Often coaches will try and develop a lot of different training activities for variety sakes but with change often comes a loss of focus on the game day principles you’re trying to instill in your players. This also increases prep time and extra training time for players to adjust to the new activity before they...
I’m continuing in my role as Senior Women’s Head Coach for season 2026 and we had 7 sessions before breaking for Christmas with 1 focus and that being ball movement. In our first season out of a 4-year recess, and my first year at the club, we had a lot of players new to football...
Here’s another whiteboard edition which are still streamlined but require a visual to get started, with activities #212 – #221 consisting of a simple image with a diagram and a quick explanation. #212 – 3v3+2 #213 – WIDE + RUN FROM BEHIND #214 – 2 PLAYS #215 – 3 GOALS WINS #216 – 5v5...
You’ve come up with a great game model but then the questions announce themselves? How will you teach it? How will the players learn it? How will the players retain the concept? What about the mixed ability of the playing group? How can we build it robust enough to stand up in the chaos of...
A new edition of this covering training activities #192 – #211 and as usual there’s only a quick explanation, no diagrams or images. #192 – OUTNUMBER ADVANTAGE TO OUTNUMBER DISADVANTAGE Start with 11v10 our defensive half but the opposition has a locked +1 in their defensive half #193 – TACKLING SEQUENCE 2 players...
Last week I challenged all coaches to sit down and find ways to turn their training drills (boring/zero learning) into training activities (high player engagement and involvement/high learning) in this post. STEP #1 – SESSION THEME Without a theme you’re not really going to nail any real sustainable outcomes that carry into game day so...
It was looking for shaky for the Crows after losing the 1st week of finals and it didn’t get any better, with the look of being a great system team which stacks up week after week in the regular season but lacking creativity which are the moments that turns and wins finals. The Hawks have...
After posting 171 streamline activities with just a brief written description, I’ve now probably got more diagram activities in my files that I haven’t posted, then written one’s. Today introduces the first whiteboard edition which are still streamlined but require a visual to get started, with activities #172 – #181 consisting a simple image with...
A new edition of this covering training activities #152 – #171 and as usual there’s only a quick explanation, no diagrams or images. #152 – 3 x 3v2 1 big playing area divided into 3 squares with a 3v2 offensive advantage in each square with all players locked. Goals at each end for each team...
As promised, here’s the rest of the training activities I’ve used with my senior women’s football team so far this year and to back up on previous posts, you want just enough variety to still provide enough repetition at the activities that best replicate what you want to see in games which builds adaptability. If...