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26A complete soccer coaching experience

No. 17 - October/November 2006

“Around the world in 18 exercises”


No. 17 - October 2006

Training session from aro u

SoccerCoachingInternational’s new feature ‘Training session from around the World’ started last issue with 6exercises from various Dutch Professional clubs. This issue we took it a couple of steps further: Around theworld in 18 exercises, originating from 12 clubs in 6 countries on 3 continents. Below you will find an overviewof the clubs featured:

Type: Warming upNumber of players: 23Field size: 30 x 30m Focus: Response time

Organization:- Players jog around the field - At a given point the coach will call out 4 names- All the other players must, as fast as they can, gather around the play-

ers whose names have been called by the coach to form 4 groups of 5 - The 3 players who are too slow (grey) and are left without a ‘group’ will

be punished (i.e. 10 pushups, 10 situps, sprint, etc.)

E01: Group forming (Union Deportiva Lanzarote)

Club Country Division

Union Deportiva Lanzarote Spain Segunda División B

Arsenal England FA Premier League

Carabobo FC Venezuela Primera División Venezolana

1. FC Köln Germany Bundesliga

Liverpool FC England FA Premier League

FC Barcelona Spain Primera División

Werder Bremen Germany Bundesliga

Manchester United England FA Premier League

Universidad de las Palmas CF Spain Segunda División B

Chelsea FC England FA Premier League

Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) Mexico Primera División de México

Red Star Belgrado Serbia Meridian Superleague Serbia

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Type: Warming upNumber of players: 8Target: Increase handling speed

Organization:- 6v2 - The groups of 6 players try to pass the ball around keeping it away

from the 2 defenders- Once the ball is touched by a defender, he will change places with the

player who last touched the ball

Variation:- Max. 1 touch- Max. 2 touches

Type: Warming upNumber of players: 2 rows of 10 players

Organization:- Players line up in 2 row of 10 players each- Each row has a ball- Purpose of the exercise is to get the ball as fast as possible from the

first player in line to the last- The ball should be thrown backwards above the head (with hands)- The last player runs quickly to the start of the line, the first team to

reach this point wins- The other team will get a punishment (i.e. 10 pushups, 10 situps,

sprint, etc.)

Type: Warming upNumber of players: all divided into 3 groups

Organization:- All groups begin at the starting point with a 15 second interval- They first jog around the field once- When they get back to the starting point they enter the field at cone 1

and start a zigzag course (made up of 13 cones)- Players jog from cone 1 to cone 2, then sprint from cone 2 to cone 3,

jog again from cone 3 to cone 4 and sprint again from cone 4 to cone5, etc.

- The zigzag course ends at cone 13

Rondo 6 versus 2 (Arsenal)

Backwards line-throw (Union Deportiva Lanzarote)

Jogging zigzag (Carabobo FC)




Type: Heading and conditioningNumber of players: 4

Organization:- 4 players, 3 at each of the 3 cones and 1 active player- The active player first receives a ball from the player at cone 1

and heads it back to him- He then turns around and jumps over the 3 hurdles- He then receives a ball from the player at cone 2 and heads it

back to him- He jumps back over the 3 hurdles and runs around the disc

towards the last hurdle- While he jumps over the hurdle while simultaneously heading

the last ball thrown by the player at cone 3

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B C

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30m

25m

Type: PassingNumber of players: 8Focus: Increase passing accuracy

Organization:- Player 1 starts to dribble and passes the ball to the player at cone A- Player 2 comes to the ball and passes it back to player 1 - Player 2 runs towards cone B, while player 1 passes the ball to cone B- Player 3 receives the ball from player 1 and passes it to incoming player 2- Player 2 passes the ball to player 4 at cone C, while player 3 runs

towards cone C- Player 4 receives the ball and passes it to incoming player 3

Player 3 passes the ball to the next player at cone D (exercise startsagain)

Type:

Small sided game 8v8

Number of players: 16

Field size: 25m (w) x 30m (l)

Focus:- Keeping the play wide- Building up from the back

8 versus 8 (Liverpool FC)

Passing game (FC Barcelona)

Heading and hurdle course (1. FC Köln)




Type: Possession


Field size: 15m x 15m

Focus: Passing and receiving (quickly, limited space and time)

15m

15m

25m

20m

Type: Small sided gameNumber of players: 12Field size: 20m x 25mFocus: Collective defending and attacking

Organization:- Every player is assigned 1 specific player to defend- Players can only defend their assigned player- Quick passing- Start with 2 touch maximum and decrease to 1 touch

after a while

Type: Match


Field size: Half a field

Focus: Passing and receiving (possession)

11 versus 11 on half a field (Manchester United)

6 versus 6 (Werder Bremen)

5 versus 5 with 1 neutral player (Liverpool FC)




Type: Match


Field size: Full field

Focus: passing and receiving (possession)

Organization:- The teams can only score from a cross from the flanks- A goal scored by means of a header = 2 points- All other goals = 1 point

35m

25mType: PossessionNumber of players: 16 Field size: 25m x 35mFocus: Ball possession in small area

Organization:- 8v8 with goalkeepers- Fast combination play- All members of the team must be across the middle line before

the team can score

Variation:- Including a neutral player on the attacking team- Including a neutral player on the defending team- Maximum 2 touches

Type: AttackingNumber of players: 4 and 1 goalkeeperField size: Half a fieldFocus: attack versus defense

Organization:- 2 attackers versus 2 defenders- The attackers start at the middle line- By means of passing and dribbling they make their way down the

field towards the penalty area- In the penalty area they are pressured by two defenders- The attackers must, by means of a combination, try to finish on

goal without the defenders winning the ball

2 attackers versus 2 defenders (Universidad de las Palmas CF)

8 versus 8 possession game (Arsenal)

11 versus 11 on full field (FC Barcelona)

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Type: FinishingNumber of players: 9 (2 and 1 goalkeeper at the time)Field size: Approx. half a fieldFocus: Finishing and conditioning

Organization- 4 players are positioned at cone A and 4 at cone B- Player 1 at cone A passes to player 2 at cone B- Immediately after player 1 passes the ball he zigzags around the

poles, to and around cone C to cone D- Player 2 receives the pass and dribbles from cone B to cone E- At cone E he passes to incoming player 1- Player 1 finishes on goal1

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Type: GoalkeepingNumber of players: 3 Field size: In and around the penalty areaFocus: Saving and conditioning

Organization:- 2 cones are positioned approx. 6 meters in front of goal - 2 players are positioned at each side of the penalty area, just outside the box - The goalkeeper has to run to and around the cone and back to his starting position- He then receives a pass from the player who is located on the side of the cone, he

saves the pass and throws it back to the player- The goalkeeper then moves to the other side of the goal and repeat the

same thing on that side

Organization:- Goalkeeper start zigzag at cone 1,

where he receives a dropkick pas from the coach

- Goalkeeper throws the ball back to thecoach and runs diagonally to cone 2,where he receives a dropkick passfrom the coach

- He continues to cone 3, 4 and 5 in thesame format

3 Goalkeeping Exercises (FC Red Star Belgrado)

Goalkeeper conditioning (Chivas Guadalajara)

Finishing (Chelsea FC)

Organization:- 2 cones are positioned approx. 2

meters apart with a rope tied betweenthem

- Goalkeeper is positioned one 1 sideof the rope, jumps across

- At this time the coach throws the ballto the opposite side of the rope

- The goalkeeper dives across to save

Organization:- 5 cones are positioned in a line

across approx. 5 meters- Goalkeeper starts next to cone 1- Coach rolls the ball diagonally, goal-

keeper dives between cone 1 and 2to save

- Same format all the way down the lineof cone (difficulty increases as thegoalkeeper gets closer to the coach)


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