FA Level 2

Question: My players seem frightened of shooting from distance. I want to develop their confidence, belief and technique. Do you have any football training sessions that can help me coach this skill of long range shooting?

Question: I have a FA Level 2 Support Day coming up and have to coach "Improve the Skill of running with the ball". I have some ideas, but they all seem a bit forced and unrealistic and I am not sure they are right, do you have any realistic run with the ball football coaching videos that could help me?

Question: I want to improve my U15 players ability to switch the point of attack and to be able to create and make long passes. How can I achieve this and make the football coaching session enjoyable and realistic?

I am often asked how coaches can effectively coach a team. Many coaches can put on practices and drills to improve players’ techniques and skills, but coaching a team to work together to achieve a specific team objective can be difficult and intimidating for many coaches. In this blog, we look at the topic of coaching a team to defend effectively as a team. In this example, we look at a UEFA B practical curriculum topic and play an 8 v 8 game. The principles and structure of defending shown here are equally applicable to coaching 4 v 4 games through to 11 v 11 games.