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Welcome to the Soccer session shop! Here you can find all our best sessions that are available for purchase to give you help towards your coaching in specific areas of the game. Written by professional and respected coaches, these sessions will give you fresh ideas and structured training sessions at the click of a button!
Hit the target and work their keeper, that's the philosophy for this sharp shooting session as we test your attackers' ability to hit the target under pressure! learn more |
Get your goalkeepers dealing with cutbacks by staying on their feet and anticipating the change of angle. learn more |
Develop your keepers mindset to stay on their feet for as long as possible and to stay big in 1v1?s and make the attacker make a decision. learn more |
Continuous finishing session to develop your players technique and thought process when in front of goal. Make sure they?re making the right decisions to put the ball in the net! learn more |
Improve your team's crossing game - From defensive clearances to scoring goals - working on all positions from defence to attack! learn more |
<strong>Free preview</strong>: Your players should always have two passing outlets! Work on your players' triangle passing to help them attack and go forward learn more |
Don't get caught out by a quick counter-attacking team! React quickly, hold up the ball and reorganize your back line to box out their striker learn more |
Work with your team-mates to maintain possession with this passing session learn more |
Quality of finish is the order of the day in this clinical goal scoring session - improving speed of play and striking accuracy learn more |
Like Bayern Munich, teach your players to break down their opponents by speeding the ball around the pitch with this fast-paced passing and moving session learn more |
Blow away the cobwebs and work on Turning, Shooting, Dribbling and Defending - Perfect for before a summer tournament or welcoming players back from the break! learn more |
Teach your players to open their body to improve their first touch and ability to beat their man in this decision-making session learn more |
Attack minded full-backs are the new trend in football so make sure your defence are prepped to deal with the overloads on the flanks. learn more |
Goalkeepers reactions need to be sharp when shots are coming from in close. Work on your keepers ability to get something behind the ball even when they might not know much about it learn more |
Develop your players understanding of space and how their movement (or even lack of at times) can create space to play in the midfield. learn more |
Develop a fortress-like defence with this individual and team defending session to hold off the attack! learn more |
Don't let route one football be the downfall of your defence! Use this plan to practice how to move and defend against the ball over the top. learn more |
Teach your players how to hold up a counter-attack and cover at the back in this games based session. learn more |
Cover all bases with this all-rounder session! Heading, Cross-Field Passing, dribbling and Shooting - Perfect for mid-season learn more |
Teach your defenders resist diving in and stand up to hold up attackers when they're the first line of defence! learn more |
First touch passing and first time control! Make sure your players can control the pass with their first touch to improve the speed of the game! learn more |
Encourage your players to shoot with power with this <em>put your laces through the ball</em> distance shooting session! learn more |
Get your players' to look up, spot the player in space and play an accurate aerial pass to release the player in space. learn more |
Leave opponents for dead with confident one and two touch passing. Improve your team's combination play today learn more |
Get players receiving on the turn to play forwards and link with the front men who then can receive on the turn or hold the ball up. learn more |
Use this session to teach players to check out to create the extra yard. This session encourages players to be creative and use a change of direction learn more |
Introduce players to corner set-pieces and teach them how to time their runs and head home with confidence learn more |
Get your players moving off the ball effectively to offer multiple passing options. Then develop the passer’s decision making to give the best pass every time then offer an option again. learn more |
Don’t let your players over-complicate things on the field. Develop their decision-making skills to improve the quality of your attacks and to sustain some pressure in the attacking third. learn more |
Create an understanding of the importance of defensive structure when attacking to ensure you don’t get hit on the counter-attack. learn more |
Develop your forwards recognition of where the spaces are in tight areas and how they can use their body to receive and protect the ball to then get a shot off. learn more |
Your players should always have two passing outlets! Work on your players' triangle passing to help them attack and go forward learn more |
Attack with clarity when you turn the ball over. Making the right decisions when at your most potent will cut the opposition defence apart whilst they’re still unstructured. learn more |
Defenders shouldn’t need to make last-ditch tackles. Develop their positional and match awareness so they can dictate the play with the opposition attackers. learn more |
Turn defence into attack in an instant by stepping in front of the opposition and intercepting the passes to spring a counter attack. learn more |
Deal with the back pass with composure and skill to be an outlet for an under pressure defence and clear your lines. But it’s not always as simple as it seems… work on coping with even the trickiest of passes! learn more |
6 rewarding shot-stopping practices to improve your keeper's reactions between the sticks - including reactions, confidence and agility. learn more |
Press high and get your attackers in the mentality to being the first line of defence with the aim of winning the ball back high up the pitch. learn more |
Find the right principles to play through a defence that is balanced and well-structured. Get your team playing with precision to cut through the defence. learn more |
Get your defenders taking responsibility for their man to dictate the play and slow attacks down. Work on players footwork and decision making and emphasise the importance of a defenders mindset. learn more |
Goalkeeper positioning is vital when dealing with shots from long range. Develop your keepers concentration, positioning and movement to be solid behind the speculative efforts learn more |
Get your players playing in small groups and transfer it to the match to work the ball up the field progressively. learn more |
Turn defence into attack in an instant by stepping in front of the opposition and intercepting the passes to spring a counter attack. learn more |
Master the ball and be comfortable in possession to make better decisions and take on more adventurous plays. learn more |
Looking to develop your junior players' dribbling confidence? Try this simple feinting and turning with the ball session learn more |
Develop a team mentality that works to win the ball back and swarm in groups. Understand the roles and responsibilities of team defence to shut out the opposition as a unit. learn more |
Use this session to teach your players how to defend against speedy strikers by holding them up, with a second defender offering cover. learn more |
Exploit the flanks and get your wide players whipping balls into the danger areas for your forwards to put away. Work on the delivery into the box and the forwards movements to anticipate and reach the cross. learn more |
Develop your players attacking awareness and use the shadow play technique to give your players the right understanding of their movement and to adopt the right positions on the field. learn more |
Make the right decisions and recognise where the main threat is when defending counter attacks. Develop your players awareness on the field to channel the danger away from goal. learn more |
Stop your players ball-watching and encourage them to make space, pass the ball and drive up the pitch, transitioning quickly from back to attack! learn more |
<p>Improve the ability of the goalkeeper to deal with deflected balls and improve reaction time. Focusing on the correct body position and reacting rather than anticipating where the ball is going to go.</p> learn more |
Are your players ambidextrous? Challenge them to pass using both feet with this passing accuracy and ball control training session learn more |
<p>Improve the goalkeepers ability to deal with high in-swinging shots into the top corners and ensure the correct technique is being used.</p> learn more |
Create goalkeepers with the confidence to save low shots, close to the body and to think of the next save with this technical session. learn more |
Improve dribbling and control by teaching players to use both feet in this dribbling form and ball-mastery confidence session learn more |
<p>Improve the goalkeeper dealing with shots from distance and at an angle. Using a combination of volleys, low shots and up high strikes replicate the variations of shots keepers might receive.</p> learn more |
You don't need to be Peter Crouch to score from corners. Work on scoring from wide angles with this attacking headers session learn more |
Goalkeepers must be just as good with saving balls with their feet than their hands. Develop modern goalkeepers who are agile enough to use all parts of their body to keep it out. learn more |
Use this session during the pre and early season period to welcome your players back and get them working on their fitness with a ball at their feet! learn more |
Set pieces need to be made the most of in a match. This plan will make those corners count, and improve the communication between your players learn more |
Young players should master the passing and dribbling basics from a young age. Use the six fun drills and games in this plan to sharpen their basics today learn more |
When you do get caught on the break, make sure your defenders know their roles to slow the attacks down for the support to get back. learn more |
Let's get your players making effective crosses and attacking them inside the box to power home the attacking header! learn more |
Build attacks with patience and get the ball into feet. Allow your players to recognise the value of good build-up play and make sure they understand the positioning and type of passes to make with this technical session. learn more |
We all love a goal scorer, a poacher who always pops up with a goal when it’s needed. Give them the skills to be that striker with this session. learn more |
In this position specific session, work specifically with your full backs to develop their understanding on how to defend when isolated and in a unit learn more |
Have the ball on a piece of string when you attack at pace. Develop your teams passing and control whilst on the move to cut open defences with sharp, slick play. learn more |
How can your players smash through well-drilled defences? Find out in this week's pass and move space creating session learn more |
In defence or up front, make sure all your players want to use their heads in their next game - to clear their lines and beat the keeper! learn more |
In this technique session, players will develop a sound understanding of the different surfaces they can use to control the ball efficiently. learn more |
Strikers goal-scoring is built upon strength, technique and confidence. Find your next star striker with this goal-crazy session. learn more |
What good is possession without purpose? Keep the ball with intensity and attack with venom with this energetic session. learn more |
Be expansive, use the space and attack with a freedom that comes with switching the player. learn more |
Utilising the width with wingers able to deliver a pin-point ball for your strikers is a proven way to breed success. learn more |
Get your team thinking on the pitch, rather than playing as individuals. Give them the opportunity to develop their basic principles with small sided games in this skill session. learn more |
Sometimes you have to play negatively. If their midfield gets on top of you, it’s time to break it down and stop them playing. learn more |
Create attacks by playing short, getting your midfield players on the ball and seeing them turn to distribute passes up to your forwards. learn more |
Creating space is a fine art. A midfielder is only as good as they are at finding space. Produce players who are totally at ease with finding the space and taking the ball. learn more |
Unlock defences with incisive passes in the final third and see the forward get chance after chance. learn more |
Put all your players on the same wavelength and see them combine all the way up the pitch to build sustained attacks that can cut through any defence. learn more |
If it breaks down in the middle, your players need to be thinking about recovering straight away. Make it a habit with this session. learn more |
Press high and defend from the front. Teach your players how to nullify the oppositions outlet and win the ball high up the pitch with this session. learn more |
Goalkeeping is a technical position. Having the correct technique will help with the simple saves as well as the trickier ones - work on their basic from hand positioning and leg movements to create a foundation for a top keeper to grow on. learn more |
Set up attacks by encouraging your players to show for the ball and make/receive a pass with confidence. learn more |
Make defending a challenge that the whole team relishes. Work your players hard with this session to develop their mentality into one that looks to win the ball back as quickly as possible. learn more |
Create defenders capable to reading the game effectively and making the right decisions as to where to tackle or where to channel the attackers to slow them down. This stems from their balance and team structure which this session looks to develop. learn more |
Heading the ball is a skill that, despite its benefits, manay amateur and young players shy away from. Develop the correct technique and break down any stigma that is attached with it. You’ll soon see your player flourish into dominant players in the air. learn more |
Get your players comfortable in front of goal so that when the chances come, they have a cool head to finish clinically, even when the odds are against them. Also, give your goalkeepers a great testing session with it. learn more |
Create space in the midfield and up top and have players play in the hole and off the shoulder ready to create an attack. learn more |
All the great teams do it, win the ball back as soon as you’ve lost it by pressing as a team in small units and as a team ready to set up another attack. learn more |
As soon as you’ve turn the ball over and won it back, get your players thinking about a quick counter attack. learn more |
How good is it to know that if you main man gets a chance, he’s going to put it away!? Develop your forwards into composed, ruthless finishers within the 18-yard box. learn more |
Running with the ball can be a lethal skill to have but only when its used at the right times, in the right positions. Develop your players close control and understanding of when to run and when to pass with this session. learn more |
Develop the ability to sit back and soak up pressure by inviting pressure to turn the ball over and counter-attack at pace. learn more |
This session works on your shot-stopper's footwork, building confidence between the sticks and helping them to get to the ball quicker! learn more |
Hear the crowd chant <em>'Ole Ole Ole'</em> as your team pass with confidence and consistency to keep possession and tire their opponents! learn more |
In attack, shift a deep defence and create space with clever movement and proper decision making to exploit a block of defenders. learn more |
Build your attacks from back to front with patience, skill and quality understanding between the players. learn more |
Survive trainings with high turnouts with this large group session, including games to improve the 4 phases of play learn more |
SAQ session! Get your players running, working on their fitness in this fast change of direction session learn more |
Create an overload in attack by providing support to attack with an extra man. Use this session to help your forwards plus develop your defenders defending capabilities with one less player. learn more |
Play with the ball in the final third. Create sustained attacking pressure by working on the timing of runs and developing the players passing skills. learn more |
Take advantage of the space. Get your players into the mindset of spreading the play to utilise the space to attack by creating links between the wide men and center forwards. learn more |
Deliver the pas to set up a simple finish for your strikers. Scoring goals will win you the game so make sure you are providing the easiest chances to give your strikers the best chance of putting it in the net. learn more |
Teach <em>all</em> your players how to <strong>stand up</strong> and resist the temptation to dive in. Instead jockey players and wait for the right moment to make the interception! learn more |
The session works on the goalkeeper's hand position to promote a clean and effective catch. We also look at the position of the goalkeeper in relation to the ball and the server. learn more |
Make the most of the space on the field by getting your players into the mind-set of switching the play, rather than trying to hammer down the same congested channel each time. learn more |
<p>To coach and develop players understanding of how to attack and create goal scoring opportunities quickly. Provide technical detail around combinations and finishing to increase success rate.</p> learn more |
We all know that goals win games in football, so in just 6 drills this easy to use session improves your team's 1v1 confidence, attacking passing and counter-attacking ability learn more |
The modern goalkeeper has to be good with their feet. Improve your keepers footwork by building their confidence to take the ball to feet with this session. learn more |
Develop intelligent midfielders to be able to recognise space and exploit it with good vision and technique to make a pass in the middle of the park. learn more |
<p>To develop players' understanding of their roles and responsibilities when out of possession - in regards to team shape and organisation.</p> learn more |
<p>To coach and encourage players to use specific clever movements in all areas of the pitch in order to create space for themselves and others.</p> learn more |
<p>Introduce the technical and tactical attacking principles of team shape when in possession - develop players understanding and application around topic.</p> learn more |
Keep the attacking fire burning and get your players opening up their body, thinking about their first touch and angling their runs up field learn more |
<p>To develop players understanding, knowledge and application around attacking principles when the opposition are either in or out of balance.</p> learn more |
<p>To develop and enhance players knowledge and understanding of transition play from attack - defence, and defence - attack.</p> learn more |
<p>Improve GK movement in and around the goal. Familiarise the footwork required in various common movements such as forward, backwards and across the goal.</p> learn more |
Confidence building session - Use this session to improve your goalie's reflexes, reactions and conditioning between the sticks learn more |
Danger zone defending - create defending pressure, in and around your 18 yard box, to test your how your defenders cope! learn more |
Use the width of the football pitch to get your players driving down the wings and crossing the ball into the opposition's penalty area for your attackers learn more |
To improve the goalkeeper making saves from shots from the angle. learn more |
This simple all-ages plan is designed to improve your players' on the ball confidence and team communication. learn more |
Play with a tempo that the opposition can?t handle. Discover combinations on the field to get the ball moving quickly and cut open defences. learn more |
Banish the bad habit of ball watching once and for all and get your team looking up and moving for one another to create more passing opportunities for one another learn more |
Encourage your players to take their chances, put their laces through the ball and SHOOT from distance! learn more |
Technical 1v1 practice and overload games session, designed to improve confidence on the ball, get players making better attacking runs and prepare your team for match day learn more |
Improve combinations in wide areas and finishing in around the box! learn more |
To improve counter attacking abilities/decision making when winning the ball back in midfield learn more |
Teach your players to shield the ball from defenders and play with tiki-taka flair using this Spanish-inspired plan. learn more |
Develop your defenders understanding of how to channel the attackers away from danger areas to slow down attacks and isolate the opposition players. learn more |
The best keepers in the world use their feet to make saves and to always be in the right position. Their agility and bounce comes from the timing and accuracy of their footwork. Work your keepers with this session. learn more |
Improve how your defenders contain the attacking threat in a 1v1 with this challenges and games defending session learn more |
Work on their fitness and keep them engaged! Running and Possession session - keep the ball and spend less time chasing! learn more |
Stay compact, stay disciplined and protect a lead by defending deep with this session. learn more |
Handle the forwards movement by recognising the forwards patterns and by reading the play to anticipate where the pass and run might go to be able to prevent it. learn more |
Drum in the defensive roles and responsibilities of your players and make sure they understand what you want from them in order to win the ball back and turn defence into attack. learn more |
Starting in pairs in this session we work on Heading Confidence, Accuracy and Hand-Eye coordination required for throw ins learn more |
In part two we up the ante, by building some variety into your players' technique, working on heading control and power! learn more |
Press in small groups to develop your teams understanding and feel for the movement when pressing high up the field. learn more |
Keep the ball. Don’t let them have a sniff. Produce performances that control the game from the first whistle to the final whistle. learn more |
A simple sprint and stamina training session for you to share with your players before the start of the season. learn more |
Beat the opposition on the break by attacking at pace and exploiting the space on the counter-attack. Work on the timing and control when finishing to end it with a goal. learn more |
Give your players the understanding and recognition of how to beat players then develop their technique to manipulate the ball to shift defenders slightly to eliminate. learn more |
Get them talking with this assertive and alert session - working on spatial awareness, movement off the ball and communication! learn more |
If you're not careful with your first touch it might be your last. That's why this football plan teaches players to look up and use their first touch to push the ball into space learn more |
When playing against a defensive side your team need an attacking plan B. Look to the channels to stretch your opposition! learn more |
Move the opposition's defence and practice passing into space with this switching session - working on quick and accurate passes. learn more |
Every position demands different attributes and levels of physicality, so why don?t you train your players differently to match!? Use this session to condition your players to suit their position. learn more |
<p>Introduce goalkeepers to recovery lines and efficiency of movement across the goals. Check the GK is moving into line with the ball when making the save.</p> learn more |
Get their legs moving and find out how your players perform when fatigue hits them with this pre-season football-fitness session! learn more |
Stretch your opposition and drag defenders out of position with this wide attacking session, complete with two great conditioned games! learn more |
Create the space in the final third with clever, well-timed movement. Use relevant, realistic practices to give your strikers the exposure to creating space against competitive defenders. learn more |
Make every touch count - Improve everyone's first touch and passing awareness in this fun drills and game session! learn more |
Pre-season football training programs to suit all types of player - ranging from the totally unfit to those who have kept up their fitness during the summer learn more |
The modern style of football encourages teams to get the ball down and pass into the guts of the pressing team to break the lines and move the ball up the field through each third. learn more |
You've got two feet so use them! Use this session to practice using both feet in a game situation and give players more dribbling confidence! learn more |
Does your attack run out of momentum due to a lack of support from other players? If so practice the overlap to create more scoring opportunities. learn more |
<em>The pedalada, the DenÃlson, or the scissors!</em> No matter what you call it make sure your players can perform this advanced 1v1 attacking dribble learn more |
6 conditioned games with purpose, guaranteed to bring a smile to your players' faces and improve key areas of their game including possession, communication and attack. learn more |
Pre-season training doesn't have to be boring! Use the 5 drills in this fitness plan to get your players back in shape and improving their passing game. learn more |
Develop the goal scorer's killer instinct! Teach your players to hit the target and put their their shots away with this finishing session learn more |
Use this junior session to develop positive passing, support runs and highlight the importance of good verbal communication. learn more |
Take things back to basics and nail down the simple skills to play with fluidity. Pass, dribble and receive with a quality with this session that sharpens your players basics. learn more |
Reduce the turnovers and get your team working up the field by keeping possession and building attacks by selecting the right pass. learn more |
<p>To develop and enhance players knowledge of how to keep possession effectively in all areas of the pitch in order to exploit the opposition and create goal scoring opportunities.</p> learn more |
Teach your players to put pressure on the ball and defend with a Chelsea-like determination! learn more |
Keep your players sharp and recap their passing, turning and ball control with this multi-skills session - finishing with two fun conditioned games learn more |
Use this pass and move plan to improve your team's in-step passing technique - helping them to keep possession for longer! learn more |
This session answers the million dollar question - How do you get your players talking on the pitch? learn more |
Teach players to take the shot early, to avoid being closed down, and improve your side's shooting percentage from inside the box learn more |
Create the extra man with the attacking overlap - a fluid and attacking style of passing football for all players - defence, midfield or strikers learn more |
Find out how you can use imaginative storyline games to improve your young players' dribbling skills, learning through play. learn more |
Develop the skills & attributes to build possession from central areas and move the ball forward when opportunities arise. learn more |
Improve players capability to run with the ball at pace, eliminating defenders and moving the whole team up the field. Make sure their decision making is up to scratch too. learn more |
Goals win games. That's why this session teaches your strikers to finish like these two prolific goal-scorers through a variety of finishing skills, drills and technique practices learn more |
Develop players to master a range of tricks and turns, increasing confidence and awareness of when and where to change the direction on play learn more |
The ?modern way? is to play out from the back. To be able to do it successfully though, you need your defenders to be comfortable on the ball when looking to pass, dribble and scan the pitch. learn more |
Pass with purpose and inject some pace and danger into your attacks by recognising a killer pass and making the sharp runs to make the pass n option. learn more |
Find your side's Play Maker with this support session - getting players to work hard for one another! learn more |
Improve confidence on the ball and get your players running at the opposition with this dribbling skills refresher plan learn more |
Fast paced and fun games based session, designed to get your players working as a team to keep possession and get the ball within goal shooting distance. learn more |
Use this smart run session to get your young players passing with accuracy, playing the through ball and making life difficult for the opposition's defenders! learn more |
Teach young players the basics of defending - using games to teach correct body position and pressing the ball to make sure they have fun as they learn learn more |
Nail down the roles and responsibilities of defending in and around the box to be able to maintain structure making your team hard to break down. learn more |
Hold up and don't over commit - Shadow, channel and hold up the opposition to keep the opposition away from your danger area! learn more |