Football Training Exercises: Functional
Football coaching drills that are conducted in a designated area of the pitch to increase the realism of the session and positional knowledge of the players involved.
| 3 Centre Backs Defending Centrally: A football training exercise to help player's involved in a 3 man defence how to close down and support each other. Orientation: Defending Objectives: Dispossess / Dictate |
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| 3 v 3 Prevent Turning and Forward Passing: Defending orientated football coaching session to educate players how to defend in front of their goal, so that the opposition can not turn or gain an attempt at goal. Orientation: Defending Objectives: Dictate / Dispossess |
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| Attacking Centrally: A football training session designed to improve a players ability to combine in central areas to create goal scoring opportunities. Orientation: Attacking Objectives: Support Play / Passing / Finishing |
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| Combination Play as Centre Forwards: This football coaching session has been developed to help centre forwards gain a better understanding of how they can interact with their striking partner. Orientation: Attacking Objectives: Support Play / Passing / Finishing |
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| Combination Play as Centre Forwards with an Active Midfield: Similar to previous football training drill but the realism is increased as the midfielder's must get the ball through to attackers. Orientation: Attacking Objectives: Support Play / Passing / Finishing |
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| Crossing Drill: A football training drill to improve a player’s ability to create and score from crosses into the box. Like many football coaching drills in this section, this one can focus on more than one aspect of a players performance. Orientation: Attacking Objectives: Crossing / Finishing |
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| Defending from Crosses: A football training drill to focus on a teams ability to defend from crosses. Orientation: Defending Objectives: Dispossess / Clearance |
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| Defend in Wide Areas: The ability for teams to successfully defend in wide areas is crucial in preventing crosses and player's cutting infield to have a strike at goal. Therefore this football training exercise looks to focus on this aspect of the match. Orientation: Defending Objectives: Dictate / Dispossess |
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| Dribble to Shoot Centrally: This football coaching session seeks to educate player's how to commit defenders in the final third so that they can have a shot at goal. Like many of the football coaching drills in this section, this one can focus on more than one aspect of a players performance. Orientation: Attacking Objectives: Support Play / Dribbling / Finishing |
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| Dribble to Shoot from Wide Positions: A football training session to improve a player's ability to dribble at a defender from wide positions to gain an attempt at goal. Orientation: Attacking Objectives: Support Play / Dribbling / Finishing |
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| Improve Crossing: A football coaching session that seeks to improve the final ball into the box, so that scoring opportunities are not passed up due to a poor cross. Orientation: Attacking Objective: Crossing |
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| Improve Finishing from Crosses: There is no point putting in great crosses if those attacking them do not know where to position themselves, how to create space or interact with team mates, as the chance will be lost. Like many of the football coaching drills in this section, this one can focus on more than one aspect of a players performance. Orientation: Attacking Objectives: Crossing / Finishing |
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| Improve Finishing and Follow Up Play: A football coaching exercise to improve a players shooting technique and follow up play, so that more goal scoring attempts are converted into goals. Orientation: Attacking Objective: Finishing |
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| Turning to Attack Centrally: A football training drill to help forwards successfully attack when in a central position. Like many of the football coaching drills in this section, this one can focus on more than one aspect of a players performance. Orientation: Attacking Objectives: Supporting / Finishing |
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N.B: All the areas suggested within these football coaching sessions can be adapted to be appropriate to the number of players and their ability levels.
Related Pages
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Adaptations to a Coaching Drill
Coach's Expectations
Coaching Process
Communication
Factors that Determine the Approach of the Coach
Football - A Basic Breakdown
How Players Learn
How to Coach
Observation is the Key
Roles and Responsibilities
Session Planning
What Players Learn