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Use this section to filter all of our drills, games and session plans by coaching theme.

You'll find activities on passing, shooting, tackling, crossing, dribbling and much more.

Use the search function to find a specific activity, or filter by individual themes.

Short passing

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Small-sided game: Turn on the switch

Use this small-sided game to create gaps in the defence by switching play and then making the killer pass

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Warm up: Turn on the switch

Use this three-part session to create gaps in the defence by switching play and then making the killer pass.

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Practice: Third-man running

This session develops players’ awareness and movement for third-man combinations.

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Warm-up: Third-man running

This session develops players’ awareness and movement for third-man combinations.

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Practice 2: Play out from defence

Encourage your players to build out from the back with this session. Use this session as a standalone activity, or combine it with two pr...

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Practice 1: Play out from defence

Encourage your players to build out from the back with this session. Use this session as a standalone activity, or combine it with two pr...

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Small-sided game: Play out from defence

Encourage your players to build out from the back with this session. Use this session as a standalone activity, or combine it with two pr...

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Warm-up: Breaking the lines

Play through the thirds and create attacking overloads in this three-part session.

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Practice 1: Scan, receive, turn

Help your players make quicker and better decisions with this three-part session.

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Warm-up: Passing with purpose

Encourage players to be adventurous and create angles in this three-part session plan.

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Practice: Staying in control

Challenge your players’ first touch with this variable and opposed session, split into three parts.

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Warm-up: Staying in control

Challenge your players’ first touch with this variable and opposed session, split into three parts.

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Practice: Passing to break from midfield

With limited passes before a shot must be made, players learn how to break from midfield with pace and precision

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Warm-up: Building the play

Develop your pass masters in a session which promotes shifting the ball quickly.

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Practice: Building the play

Develop your pass masters in a session which promotes shifting the ball quickly.

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Small-sided game: Building the play

Develop your pass masters in a session which promotes shifting the ball quickly.

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Line-breaking passes

Use defence-splitting passes to break the defensive line and put attackers through on goal. By MICHAEL BEALE

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Fast with the pass

Fast passing games help teams to keep the ball when they play in matches. This unopposed game helps develop first touch, movement and ...

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Go forward or switch

Players need to be able to create space to either play forward or switch play.

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Close attacking passes

Often in crowded areas of the pitch teams lose the ball by trying to hold on to it or with misplaced passes. Short passing in areas like ...

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Be creative around the penalty area

This will help your team make killer passes into the final third, with clever play releasing players so they beat the offside trap and go 1...

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Skilful shooting

Getting set up to score goals is vital to the success of your team. It needs a simple bit of skill in this game to get players scoring ...

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Goal scoring tactics

This tactical game is great for getting players thinking about who should be the attacker and how to make the most of points given to ...

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Third line pass

The third line pass is the creative pass that splits defenders and creates space for attackers to exploit. Helps players to understand the ...

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