The 5-Minute Football Coach #93

Warmup game, Attacking with width, Motivating players

Hi there,

I hope you’re well. Here are your coaching tips for this week:

⚽️ Practice of the week

To get started, a fun little game from the French national team, great to finish off a warmup:

Coaches Plan PRO @CoachesPlanPRO

France National Team - Fun SAQ 🇫🇷 Setup: • 2 end lines are placed 8 yards either side of the central line. • 2 colours are placed either side. Green/Red one side, Blue/Yellow the other. • Whatever colour the coach signals, the players must react and sprint the OPPOSITE.

🥅 Session of the week

Next, a small-sided game to work on attacking (and defending) with width. I remember our local coaches using this a few years ago, well worth revisiting:

Jono Heffernan @jonoheffernan

#SundayShare a good one for switching play & using wide areas, isolating fullbacks to 1v1 with attacking wide players. Communication is key,work with units, can be done with 4 Def/Midfielders @TacticalPad @BallinaTownFC @Beats9 @Leecosgrove10 @ExchangeCoaches @coachingbadges

📖 Topic of the week

Lastly, how do you motivate your players? Here’s 11 pearls of wisdom from Sir Bobby Robson:

Lenny @LennyReedCoach

Sir Bobby Robson’s 11 golden nuggets of advice for motivating players.

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

Fabrice

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