The 5-Minute Football Coach #87

One-touch passing drill, Playing wide, Becoming a ‘smarter’ player

Hi there,

I hope you’re well. Here are this week’s 3 coaching tips!

⚽️ Drill of the week

A super simple drill for 1-touch passing:

Coach David Baird @CoachDavidBaird

Short sharp passing exercise

🥅 Session of the week

This great session plan encourages players to use the whole width of the pitch when attacking. Nice stuff!

Kev Thomas @kthms

#SundayShare in possession theme on using width and switching play. A 2v2+2 game to encourage switching (then 5 min 1v1 work), a conditioned game with attacking wide players, & SSG with rewards for using the width of the pitch / switching the play

🎬 Video of the week

Lastly, Thierry Henry on how Arsene Wenger made him a ‘smarter’ player:

Dan Wright @coachdanwright

A nice clip for young players and coaches 👑 ⚽️

Hope you enjoyed this. Until next time, have a great week!

Fabrice

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