A Better Football subscriber recently emailed to ask if I had any suggestions for a long passing session that he was planning.
I had a think about it and put together a simple session plan. I thought I would share it with you here:
Long Passing – Soccer Coaching Session Plan
Set up a pitch approximately 40m x [...]

Peter Glynn is an FA Tesco Skills Coach Team Leader and an expert F.A. Coach Educator. He is currently rolling out the F.A.’s new age-appropriate qualification the Youth Award Module 1 across the country. He took a little time out of his hectic schedule to talk to us about the new qualifications and how the [...]

Science and Schedule – All Made Incredibly Easy
As our season has just ended it is time to reveal the outcome of a fascinating year-long experiment with a methodology called ‘Echo Coaching’. And the results are so positive that I’m sure you will want to apply this system to your own sessions next year.
I’ve just finished [...]

I’ve just released an updated version of “Small Sided Games: Attack!”; a 40 page book including 8 brand-new Small Sided Games templates plus modifications and progressions for each.
Every topic also includes the key coaching points for techniques and tactics that you can coach through the game – meaning if needed you can take the [...]

Photo Credit: The Joy Of The Mundane
In a former life (well years ago, before University!) I qualified as a personal trainer and worked in a gym. Flicking through the members’ workout logs revealed one major trend; the true extent to which cooling down is neglected. I would conservatively estimate that 9-out-of-10 regular gym users never [...]

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Do you wish there was a magic bullet to increase your players’ enthusiasm and effort in training? Wouldn’t you love to improve your players’ matchday output by as much as 30%?

Every coach will answer positively to these questions, and yet the sad fact is that the majority are missing out on the solution to both.

A decent warm up channels the abundant energy at the start of training into effective soccer-related activities, and has been shown to improve significantly young players’ aerobic output.

But you don’t want a ‘decent’ warm up; you’re here for the ‘perfect’ warm up. So how do we go about building it?

You can download and print this cool field diagram and use it for your teamsheet, your tactical discussion and for visual aids to compliment your coaching points.