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Overloads in circles
By David Clarke It can be difficult at times to find a good workout for your players that replicates the vital first touch, good movement and quick passing of typical match day situations. Players are...
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A game of passing under pressure
By David Clarke You can tell when players are under pressure – their first touch begins to go astray. It’s a tell-tale sign and one of the most costly mistakes that can be made in the game. For that...
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Pressure, support and depth – go defensive
By David Clarke Teaching defenders technique and the ability to move into the right places at the right time can be done on the training ground. Here though, we combine the teaching with an immediate...
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Turn defeat into victory
As you can imagine, I receive a lot of emails from coaches who want to share their problems with me, and I do my best to answer them all, offering maybe a drill, an exercise, or simply a piece of...
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When more turn up for training than you expect
I had an email this week asking about how I cope when more players turn up at training than expected. It was a timely question as I had just coached a session of 15 players when I expected only nine or...
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Control the game without the ball
An important characteristic of modern teams is their ability to control the game even when they haven’t got the ball. The whole team plays a part in this tactic with the intention of forcing the...
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