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Preparing a team to play with one player less is a vital tactical aspect, as such situations can occur at any time during a match (e.g., red card, injury with no substitution available). Here's a structured approach on how to get your team ready for these moments : 🎯 1. Objectives of the preparation Maintain tactical organization even when down to 10 players; Minimize risks and limit exposed spaces; Develop a fighting spirit,... Read more

Marcelo Bielsa: “The modern player must think faster than they run. Intelligence will be the new physical strength.” In an era where football is becoming faster, more intense, and data-driven, there is a truth that coaches can no longer ignore: a player’s speed of thought is now more important than their speed of movement . ⚽ The future of football is no longer just physical. It’s mental. In the past, coaches... Read more

In the modern world of football, where the speed of the game, intensity, and pressure for results are higher than ever, this simple quote by Luis Enrique captures one of the most important lessons: football is not about individual perfection, but about collective solidarity. ⚽ Mistakes – a natural part of the game No matter how well-prepared a team is, mistakes are inevitable. Bad passes, slips, poor positioning – they’re... Read more

Marcelo Santos: It's been a while since I started seeing football differently, less as isolated moments and more as something dynamic and interconnected. It's not just a theory, but a perspective that has helped me understand training, decision-making and the structures we create. This way of thinking has changed how I coach, how I lead, how I listen. Football isn't just a game where individuals move in isolation. It's a living system.... Read more

For this week an exercise for finishing with a shot on goal. Materials needed: cones, soccer balls. Number of players: lot of players. Exercise description: Each player A and B will have a ball in their possession. Player A drives the ball and kicks it into the goal (1,2). Player B passes the ball to player A's player (3) in the next position (I). Player A gets possession of the ball... Read more

For this week we have prepared an exercise for you to train with a soccer ball. Materials needed: cones, spiked wedges, soccer balls. Number of players: lot of players. Description of the exercise: Materials laid out as in the picture, each player A will be in possession of a ball. Player A passes the ball to player B (1), player B passes the ball to player C (2). Player C drives the ball (3) and passes it to player... Read more

For this week we have prepared an exercise for you to train with a soccer ball. Materials needed: cones, spiked wedges, soccer balls. Number of players: lot of players. Description of the exercise: Materials laid out as in the picture, each player A will be in possession of a ball. Player A passes the ball to player B (1), player B passes the ball to player C (2). Player C drives the ball (3) and passes it to player... Read more

For this week we have prepared a ball passing exercise with two different progressions. Materials needed: cones, two balls. Number of players: 10 - 12 players. Description of the exercise: The players will be seated as in the picture, the first player A from both groups will be in possession of a ball. Player A passes the ball to player B (1), player B passes the ball to player C (2). Player C drives the ball a few meters and passes the ball... Read more

For this week we have prepared an exercise for you to finish with a shot on goal. Materials needed: cones, soccer balls. Number of players: 6 - 8 players + 1 goalkeeper. Description of the exercise: Materials placed as in the picture, each player A will have a ball in his possession. Player A passes the ball to player B (1), player B passes the ball to player A (2). Player A comes running towards the ball (I) and passes... Read more

Materials needed: cones, soccer balls. Number of players: 12 - 14 players + 2 goalkeepers. Description of the exercise: Materials placed as in the picture, each player A will have a ball. The exercise will be carried out simultaneously from both directions. Each player A will have a ball in his possession, player A passes the ball to player B (1). Player B passes the ball to player C (2), player C passes the ball... Read more

For this week we have prepared a game on a small pitch. Materials needed : cones, goals, soccer balls. Number of players : 10 + 2 goalkeepers. Description of the exercise: There will be three working zones, the middle zone (possession zone) and the lateral zones (finishing zones). In the middle zone the possession play will take place, when the coach will call the number 1 or 2, the team in possession will try to finish... Read more

We continue the exercise of the week project with an exercise that can be done in the training process to train soccer specific physical preparation. Materials needed: hoops, spiked goalposts, agility ladder, fences, soccer balls Number of players: lot of players. Exercise description: Materials set up as in the picture, four workstations + four squares where 4 vs 1 games will be played. Players will perform: - players A - variations... Read more

Players' trust in their own coach is a very important thing in the good functioning of a team. If the player will feel that he is in "good hands", that he is being coached by a professional in every respect, he will always prepare well and will respect the decisions taken by the coach even if they are not always in his favor. We believe that if you want to gain the trust of your players it is essential that you do not ask them for things that... Read more

The coach of the moment in world football has made a statement about the mistake that new generation coaches make. "The mistake the new generation of coaches is making is to give too much information to the players in the ball game. This takes away creativity. One thing is to indicate to the player the positioning without the ball, there you have to give a lot of information, because without the ball there is concentration, sacrifice and collective... Read more

We propose a training tool made by Xavi Hernandez in the training process of FC Barcelona to train the game in numerical superiority and transition training. Players who are out numbered when they recover the ball try to score as quickly as possible in the side-goals. Those who have lost possession try to block them as quickly as possible. Read more

We believe that the presence of a defensive central midfielder is very important in a team regardless of the system you play in or the style your team has. But compared to football in the past the role of this defensive midfielder has changed a lot, less and less teams use a defensive midfielder in the style of Gennaro Gattuso or Claude Makélélé who had the main task of recovering the ball. In today's... Read more

For a football-specific workout to be successful, it is important that it meets a few conditions. Here are the most important ones: Stimulate intelligence and creativity; To be as varied as possible; Be motivational in order to get players 100% involved in the training process; Have simple rules that are clearly explained; Not to be routine in the training process; The difficulty of the exercises should increase progressively; Be dynamic;... Read more

Next we have prepared a technical test specific to the game of football. Applied regularly to your players you can check their progress. Materials needed: - cones, a gym bench, two balls. Exercise description: Draw a 5 m / 10 m rectangle. On the 10 m side place an overturned gym bench. The player has to send the ball for 30 seconds successively with his back to the gym bench. A net goal is placed behind... Read more

Here's a fun game played by Deportivo de La Coruña in the warm-up part of training. The game is made under the command of coach Borja Jiménez. Read more

Here's a simple exercise from Wolfsburg in the training process for goal kicking training. The exercise is conducted under the direction of trainer Oliver Glasner. Starting from the version in the video above, different variations of the exercise can be performed. Read more