USSF A License Author Coaching Education College/Club/USYNT Scout
USA
Joined April 2011
- Tweets2.1K
- Following1K
- Followers5.1K
- Likes735
Pinned Tweet
🎯 New Topic of the Week: Using the 3rd Man to Penetrate
Why does it break down?
⚠️ 9 is hidden behind their CM
⚠️ Your own CM's are too narrow
⚠️ Wingers are too high, too early
⚠️ Back line offers no vertical stretch
It’s a spacing issue.
#CoachesWeeklyBreakdown
Myth: "Players have to master technique before they can learn tactics."
I don't buy it. Here's why 🧵
1
53
So don't wait until players "have the technique" to teach the game.
Teach them together. Put the touch, the pass and the finish inside real problems: pressure, space, a reason to choose.
1
12
Your winger presses their center back, and now their fullback is free.
The fix: the fullback on that side steps to their fullback, and the back line shifts across behind him.
This week's full session, 4 exercises, free to print 👇
coaching4football.com/x-gxre…
What's your master session for pressing a build-out?
Most coaches would be confused by the question. Master session? They have a session. Probably a different one every time the topic comes up.
1
28
6,502
Do that for a few seasons and you stop planning from scratch. You end up with a library of sessions you have actually mastered.
So, what's your master session for pressing a build-out?
1
414
1/6
Coaches love yelling “ANTICIPATE!”
Then we run training where everyone knows the next pass and has all day to make it.
Why are we surprised when players struggle to read the game?
ALT Cover slide: Coaches love yelling ANTICIPATE! A 6-part coaching thread.
5/6
Then consider the speed.
Reading a situation with unlimited time is different from recognizing it under match pressure.
Players need repeated chances to make those decisions at game speed. Years of playing won’t fix that on their own.
1
77