Tactical

I always seek to obtain real life experiences from the world of football to support my continued learning and i also like to share my experiences to hopefully support others within the game....

The following post establishes some basic principles to team defending in an area of the pitch sectioned to 6 (six) zones. Area 1. PRESS. High reward if you can win the ball back...

Over the early part of the 2014-15 season myself and young son recorded the areas of the pitch from which goals where scored in the Premier League. We broke it down to first...

The following video is a further progression to the technical content in dealing with balls to the front post area. The idea of the practice is to create a realistic ‘function’ from the...

Simon Smith talks about the goalkeeper development course organised by The FA, as they try to develop young goalkeepers into the ‘11th Man’...

  Size of area should relate to the number of players and ability of participants (9-18 players).Three equal teams (shows 4v4v4) play a possession based game with 2 teams maintaining the ball from...

Tactical – Defending Space In Behind Utilising a pitch two thirds in length, and narrowed off dependent on numbers, ‘Yellows’ with an overload in their defensive (2v1) & midfield (3v2) try to create...

Tactical – Developing Support & Distribution with a Small Sided 8 v 6 Overload Practice The Goalkeeper (Red) has a number of passing options through players (Blue) support & movement. Angles and Distances...