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⚽️ Week 4: Dribble or Pass?
Can your players control the ball before deciding, attack space when it’s available, and pass when a teammate is better placed?
Across the Pond → 1v1 Dribble or Combine with jokers → 4v4+3 channels game.
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Vary the numbers, pitch size and targets in your Small-Sided Games to adjust the challenge
Need more time & space? Fewer players/larger area
Want more pressure & complexity? More players/smaller area
Change the game to suit what your players need
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Small-Sided Games work best when the design matches the problem you want players to solve
Our Practice Designer lets Taster & Premium members plan, design and save their own SSGs — FREE to use
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Do you finish practice with a full-size game or a Small-Sided Game?
More importantly…why?
The format we choose changes how often players touch the ball, make decisions and get involved
Here are 5 reasons to make SSGs a regular part of your sessions 🧵
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Do you finish practice with a full-size game or a Small-Sided Game?
More importantly…why?
The format we choose changes how often players touch the ball, make decisions and get involved
Here are 5 reasons to make SSGs a regular part of your sessions 🧵
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5 reasons to use more Small-Sided Games:
• More skill-development opportunities
• Clearer pictures
• Games can target specific problems
• More football-specific movement
• Players must get involved
Small numbers can create a lot of learning
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Small-Sided Games aren’t just something to use for the final 10 minutes
Used deliberately, they can develop technical, tactical, physical and decision-making qualities together
The full Foundation Age Coaching article explores all 5 reasons 👇
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⚽️ Week 3: Protect, Turn & Escape
Can your players keep the ball when an opponent gets close, then turn away and escape into space?
Coach them to get their body between the ball and opponent, lift their head when clear, and choose a turn to match the pressure
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The most effective way for me to coach defending topics to my U9’s these days is with SSG’s (2v2, 3v2, 3v3) - minimal constraints/conditions
Chaotic, multiple situations to manage and fun for the players
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