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Outstanding building from the Back

This video is shows a sensational goal from a youth team. If we could only score one goal like this in the second half of the season! There’s some good play here, but we really can match these...

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While you’re Killing time…

… time is killing you. A motivational video from Nathan Paull. He didn’t quite make it to the ranks of the professionals, but he got pretty close. He now runs a soccer coaching business in...

Passing drill from 2 May

This video shows the passing drill that we did on Tuesday this week. The action starts at 1m26s, and goes until about 3min. He’s a young kid, and obviously going to be a very good player...

433 Press, Cover & Balance

During open play (not set pieces) zonal defence usually out-performs man-marking. This video shows how to press the ball and provide cover and balance. Obviously watch the whole thing if you want...

Death by Pizza

Google “soccer benefits playing multiple positions” and you get a lot of hits. Over 84 million. That’s a lot. Somewhere out there, there must be some sites that suggest you pick your...

FIFA 11+ Warm-up

A while ago, FIFA commissioned a study into injury prevention. The 11+ is what they came up with. https://newcastlesportsmedicine.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/3.-11-poster.pdf Studies have shown...

Futsal Tactical Play

As promised, here is a video compilation of highlights from a couple of futsal games featuring some of the world’s best teams… and, err, Japan. There’s a lot of take from this video...

Futsal vs Soccer

Introduction I hope everyone enjoyed the first futsal game. It was good fun to watch, and no doubt you have already picked up on some of the differences between futsal and outdoor soccer. Differences...

What will be on this page?

Over the summer, this page will include “workouts of the day”, for anyone who is going out for a kick and wants a few ideas beyond “just have some shots”. Although, tbh, I...