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Five fun exercises, two key techniques (03/13)
A practice session for ages U6–U10, focusing on passing and shooting
You can count on plenty of players at practice once winter is over and the weather gets nice. That’s why the training session in this article is designed for the relatively large number of 18. The main concepts are passing and shooting. The passing activities focus primarily on using the inside of the foot, while the shooting activities depend more on a good instep kick. You only need one goal for this session, but everyone still gets plenty of opportunities to pass and shoot.
moreWhere stars are born: Barcelona's academy (03/13)
How one of the world’s top teams trains the best soccer brains
They’ve produced some of the biggest names in the game: In 2010 all three finalists for FIFA’s Golden Ball Award—Messi, Iniesta and Xavi—were graduates of FC Barcelona’s legendary academy. In 2011 Messi kept the crown, Xavi came in third, and “Barça” won the Champions League with seven players from its own youth teams. Late last year, longtime SIS writer Klaus Pabst got to visit the Catalan club’s training facilities and study the foundations of its incredible success.
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Numbers-up attacking and counterpressing (02/13)
A complete practice session for ages U10–U14, focusing on transitions
Now that we have winter behind us and everyone’s back out on the practice field, we can spend more of our time focusing on tactics in small-sided games. In the games in this article, the attacking team usually plays numbers-up, but that doesn’t mean turnovers can’t happen. And when they do, the game doesn’t stop, so it’s up to the team that lost the ball to go after it aggressively, using counterpressing (pressing high up the field after a turnover) to win it back as fast as possible.
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Get past your opponent and go for the goal! (02/13)
A practice session for ages U6–U10, focusing on dribbling and 1 v. 1 play
This U6–U10 training session is all about dribbling. Players need to be flexible to deal with the 1 v. 1 situations they encounter in these exercises. Eventually the 1 v. 1s are incorporated into game situations, requiring players to choose between solo play and combination play. Your job as coach is to keep constantly encouraging them to find their own solutions.
moreThe “third” way to the goal (02/13)
Training for a more effective offense, part 2: The third-player run
The “two positions forward, one position back” passing combination, which RB Leipzig’s Frank Leicht explored with us in our last issue (SIS 1/13), is just one of the tactics his players use to get the ball to the opposition’s goal. Now he’s back to show us how he trains a different type of fast offensive combination: the third-player run. In this article, he outlines four different attacking sequences and explains how to run a complete training session, step by step.
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