Ellis Riley
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Assistant Coach @GopherSoccer ⚽️〽️ | USSF A-Senior License | Creator @SoccerIQ1 💭| MAT in P.E & Coaching | Minnesota 🇺🇸 | Leeds 🏴
Minneapolis, MN
Joined December 2016
Bielsa’s classic weave movement and third-man run practice - coming into play once again to pull the opponent out of structure.
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Marcelo Bielsa is essentially saying to Frank Lampard right now - “I studied your team diligently with 20 staff members for about 300 hours. All for a 2-0 win” This guy is on a planet and level I only aspire to be on. Scouting reports 30 games long for one match, unreal.
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Random guy serving me for groceries in San Diego: . “where’s the accent from?” . Me - “Leeds, Eng. ”. Him - “congratulations, back in the big time!” . #PremierLeague 🙌🏼⚽️.
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Some takeaways from my visit to see Marcelo Bielsa's methods in action.
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I really believe in this one. (we'll try the left-side next time) It challenges the players at finishing on the angle, it's two-touch max, and the movement prior makes for a more realistic shooting angle replicative of a game situation. @msceducation @Smedley033 @charlie_croydon
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Extremely simple trends that Bielsa has instilled into #lufc but you can tell it’s from the relentless rehearsal on the training ground. One checks in, one checks out, consistently unbalancing.
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Seen Bielsa working on similar technical channels like this. Very simplistic, but puts a huge emphasis on maximum focus & output within each repetition. Encourages the use all angles of the foot in the lay-offs & demands risk-taking with confidence @TacticalPad @msceducation
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One of my favorite 3 vs 5 Attacking in the transition exercises. Creating a situation in which space will close quickly unless the attacking group are efficient within their movements & technical decisions. @Smedley033 @TacticalPad @GAnthonyPE @TheCoachingZone @SoccerIQ1
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Should be an insightful document for coaches at any level. All credit to the presenters (who you can follow via the Prezi). Special thanks to the 25+ coaches who collaborated notes for this, I know it took some time to get out. Hope this link works-. ⚽️ ⚽️
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Attacking Activity - Just one variation I used that worked well in the past. Can add all different modifications or rules into this, but the essential focus is on breaking out of pressure into a more direct attack. @Smedley033 @TacticalPad @IBarkerSoccer
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We can't just shout out "Get in Triangles and defend". It starts with a focus on 'Pressure, cover, balance' principles. Building up the understanding of being 'connected' while working as 'sub-groups' within one @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @msceducation @Smedley033 @coachingdrills8
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Another variant of high-tempo Passing Patterns. Good option as a warm-up activity. Checking, peeling-off, and following the pass. Recommend 8 players per group for plenty of time on the ball. @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @msceducation @PlanItCoach @coachingdrills8 @CoachingfutbolE
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An exercise with a focus centrally on both sides of the transition - Attacking team looking to penetrate the final third, Defensive team looking to deny and stay compact, while forcing a turnover to counter out into the middle third. @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @msceducation
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Defending from the front - Pressure, cover, transition principles of 9,7,11,10. Red team look to play out (score) via finding mini-goals or by dribbling into the Red zone. Players are locked in zones as shown. Red can't repeat score in the same goal. @TacticalPad @Smedley033
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Keep on moving' - Warm-up passing. See if your players can get the timing and rhythm and maintain good pace of ball. @planettraining @Smedley033 @PlanItCoach @msceducation @barkernscaa @coachingdrills8 @CoachingfutbolE @SessionShareNet
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Activity ⚽️ Rotational pattern to goal with a race through the finish gate on the way back. •First team to 10 pts wins.• 2 touch max on the finish.•If team score + win race = 2pts.•If team miss but win 🏃🏻♂️ = 1pt . @TacticalPad @msceducation @Smedley033 @Tad690 @Danny_Searle
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'Race to play out' Activity. 5 players per team. Coach calls number between 3-6, players must react / combine proficiently & quickly to score in one of the mini goals. First to 5 wins. @TacticalPad @GAnthonyPE @Smedley033 @BreakthruSoccer @btlcoaching @msceducation
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Two examples of wide attacking build-up play in the attacking half. Involving full-backs in offensive transitions can be vital in creating overloads to exploit spaces in the opposition. ⚽️ @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @msceducation @BreakthruSoccer @worldfootcoach @socdrillsonline
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Simple exercise on focusing build out play from the back, players working in groups of 3. Combine + look to finish first-time into mini-goals. @TacticalPad @msceducation @IBarkerSoccer @Smedley033
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Playing out from the back soon becomes 6 vs 4, defending the counter in this game of transition. Ways to modify include removing wide goals & using 2 Blue 'recovery' players as targets in the 1st phase. Doubling the Goal tally if RED team deny Blue scoring & score in counter also
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Passing cognition warm-up exercise. @Smedley033 @msceducation @planettraining @PlanItCoach @coachingdrills8 @CoachingfutbolE
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Passing Pattern Practice @Smedley033 @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @coachingdrills8 @msceducation @barkernscaa @CoachingFamily @CoachesTrngRoom
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Combining wide through overlapping service practice. ⚽️ Activity has 3 movement rotations - Red to Blue to Yellow 🔄 @TacticalPad @msceducation @Tad690 @Smedley033 @touchtightcoach @btlcoaching @bobbypup @BreakthruSoccer @socdrillsonline @SessionShareNet
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Focus - Quickly releasing 10 into central transitions from wide areas. Ball begins with quick throw-ins (or alternative). 10 must run through Blue gate before being active to receive any pass. Red 10 can recover as soon as any pass outside box is made. @TacticalPad @Smedley033
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Traffic Light Transitions (Game exercise) - Challenge players to High Press in the Green. Connect with Caution in the Yellow, and Condense + Compact in the Red. - Can we force a turnover? @PlanItCoach @msceducation @CoachingManual @TacticalPad @touchtightcoach @Smedley033
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Compress, Connect, Compact, & (mentally ready to) Counter - Encourage player mindset to check off the C's. "Are we compressing?" Yes, "Can we connect?" "Yes", "Are we compact as a unit?", Yes, "Can we Counter?" @PlanItCoach @Smedley033 @msceducation @TacticalPad @barkernscaa
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6 vs 6 Exercise with an ever-changing picture. 3 balls per round until teams rotate who begins with the ball (as shown). After 2 rounds, Red & Blue switch ends completely and play again @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @msceducation @Danny_Searle @Smedley033 @DavidBairdSC @NahomGhidey
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May be useful for coaches with youth level players. Used it to give an idea of individualized & unit-based connectivity within a formation (4-3-3). Coaches can interpret & use this to show a variety of themes, but I found it useful to show trends of connectivity between players
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Thoroughly enjoyed the process towards this. Loved working alongside a great group of Coaches on & off the field over the past 5 months.
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(Activity) Finishing via combining in wide areas - CP's = Sharp movements, weight + precision of passing, speed of movement off the ball. @TacticalPad @msceducation @Smedley033 @HalfSpaceSoccer @socdrillsonline @SoccerIQ1
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Basic Short-Short-Long sequence with central players peeling-off. @Smedley033 @TacticalPad @coachingdrills8 @msceducation @PlanItCoach
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Red look to penetrate to Target zone & find 8. If Yellow intercept they must play wide to 2/3 before all Yellow are live to join counter attack. In this e.g. Red may not defend wide in transition or allow their 8 to recover. @TacticalPad @msceducation @PlanItCoach @Smedley033
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Snippets from a variation of unopposed technical activities on build-up play. @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @SoccerIQ1
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Little trend of Passing warm-up patterns lately - Here's another one for those of you enjoy trying variations of them. @Smedley033 @PlanItCoach @planettraining @SessionShareNet @coachingdrills8 @msceducation @CoachingFamily @barkernscaa @CoachingfutbolE @GAnthonyPE
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Ran this yesterday & it offers a variety of challenges on both sides of the ball. Forwards have to be aggressive in their objective to go to goal, Defenders have to find pressure & structure quickly to deny penetration in the central area @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @Tad690
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8 vs 5 - Playing out from the back activity. Trigger for the first line of defensive pressure is once the GK begins play. The second pressure trigger is once the ball enters the higher zone. @TacticalPad @Smedley033
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Breakout box game. If Red find 9 = 2 vs 2 to goal. If Blue win possession, play to mini goals. (Rotate two Blue's on the outside with Blues on the inside often) @TacticalPad @Tiki_TakaLeeds @PlanItCoach @SessionShareNet @Danny_Searle @Smedley033 @msceducation @coachingdrills8
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1) 3 vs 2 in middle block. 2) 7 & 11 / 2 & 3 stay wide in channel until ball hits the 9's feet, then it becomes a 3 vs 3 in final third (beyond the red line). 3) Yellow transition to mini-goals or by finding the #10. @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @msceducation @Smedley033
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Another inspired via Bielsa on building out & releasing full-backs into weak-side space. Trusting specific passes & motions of players in sync to bate pressure & release. These type of actions are practiced consistently for success, but so intriguing to pick apart @TacticalPad
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Utilizing 6 as the bounce player when looking to transition from defensive to middle third. Here 8/10 are the *targets* upon the CB’s reception from the GK. Objective is to find targets accurately with a longer pass, ultimately setting the advancing 6 into the pocket of space. ⚽️
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Zonal unopposed build-up practice. Challenge to play quickly and efficiently into different zones with the objective of wide service into the final centralized zone going to goal. @TacticalPad @Smedley033
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Smaller-sided activity focused on transition in a 3 vs 4 counter attack. As soon as Blue #9 begins to check-in, all players are live. Can be expanded & modified by adding counter goals for Red also. @TacticalPad @msceducation @socdrillsonline @Tad690 @Smedley033 @BreakthruSoccer
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For those who enjoy passing patterns as technical activations - Passing into the pocket, playing out into space. Modified this from one I liked @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @msceducation @Smedley033 @NahomGhidey @Danny_Searle @charlie_croydon @BreakthruSoccer @AmplifiedSoccer
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Test your players' speed of touch + play with this pattern passing. @Smedley033 @PlanItCoach @TacticalPad @coachingdrills8 @msceducation
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Creating Numbers Up Situations ⚽️ Blue are trying to combine thru 9/10 to release the three supporting players into the phase of play. Blue players have 3 touch max. Red are trying to counter when opportunity presents itself. @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @PlanItCoach @msceducation
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A year ago, I wasn’t quite sure what direction coaching was taking me next. Fast forward 12 months. Spent the afternoon with great people in our program, sharing the excitement of making the NCAA tournament, and completed a career goal to go with it! ⚽️
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4 vs 3 to 3 vs 2 transitional possession. Try use functional positions. Coach may set time limits for ball in each zone. On the "switch", If team maintains possession & switches successfully = 1 point. 90 second rounds. @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @msceducation @coachingdrills8
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7 vs 6 exercise - Red focus - can we score wide | Yellow focus - Can we contain and Transition quickly. 🔊⚽️ Audio + Animation breakdown. @Smedley033 @PlanItCoach @msceducation @coachingdrills8 @TacticalPad
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Something notable about Bielsa’s system at LUFC is that the full-backs are always looking to overlap. Whether that be in the DF or the ATT half. More notably, if they can get both 3 & 2 to overlap within the same sequence, they create regular overloads in possession. @TacticalPad
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A topic I've been observing a lot recently at u17-u19, & am curious about. Building out from the back seems to have become a stereotyped "norm" - But are we really using it to our advantage? . Image A - Occurs more often.Image B - Occurs less often - Rehearsed ideas
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With a new season around the corner it's a chance to refine old methods & input new ideas. With full-backs likely to become even more prominent in counter phases of play, here's a Bielsa Inspired build-out example - MF movement, bating the press, & releasing wide. @TacticalPad
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Link up play centrally between the 8, 9, and 10. @Smedley033 @AmplifiedSoccer @PlanItCoach @planettraining @msceducation @CoachingFamily
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Practice Game with focus on possessing to switch the point of the attack from deep. LOC's are shown for as the ball travels from the GK this signals live pressure from opponent. @TacticalPad @msceducation @PlanItCoach @Smedley033 @coachingdrills8 @Tiki_TakaLeeds @Danny_Searle
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🚨⚽️ Finishing Circuit more specified for your MF's and FWD's - Combinations are completely freestyle for the players on the mannequins as long as the top player is the finisher and everyone moves up in line. @msceducation @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @Smedley033 @btlcoaching
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Activity ⚽️ - Can we play out of the back quickly & efficiently into the mini-goals (against the 3 pressing opponents), then can we defend the transition that immediately comes against us? @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @msceducation @socdrillsonline
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Revolving Passing Pattern - Inner box players rotate each pass. Outer players, have an overlapping pattern on-going (Yellow, Red. ) @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @SoccerIQ1 @Smedley033 @coachingdrills8 @msceducation @Danny_Searle @SarahLowdon
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Race to a Finish! Fun + competative build-up / finishing exercise. @Smedley033 @msceducation @PlanItCoach @coachingdrills8 @playersessionHQ
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The Pressure Zone - Ball manipulation in heavy traffic. Great for youth levels to emphasize changes of speed on the dribble, close control in limited spaces, & keeping the head up to avoid others @PlanItCoach @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @charlie_croydon @Gerard_Jones @msceducation
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A +4 player progression to what many people refer to as 'The Bayern Pattern' - helps challenge players on technical actions, alongside challenging their awareness to read the play and know where the ball is coming from next. @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @SoccerIQ1 @socdrillsonline
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Delighted to be joining the Torero family! ⚽️ #GoToreros.
Welcome to San Diego, Ellis Riley!. #GoToreros .
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Visual showing the connectivity of the 2,4,5,3 in transitions with and without the ball. See how they stretch open initially, before condensing against the counter in phase 2, ultimately recovering possession and breaking out to goal. @TacticalPad @msceducation @PlanItCoach
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Really excited to join St Francis Brooklyn on this brand new journey. The opportunity to help build a program from the ground up is extremely unique, and I’m really looking forward to getting our season underway on Thursday ⚽️.
We would like to officially welcome our Assistant Coach, Ellis Riley to the family!. #HereFromTheStart | #BrooklynTough ⚽️
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Rotational finishing from the cut-back service. Player in box receives, then goes 1 vs 1 with defender. rotate sides each rep. First team to 5 goals wins. @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @msceducation @socdrillsonline @HalfSpaceSoccer @coachingdrills8 @SessionShareNet @SoccerIQ1
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CP's here - Angle of body to play back-foot. Speed of passes / angles of movement off the mannequins. Can we combine quickly & play positively into feet. Good warm-up activity to get your team into high-intensity ball movement @TacticalPad @msceducation @PlanItCoach @Smedley033
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⚽️ Finally got round to video edits this week. Here's one to follow on from our last finishing session (pinned) Plenty of different angles of repetition for the players. @Smedley033 @msceducation @PlanItCoach @TacticalPad @Danny_Searle @SarahLowdon @williemcnab @charlie_croydon
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Releasing the full-backs into attacking overloads. Coach calls out number #2 or #3 at random times to involve them into the play. Also worth occasionally not allowing either player into the attack. @TacticalPad @msceducation @PlanItCoach @Smedley033 @coachingdrills8 @Danny_Searle
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(Draft of takeaways & Ideas) Taken from the book on looking deeper into Bielsa's playing through pressure systems. Studying this for my own interest and growth, part of a long-term project using @TacticalPad. @Smedley033 @SoccerIQ1
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6 vs 5 Game with emphasis on pressing for Blue, and playing out for Red. Blue can earn double for winning ball in final third and scoring a goal. Red are trying to break pressure and find 9 or 10 in the middle third. @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @Smedley033
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Animation to show value of connecting triangles in defensive transition + getting numbers around ball @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @Smedley033
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Breaking the press in a 7 vs 5. Could be a productive practice tool to increase your teams' capabilities to possess and penetrate from deep into the central third. @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @Smedley033 @GAnthonyPE @Danny_Searle @SarahLowdon @MBalshaw17 @harvie_millier
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Cant wait to get going with the Gopher Soccer family! 〽️ Grateful for the opportunity to work with @ChastainErin at an outstanding institution with such a talented group of staff and players. We are excited to start this new chapter back in Minnesota surrounded by our family. 🙌🏻.
𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐚, 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬👏. The Golden Gophers are excited to welcome @CoachEllisRiley as their newest assistant coach!. 🗞️ #ThisIsHome | #Gophers〽️
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Ajax, a game I watched months ago. Loved this passage alone because it's simply two players, one ball. Inventive, purposeful movements, & with vision to create problems for the opposition. Great to watch. @msceducation @Smedley033
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'Probing to pick the lock' Activity. Players have a multitude of factors to consider. Are we communicating conscisely? Can we look to deny opposition penetrating the lines while also looking to split efficiently? 12 Balls per team, 1pt per goal. @TacticalPad @msceducation
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Varied finishing combinations for your forwards during pre-game warm-up. Opportunity to re-create some tight combo's around the edge of the box with various angles to work with. @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @msceducation @Danny_Searle @socdrillsonline @btlcoaching @SessionShareNet
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Two-touch playing out of pressure activity. Four 'Target players' on the outer spaces of the compressed zone. Upon coach's signal the 5 players possessing within the zone must immediately play out to a Target. @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @BreakthruSoccer
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4 vs 3 to 2 vs 2 centralized attacking. Can include transition by adding counter goals for Yellow in part 1, or if the #2/#3 win the ball in part 2 they must play out into their 4,5, or 6. @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @UnitedCoachesEd @msceducation @coachingdrills8 @CoachingfutbolE
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Breaking Lines Practice. Players are free to move in any ways they desire, but, all must touch the ball before they finish to the mini goals. Focus - Creative movements, quick combinations, accuracy of play. @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @coachingdrills8 @msceducation @Danny_Searle
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Build out ideas of manipulating an opponent in a 4-2-3-1 with the objective of penetrating the attacking half on the right side - bringing the #2 into the attack. @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @SoccerIQ1
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Please RT & Share. 5 mini-combination exercises for attacking players. Tons of functional ways of expanding & manipulating these @Smedley033 @msceducation @TacticalPad @coachingdrills8 @PlanItCoach @barkernscaa @bobbypup @Danny_Searle @Gerard_Jones @BreakthruSoccer @DavidBairdSC
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Up. Back. Through - 1 vs 1. @Smedley033 @msceducation @PlanItCoach @coachingdrills8 @CoachingfutbolE @CoachingFamily @planettraining @harvie_millier
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Segmented repetitions - isolating areas of the field to create situations for players to solve - Anyone else find these useful? Simple 6 vs 5 in which Red focus solely on high press & connectivity, whilst Blue focus on finding incisive passes quickly to enter the Green Zone.
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Seen similar one's to this before but one I really like. Players in box are checking to the coaches call - "Right", or the cone color (as a variant) before checking back to receive pass + playing out to the wide runner. @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @msceducation @PlanItCoach
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Breaking out with 2 & 3. simplified (stage 1/2) attacking exercise. @planettraining @PlanItCoach @msceducation @AmplifiedSoccer @Smedley033
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Spending today's Blizzard putting all @UnitedCoaches #PHL18 notes together onto a presentation. If anyone wants it, shoot me a DM with your email. Should have it done this evening! ☃️⚽️
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5 vs 3 to 2 vs 2 - Creating & Connecting through 9. Yellow can send an extra recovery DF in stage 1. @TacticalPad @PlanItCoach @Smedley033
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Crazy stuff. Our Men’s team playing in their NAIA opening round fixture. Underneath a blanket of snow
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A quick transitional activity to goal I ran yesterday. Simply split the group in attacking & defensive players, included the activating passes & dribbles to create a transitional moment + varied the service into either team. @Smedley033 @TacticalPad @msceducation
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Breaking the press via longer passes (Activity) - Red team begin at cones & drop upon the long ball to begin. Red must score before mannequins for the goal to count. Blue look to force turnover / deny the long pass to mini goals & counter. @Smedley033 @msceducation @TacticalPad
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Coaches 🚨 Due to still receiving interest in the Convention notes, I I have decided to share the PDF (ONLY) version of the #PHL18 Presentation on the website. Accessible at this link -
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7 vs 9 splitting lines zonal practice exercise. Can Red work the ball to the front line before playing in a 3rd-man runner. @TacticalPad @msceducation @Smedley033 @Danny_Searle @PlanItCoach @coachingdrills8 @SessionShareNet @BreakthruSoccer
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Playing in, Playing out. Encourage players to be creative with angles of reception & vary their touch to help them open play + connect the following pass. Also - Once in the box, scanning prior to receiving ball is important to maintain space @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @SoccerIQ1
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Having some fun on @TacticalPad - Compact team delay (locking in the opponents 6, 8, 10 and 9) before transitioning into a breakout attack. @PlanItCoach @Smedley033 @barkernscaa @msceducation @coachingdrills8
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Stage 1 of a 3-part share (coming up) - High Pressure Escape - Red must press to win ball in final third. Yellow look to counter at speed.
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An exercise focused around the 9. Two-rep sets with both balls beginning with the 6. The coach calls "go" for the ball to be played into 9 as quickly as possible for a two-touch attempted finish. @Smedley033 @PlanItCoach @msceducation @coachingbadges @BreakthruSoccer
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3:45am alarms this morning means we’re heading back to the U.K! .First time in 3 years 🏴 🎄
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3 balls.12 players. How long can they keep the rhythm? @Smedley033 @msceducation @PlanItCoach @coachingdrills8 @CoachingfutbolE @barkernscaa
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Give-and-Go. Intro to overlapping & focus on running beyond to penetrate wide. @Smedley033 @PlanItCoach @coachingdrills8 @msceducation
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Race to a Finish #2 @Smedley033 @PlanItCoach @msceducation @coachingdrills8 @CoachingfutbolE @playersessionHQ @barkernscaa @AmplifiedSoccer
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'Assisting from inside the zone' Activity - Coach quietly informs attacking team which color zone is in play. Team attacking can only score via an assist from the specified zone - Goal may come from another zone @TacticalPad @Smedley033 @PlanItCoach @Danny_Searle @socdrillsonline
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