More Possession Games
The possession games below will help your team retain possession of the ball, even while under pressure. Drill 1. Structure: -Set up the area as above suiting the needs of your players and numbers available. -Good ball supply Rules: -Two teams battle in the middle....
Liverpool & Brendon Rodgers Tactical Analysis
Brendan Rodgers has masterminded a surprise Premier League title challenge this season, and after a weekend of results firmly in the Reds' favour, Liverpool appear on the cusp of a truly special achievement. For many fans and neutrals, the Merseyside club weren't even...
Attacking Under/ Overloads
Attacking under/ overloads are an important part of the modern game. These two fast paced training drills will help to give your team the edge. Drill 1. Structure: -Set up the area as above suiting the needs of your players and numbers available. Rules: -The 4 blues...
Missing Out/ Playing Through Midfield
Turn defence into attack with speed by missing out or playing through the midfield. These attacks can be devastating to teams, as a result these type of training drills are important for the modern coach. Tip: In this training drill you may need to use football...
Time for a change at Arsenal?
Jamie wrote this blog for Discount Football Kits before Arsenal's crushing 3-0 defeat to Everton. After that result will even more of you agree with the sentiment of this article? It’s coming to the end of Arsene Wenger’s 18th season at the helm of Arsenal, and it...
The Players’ #1 Session
This training session was inspired by Nick Levett. You can find out more about Nick on his Twitter page @nlevett. Drill 1. Structure: -Set up the area as above. Vary the size depending on numbers and ability. Rules: -Split your players into two teams. -Once you know...
PSG’s Visit to Chelsea Can Be Cavani’s Night of Redemption
It would not be an exaggeration to suggest that, had Edinson Cavani brought his shooting boots to the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night, Paris Saint-Germain could be even further ahead in this tie. At times, it felt like he was wearing clown shoes instead. The 3-1...
Who are the Top 5 Left-Backs in the Premier League?
The 2013-14 Premier League season has been one to watch for many reasons, and chief among those is the intriguing battle for the mantle of best left-back in the country. There are 8-10 superb players plying their trade in that position and fans routinely squabble over...
Product Focus: Slalom Poles
Here at Discount Football Kits we currently have an offer running on Slalom Poles. A the time this page was published you can purchase 10 Slalom Poles+ a carry bag for a special offer price of £19.99! You can view the offer if you click here: The Slalom Poles are 1.7m...
UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal Draw: Picking the Winner of Each Tie
The quarterfinal draw is in and we have four delicious ties to sink our teeth into over the next few weeks. To reach the last eight of the UEFA Champions League is a serious achievement, and it's very unlikely we'll be subjected to any abject, desire-less spectacles...
Possession Games With A Twist
Help your team learn to gain and retain possession with these training drills brought to you by the coach of Watford U15's. Drill 1. -Set up the area as above suiting the needs of your players and numbers available. Rules: -Two teams fight in the middle for...
In Defence of Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil
Back in September 2013 Sam Tighe and Louis Lancaster looked forward to the arrival of Messut Ozil. Sam's piece looked into how Ozil would change Arsenals tactics whereas Louis looked into why Ozil has been so successful. Sam now writes in defence of Ozil six months...
Finishing In The Box #CAGE
This training session is focused on finishing in the box for strikers. Louis has given us two examples of top finishers in action. Example 1- Ruud Van Nistelrooy: Drill 1. Structure: -Set up the area as above. Rules: -The idea is for the strikers to score in...
Direct Play From Midfield Players
This training session is focused on direct play from midfielders. Louis has also given us two examples of direct play from two midfield giants. Example 1- Iniesta: Louis' Training Session Drill 1. Structure: -Set up the area as above. Vary the size depending on age,...
Are PSG Champions League Contenders? Victory of the Individual or Victory of Blanc’s System?
Paris Saint-Germain are currently fourth favourites to win the UEFA Champions League with the majority of betting agencies in the UK. It's a position borne out of domestic dominance in Ligue 1 and in the Coupe de France, their monstrous attacking power on display in...
Back To Back Goals
You are able to develop and adapt each of these training sessions to suite your own players abilities, age, and needs. Drill 1. Structure: -Two goals back to back. -Use an area suitable for your numbers and ability. Rules: -Blues and whites fight in the middle. -Reds...
“Wenger a Specialist in Failure” – Mourinho Finally Removes His Mask
"Wenger? He's a specialist in failure. I'm not." He arrived at Stamford Bridge this summer as The Happy One: refreshed after a tumultuous season at Real Madrid, in which he did as much to make his own position untenable is the board did to remove him from power. He...
3rd Man Running
Drill 1 Structure: -Set up the area as above suiting the needs of your players and numbers available. Rules: -The game starts with 2v2 in the middle. -The rest of the players are on the outside. -If the players in the middle combines with the outside players using a...
Premier League Relegation Fight: Who’s Going Down?
feat. Villa, Swansea & West Ham As we enter the final third of the Premier League season, a quick glance at the table will tell you it's the toughest, tightest and most gruelling relegation fight we've seen in decades. Eleven teams are mathematically in play for...
Breaking Lines
This training session is inspired by Bayern Munich last year in the UCL. Drill 1. Structure: -Set up the area as above, vary the size of the playing area depending on numbers and ability. Rules: -The two whites in the middle try to keep possession of the ball. -The...
Liverpool, Arsenal & More Winners and Losers from the January Transfer Window
We've allowed the dust to settle on a frantic January transfer window for just a few days before drawing some conclusions on Premier League teams' performances. The winter transfer window spans 31 days and gives managers the chance to add to their current squads,...
Remaining Compact As A Back Four
This training session is inspires by Arrigo Sacchi. Drill 1. Structure: -Set up the area as above. Rules: -10 yellows head up the pitch trying to score a goal. -The offside rule is in place. -If a red player touches the ball then that ball is dead and all the yellows...
How To Progress Up The Coaching Ladder: UEFA B Licence
Continuing to progress up the Coaching Ladder So you have done your level 1 and level 2, maybe completed your youth modules and you want to continue your progression up the Coaching Ladder. The next step is your UEFA B course. This article will discuss in depth the...
Player Favourites
3 Goal Game Structure: -Set up the area as above. Vary the size depending on age and ability. Rules: -Yellows and Reds compete and try to score in either of the little goals at one end. -Yellows shooting left to right. -Reds shooting right to left. -If a team scores...
Juan Mata to Man Utd is an IDEAL January signing—don’t listen to the nay-sayers!
It appears Juan Manuel Mata is on the verge of signing for Manchester United, with almost every leading sports paper in Britain reporting the deal is close and Sky Sports reporting a medical is set. David Moyes will be making just his second signing as the Red Devils...
Sacked in the Morning! Which EPL Managers Are on the Hot Seat?
We're halfway through the Premier League season and we've already said goodbye to six managers. Andre Villas-Boas, Martin Jol, Ian Holloway, Steve Clarke, Malky Mackay and Paolo Di Canio have been sacked by their clubs—an astronomical amount, even for England's...
Last Weeks Warm Up
The level 5 and Watford U15's coach Louis Lancaster's brings up the warm up he did with his team last week. Part 1. #1 Players jog across side to side for 5 minutes. They can jog alone, in a group, take a ball, whatever they wish. Part 2. #2 10 minutes of dynamics...
Why Play Futsal?
When I first got involved in futsal I was told by one of the club chairmen that I would make a lot of friends in the game. He was not wrong and if that was all I took from futsal, the lifelong friends I've made, the laughs we've had, the winning and the losing, that...
5 Premier League Players With HUGE 2014s Ahead of Them
2014 represents a fresh start for everyone in football, giving us the chance to close the book on a (potentially) crappy 2013 and reinvent yourself. That's certainly what Aston Villa did last season as, rather miraculously, a 2-2 draw at Swansea City on New Year's Day...
How To Progress Up The Coaching Ladder: FA Level 2
A detailed guide of the FA Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Football. Updated 6th February 2017. In 2016 the FA revised the Level 1 and 2 courses to help address the requirements of the modern game. Lasting up to four days, the majority of the Level 1 course is spent...