Ready-to-coach football (soccer) sessions from The Coaching Manual, with set-up, timings and coaching points. Open any session on your phone pitch-side, with no account needed.
Get your first three weeks planned: three sessions for your age group, in one free download.
Fun, ball-in-hand-and-foot sessions that build confidence, coordination and first touches.
Lots of touches on the ball to build control and confidence in the youngest players.
Open session →Keeping the ball close while moving, with games that keep every child involved.
Open session →A first introduction to passing and receiving over short distances.
Open session →Dribbling with control and changing direction to beat a player.
Open session →Accurate passing and a good first touch, built through simple practices.
Open session →Technique under more pressure, with players starting to make decisions in the game.
Close control combined with passing, so players are comfortable on the ball.
Open session →When to keep it close and when to run into space with the ball.
Open session →Scanning before receiving, so players know their next pass before the ball arrives.
Open session →Bigger pitches and more players: space, movement and finishing.
Using close control and movement to create space to play.
Open session →Moving to receive and passing to keep the ball moving through the team.
Open session →Creating and taking chances from crosses, cut-backs and central positions.
Open session →Team shape and tactics for older youth and adult teams.
Building attacks from the goalkeeper and defenders under pressure.
Open session →When and how to press as a team to win the ball back high up the pitch.
Open session →A masterclass from former Manchester United first-team coach Rene Meulensteen on combination play, tempo and switching play.
Open session →Attacking, defending and transition sessions for coaches working with older players.
UEFA Pro Licence tutor Martin Hunter on passing over different distances and offering supporting angles.
Open session →Martin Hunter on the movement that creates and exploits space in attack.
Open session →Moving the ball quickly from one side to the other to find space.
Open session →Playing through the middle third in a 4-3-3, with the emphasis on central play.
Open session →Staying compact and giving cover and balance as a defensive unit.
Open session →Defending together to stop forward play and win the ball back.
Open session →Reacting the moment possession is lost in the final third.
Open session →These are a taste. A free coach account opens more, and a club account gives every coach at your club 2,000+ full sessions and 6,000+ pieces of coaching content.
