UEFA B Coaching

Strikers are primarily judged on the goals they score. There are lots of skills that strikers need to possess, both from a goal scoring perspective and in general play and over the course of this series of blogs we will look at those skills and how coaches can improve and develop them.

Strikers need specific games and sessions that give them lots and lots of opportunities to create and take shots and finishes at goals.

UEFA B Coaching - This is a phase of play practice to work on attack v defence with a focus on coaching forwards to play in the hole between the defence and midfield.

The best football players do the simple things in the game the best. Passing and support, should be simple, but how often does it break down because a player can't pass the ball accurately over 5 - 10 yards?

8 simple steps Grassroots football coaches can take and make a huge difference to the defensive effectiveness of your team.

I had another question from a Grassroots Coaching fan regarding a key UEFA B Coaching topic:

Following on from the previous blog article, we now look at how to coach a team to defend deep and then counter attack. In this UEFA B coaching topic, the defending team are giving up ground and defending deep, in and around their own penalty area. Typically, this might be an away team who are 0-0 or winning the game.

I recently received a question on a UEFA B coaching topic, one which is very relevant to the way football has evolved tactically. The question was how do you Coach a team to defend a counter attack.