The 5-Minute Football Coach #157

3-player warmup, ETH transition practice, Kompany on 1v1s

Hi all,

So, after a short winter break, we are back with this week’s coaching ideas:

⚽️ Warmup of the week

Let’s start with this 3-player warmup, nicely combining dribbling, receiving and wall passes:

🥅 Practice of the week

Next, from Erik Ten Hag’s drill book, a high-intensity transition practice:

💡 Idea of the week

Lastly, some neat advice from Vincent Kompany on defending 1-on-1s:

Mar’tics@martics97

Vincent Kompany giving advices on the way to defend 1v1 is so interesting to listen to : • Using your arm to manage distance • Anticipate acceleration. • If going wide, touchline is the best defender you can have. Brilliant.

1:12 PM · Jan 7, 2023

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Hope you enjoyed this - until next time!

Fabrice

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