. It’s about reaching the World Cup final. We respect Spain because they’re one of the best teams in the world, but once the whistle goes, respect stays off the pitch. We’re there to win and bring France one step closer to another World Cup.”show more