The 5-Minute Football Coach #25

Building out from the back, Match-day stress, Grassroots

Sep 17, 2019

Here are your highlights for this week:

Practice of the week

A nice setup for building out from the back - including working on the striker and wide players swapping with central midfielders to create space for runs.

Football Theory @theory_football

Building out of the back; - Understanding where pressure comes from - Finding passing lanes through the first layer - Rotations of 8, 10 and 2, 3 @TacticalPad #soccer #footballtheory #football #coaching #coachinglife #positionalgamemodel

Topic of the week

Match day can often be stressful, especially while watching from the sidelines. Amplified Soccer has a quick guide on staying calm during games:

understand the role of your front brain
remember what your goal for the day is
spot negative thoughts and stop them

And remember you are setting an example for your players!

Thoughts of the week

We all have times when we wish we had more equipment, facilities, help… But let’s remember everybody had to start from somewhere:

I hope you enjoyed this. Have a great week!

Fabrice

The 5-Minute Football Coach: every Tuesday, 3 coaching tips in 5 minutes, for free.