Don’t let your players shy away from a 1v1! Develop their confidence and skills with this attacking session, so that they can not only beat their opponent in a 1v1, but also protect the ball when going forward.
Your players might not be the next Neymar and have stepovers in their arsenal but this session will equip them with the skills and tricks to bamboozle the opposition! Work on their close control, encouraging them to keep their head up when dribbling forward with the ball, using tricks such as feints to take on their opponent in a 1v1.
Get your players being confident going into a 1v1 and beating the opposition to go forward!
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
Roughly a fifth of Premier League goals come from set pieces, and the gap between teams who plan their routines and teams who do not has never been wider. Here is how the modern set-piece specialists design attacking corners, free kicks, and throw-ins - and how you can apply their ideas at any level.
The next frontier in football coaching is not physical, it is mental. Cognitive load training - the deliberate use of perception, decision-making and dual-task demands inside football drills - is reshaping how the best academies develop players. Here is what it means and how to use it.
If the last decade taught us about pressing, this one is teaching us about what stands behind it. Rest defence is the shape your team holds while attacking, and it is the difference between dominating a game and getting picked off on the counter.