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225 PRACTICES — THE COMPLETE COACHING COLLECTION

One Complete Collection. 225 Practices. Endless Ways to Develop Your Players.

Six practical coaching books. 225 tested practices. One complete resource for developing players across the game.

And the session planning template to use!

How do you create engaging practices that develop real football ability?

How do you improve possession, finishing, defending and technical skills?

How do you challenge players to make better decisions?

How do you create practices that transfer from training into the game?

This complete six-book collection gives you 225 practical, tested practices designed to help coaches develop better players and better footballers.

Written by a professional football coach and coach developer, the collection brings together practices from across the game — giving you a resource you can return to throughout the season.

For coaches. Players. Coach developers. Analysts. And football aficionados.

SIX BOOKS. ONE COMPLETE COACHING COLLECTION.

This collection brings together six practical coaching resources covering different areas of player development.

Finish the Attack – 25 FINISHING PRACTICES

Develop the ability to create and convert goal-scoring opportunities.

Finishing technique. Movement. Attacking the box. Crosses. Combination play. 1v1s. Finishing under pressure. Different angles. Rebounds. Decision-making. Transitions.

Create chances. Finish better.

Defending Through the Pitch – 25 DEFENDING PRACTICES

Develop players who can defend individually and collectively.

1v1 defending. Positioning. Compactness. Pressing. Pressing triggers. Cover. Balance. Protecting central areas. Preventing progression. Defending transitions.

Defend better. Win the ball.

Perfecting Possession – 25 POSSESSION PRACTICES — BOOK 1

Build the foundations of effective possession.

Passing. Receiving. Support. Movement. Positioning. Creating space. Playing under pressure. Playing forward. Combination play. Decision-making.

Keep the ball. Develop the player.

Perfecting Possession Two – 25 POSSESSION PRACTICES — BOOK 2

Take possession development further.

Moving opponents. Creating passing options. Playing through pressure. Numerical advantages. Switching play. Third-player combinations. Progression. Transitions. Game understanding.

Keep the ball. Control the game.

The Football Blueprint – 100 PRACTICES

A comprehensive collection of practical practices covering a wide range of player and team development needs.

More practices. More variety. More opportunities to develop your players.

The Small-sided Game – 25 Small-sided Games

Bring your training sessions to life with 25 individually designed small-sided games

Develop the technique. Improve the player.

225 PRACTICAL, TESTED PRACTICES

This is not a collection of theoretical coaching ideas.

It is a practical resource designed to help you plan, deliver and develop your training sessions.

Every practice is designed to be:

• Practical
• Tested
• Game-related
• Challenging
• Adaptable
• Easy to understand
• Ready to use

The aim is simple:

Give coaches more quality practices to develop their players.

DEVELOP THE COMPLETE PLAYER

Players need more than technical ability.

They need to understand the game.

They need to make decisions.

They need to recognise space.

They need to solve problems.

They need to perform under pressure.

They need to attack.

They need to defend.

They need to transition.

And they need to do it together.

This collection gives you practices that develop multiple aspects of the player — technical, tactical, physical, psychological and social.

POSSESSION WITH A PURPOSE

Possession is not simply about keeping the ball.

It is about what you do with it.

These practices help players learn to:

• Keep possession
• Create support
• Create passing options
• Move opponents
• Create and exploit space
• Play through pressure
• Play forward
• Switch the point of attack
• Combine
• Progress
• Make better decisions
• Transition effectively

Keep the ball — but know why.

CREATE AND CONVERT CHANCES

Scoring goals requires more than shooting.

Players need to understand movement, space, timing and decision-making.

The finishing practices develop:

• Finishing technique
• Both feet
• Movement to finish
• Attacking the box
• Crosses and deliveries
• Combination play
• 1v1 finishing
• Finishing under pressure
• Rebounds and second balls
• Different finishing angles
• Chance creation
• Decision-making in front of goal

Create more opportunities. Convert more of them.

DEFEND AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A TEAM

Good defending starts with individual actions — but it does not finish there.

Players must understand how to defend space, teammates and the goal.

The defending practices develop:

• 1v1 defending
• Defensive positioning
• Compactness
• Pressing
• Pressing triggers
• Cover and balance
• Protecting central areas
• Preventing progression
• Defending wide areas
• Defending crosses
• Intercepting
• Winning the ball
• Defending transitions
• Decision-making

Defend the player. Defend the space. Defend together.

DEVELOP THE TECHNICAL PLAYER

Technical ability gives players the tools to solve problems.

But technique becomes more valuable when players can execute it under pressure and in realistic football situations.

Develop:

• Ball mastery
• Passing
• Receiving
• Dribbling
• Turning
• Ball manipulation
• First touch
• Technical execution
• Technique under pressure
• Repetition with purpose

Technique is not the end goal. It is the foundation for football.

DEVELOPING DECISION-MAKING

The best practices don’t just ask players to perform an action.

They ask them to see, decide and act.

Where should I move?

When should I pass?

Can I play forward?

Should I carry the ball?

Where is the space?

Can I penetrate?

Should I secure possession?

When should I press?

When should I recover?

When should we attack quickly?

When should we control the game?

The practice becomes the problem. The player learns to find the solution.

SMALL-SIDED. HIGH INVOLVEMENT.

Many of the practices can be adapted into small-sided and game-related environments.

That means:

More touches.

More decisions.

More actions.

More involvement.

More learning.

The closer training feels to the demands of the game, the more opportunities players have to develop football intelligence alongside their technical and tactical ability.

ADAPTABLE TO YOUR PLAYERS

No two teams are the same.

No two sessions are the same.

No two players develop in exactly the same way.

The practices can be adapted for:

• Age
• Ability
• Experience
• Numbers
• Pitch size
• Time available
• Training objectives
• Player profiles
• Tactical intentions
• Developmental needs

Change the space.

Change the numbers.

Change the rules.

Change the challenge.

Keep the objective. Adapt the practice.

FROM TRAINING TO THE GAME

The purpose of training is to prepare players for football.

That means practices should connect with what players experience in matches.

The collection helps coaches develop players who can:

See.

Understand.

Decide.

Execute.

Adapt.

And ultimately perform.

FOR COACHES WHO WANT MORE OPTIONS

Sometimes you need a practice for a specific problem.

Sometimes you need something different.

Sometimes you need to challenge players in a new way.

Sometimes you simply need more quality practices in your coaching toolbox.

With 200 practices across six books, you have a resource you can return to throughout the season.

Use individual practices.

Build sessions around themes.

Combine practices.

Adapt them to your Game Model.

Create progression.

Create regression.

Build your own coaching library.

FOR EVERY LEVEL

Whether you’re developing young players, working with an academy group, coaching at grassroots level, working with senior players or developing within the professional game, the principles remain relevant.

The challenge changes.

The detail changes.

The level changes.

But the need to develop players through meaningful practice remains.

Good coaching is about helping players learn the game.

DEVELOP THE WHOLE PLAYER

Across the six books, the collection gives coaches opportunities to develop:

TECHNICAL

Execution, technique, passing, receiving, finishing, defending and ball skills.

TACTICAL

Positioning, movement, space, support, pressing, possession and transitions.

DECISION-MAKING

Seeing information, recognising problems and choosing effective solutions.

PHYSICAL

Movement, intensity, repetition, competition and game-related actions.

PSYCHOLOGICAL

Confidence, concentration, resilience, creativity and problem-solving.

SOCIAL

Communication, cooperation, relationships and collective behaviour.

PRACTICAL. TESTED. READY TO USE.

These books are designed to be used.

Take a practice.

Understand the objective.

Set up the environment.

Coach the detail.

Challenge the players.

Adapt the practice.

Connect it to the game.

Then use what you learn to develop the next session.

WRITTEN FROM THE PROFESSIONAL GAME

Written by a professional football coach and coach developer, this collection is built around a simple principle:

Football practices should help players become better at football.

Not just better at drills.

Not just better at repetition.

Better at seeing the game.

Better at understanding the game.

Better at making decisions.

Better at executing.

Better at performing.

TRUSTED BY PROFESSIONALS

Danny Röhl — Football Manager

Gaël Clichy — Former Manchester City & Arsenal player, Coach

Yohan Cabaye — Former Newcastle United & PSG player, Coach

Martin Devaney — Assistant Manager, Barnsley FC

Marlon Pack — Portsmouth Captain

Kenwyne Jones — Former Premier League player, Coach

Football ideas that can be understood, applied and developed.

ONE COMPLETE COACHING LIBRARY

Six books.

200 practical practices.

Possession.

Finishing.

Defending.

Technical development.

Player development.

Decision-making.

Game understanding.

Everything you need to keep developing your coaching toolbox.

200 PRACTICES. ONE COMPLETE COLLECTION.

THE COMPLETE COACHING COLLECTION

200 practical, tested practices designed to help you develop better players.

Possession. Finishing. Defending. Technical development. Decision-making. Game understanding.

For coaches. Players. Coach developers.

More practices. More variety. More decisions. More learning.

DEVELOP YOUR PLAYERS. DEVELOP YOUR COACHING.

Build your coaching library with 200 practical practices across six essential football resources.

GET THE COMPLETE COLLECTION