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Wayne Harrison 1/20/20 Wayne Harrison 1/20/20

Quick Play Drill Working on Passing and Moving to Create Space

The goal is to teach Playing in tight areas, Developing fast feet, Positioning off the ball, Defending condensing attacking spreading out, Teaching spacing and moving into passing lanes to get free and more.

The goal is to teach:

Playing in tight areas,
Developing fast feet,
Positioning off the ball
Developing a spinning head or rubber neck I call it
Defending condensing attacking spreading out
Teaching spacing and moving into passing lanes (between cones and between opponents) to get free (VERY important)
Scoring goals
Defending team short and tight attacking team wide and long

Warm Up for Quick Play

A ball each passing and moving playing 1 and 2 touches only. Avoiding the cones which represent opponents. Learning to position in the best space possible between cones

Quick Play

Restricted area to play in. Cones represent opponents so players must avoid passing close to them or positioning close to them. Blue cones the free players so always an overload.

Quick Play Adding Goals

Now a REAL GAME SITUATION. Keeping score making it competitive working between restricted number of touches and unlimited touches to test players peripheral vision and awareness.

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eBook 37: Game Changing Strategies and Different Systems of Play to Teach Your Team for 11 v 11

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54 Pages

We want to stay with our own game plan as closely as possible; based on what we practice and to keep it simple for us; as we dictate to our opponents; and we impose OUR WAY on them.

But there will be many occasions where we must change the system of play and we may have to adjust to suit the opponents.

Here are some ideas for you to consider for your team starting with the 13313 and 14231 systems of play.

eBook 36: Scanning and Teaching One-Touch Mentality Training Ideas Updated 2022

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Teaching players to develop a "one touch mentality" in their game, to train the MIND.

To play in "Anticipation" of the ball; both on and off it by Scanning the field constantly to make earlier, faster and more successful decisions in the game.

How do we do this? Here are some sessions to use to help develop this ability.

eBook 35: How to Develop Play in "No Mans Land" in a 1-3-3-1-3 with Animation

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45 Pages

Using the 1-3-3-1-3 system of play for this, we show how your players can find free spaces between opponents with inverted runs from outside to in. Including how to create freedom of movement within the team framework.

17 Favorite Practices Tactical Play and Target Games

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This 295 page ebook includes 17 game situational clinics focused on tactical play and target games. To achieve the given theme successfully, many of the situational games have set conditions to them to force the theme to happen consistently and to maintain the focus of it. As we will explain, a big part of teaching in ALL these games is developing a One Touch Mentality in each players brain. So the “general” theme around all of them will be establishing this thinking process no matter the “specific” theme being taught.

This book is also available to Elite and Premium Members in the Soccer Awareness Training Center. Access Here.

Soccer Awareness Coaching Curriculums presented by Game Sizes: 4 v 4, 7 v 7, 9 v 9 through to 11 v 11

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We produced the eBook "Tactical Thoughts on the Development of the 4 v 4, 7 v 7 and 9 v 9 Game Sizes" covering information on team shape and development. We now add this eBook to provide Curriculums in each game size to support the tactical games eBook.

What this eBook offers you:

Its all done here for you, paying attention to the ages of the players and the depth of teaching suitable to them.
As the program moves from 4 v 4 through to 11 v 11 the focus changes from individual teachings at 4 v 4, to small sided situations at 7 v 7, to Phases of play and tactical needs at 9 v 9; through to team tactical development at 11 v 11.
11 v 11 focuses on advanced training ideas to teach the “team”.
This eBook covers up to 14 weeks of training for each game size presented as one session per week.
All sessions have small sided games scrimmage set ups as close as we can get it to finish to reflect the theme of the session.

Tactical Thoughts on the Development of the 4 v 4, 7 v 7 and 9 v 9 Game Sizes

$19.99

This eBook shows how these different size games can be taught and also shows different systems of play that might be useful to you.

The idea I am trying to cultivate is to find a pattern of development that goes from 4 v 4 to 7 v 7 all the way through 9 v 9 to 11 v 11 that educates the players VERY EARLY on how to ultimately play the 11 v 11, a common thread running right through the book.

eBook 1: 50 Fun and Developmental Coaching Sessions for 6 to 10 year-olds

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This ebook contains 50 of the best, fun and developmental coaching sessions for 6 to 10 year olds providing a solid foundation for you to build your players' skills. There are more than 300 pages of specific practices with diagrams, step by step instructions, objectives, coaching points and progressions. Topics covered include: setting up training sessions and small-sided games, awareness, improving touch, dribbling, shooting, passing and much more. Bring out the best in your soccer players with these fun and developmental sessions.

Important Alternative Information on How to Play the 4-2-3-1

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Some of this is thinking outside the box and addressing issues not always covered in this format.

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This program is perfect for youth coaches wanting practices to start their soccer coaching education and it is also for those more advanced and experienced coaches wanting to train their players as best they can at these wonderful open minded ages for development and education of both the mind and body. Our plan is to help all coaches at whatever level of experience they are at.

This book aims to provide the best educational information possible for all coaches of players from 6 to 10 years old in terms of the Technical, Tactical, Skill, Psychological and Physical attributes players need at these ages and then bring it all together in a team concept. As the age group raises so does the type of training required.

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Wayne Harrison 4/5/19 Wayne Harrison 4/5/19

Quick Play Warm Up and Drill

The goal in this session is to work on playing in tight areas, developing fast feet and positioning off the ball. We are teaching spacing and moving into passing lanes to get free.

The following session comes from One Touch Mentality Training Ideas. Join the Soccer Awareness Training Center to access exclusive presentations and sessions.

A ball each passing and moving playing 1 and 2 touches only. Avoiding the cones which represent opponents. Learning to position in the best space possible between cones.

The goal is to teach

playing in tight areas,
developing fast feet,
positioning off the ball
Developing a spinning head or rubber neck I call it
Defending condensing attacking spreading out
Teaching spacing and moving into passing lanes (between cones and between opponents) to get free

Restricted area to play in. Cones represent opponents so players must avoid passing close to them or positioning close to them. Blue cones the free players so always an overload.

Add goals. Now a REAL GAME SITUATION. Keeping score making it competitive working between restricted number of touches and unlimited touches to test players peripheral vision and awareness.

Get all of these sessions and more in the One Touch Training Mentality Ideas Training Center Exclusive Article.

Space Rondos Using One Touch
Three Man Look, Pass, Move Without Pressure
Testing Players Awareness
Angle of Support Positioning
Checking To The Ball To Receive Away From Pressure
Sliding Rondos Using One And Two Touches
Awareness Rubber Neck Training with 5 Players
Awareness Session Passing and Movement Off the Ball
Competitive Awareness Numbers Game
Quick Play Session