The Offside Trap The Offside Trap is a great skill for your players to learn. Stepping up to 9 a side offers plenty of challenges, the main one being “Offside” coming into play. This is done in phases. Phase I... Read More

Pass & Move Squares Pass & Move Squares is a fantastic drill to get your players thinking fast and moving into space. It involves the whole squad. It keeps all players switched on, even if they don’t have the ball... Read More

Play the way your facing – Follow Us Play the way your facing is a message every grassroots coach tells there players many many times during training, only for when it comes to match day when they receive the ball... Read More

Playing Down the Channels is such an important move for your players to learn for many reasons. Firstly, its a move that isn’t expected and secondly it opens up the penalty area for the midfielders to attack. Whenever the ball... Read More

Holding Up Play – The Target Man Holding up Play and being a Target Man and Holding up play is a key role that can help develop attacks. Far to often players will receive the ball up front and just... Read More

Attack v Defence is what football is all about. How to set your defence up to repel an attack, and how your attack can break down the defence. But its not just as straight forward as 2 attackers running at... Read More

Playing out from the back is a problem every coach will have throughout the Grassroots Football age groups. In the younger groups a quick high press can be intimating for players and be the cause of a lot of goals... Read More

Pass Move Dribble Shoot is a drill that is designed to encourage the players to pass to move through the sections before getting a shot away. Its also designed to stop the defenders rushing in and making an easy decision... Read More

Back Peddling & Controlling Attacker – Defensive Drill Back Peddling & Controlling Attacker: This is a really good drill for young defenders to learn about how they can control a situation or attacker without actually having to make a tackle.... Read More

Shooting & Blocking – Trying to sell the Defender a Dummy Shooting & Blocking are two key components of football and this drill is a fantastic fast paced one which allows players to learn both. Split your group into two... Read More