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...
Will Manchester United Finish in the Premier League’s Top Four This Season?
Before a ball was even kicked this season, Manchester United were condemned to midtable mediocrity by many neutral fans. That wave of pessimism was followed by a surge of over-the-top positivity, as loyal fans of the club bit back and defended their new manager with...
5 Things to Look Out for in the Premier League This Weekend
The Christmas fixtures are well and truly underway. Chaos reigns supreme, managers are fretting, fitness coaches are worrying and fans of the beautiful game are enjoying a widened slate of action on their screens. It's the perfect accompaniment to a large plate of...
Every Football Coaching Drill of 2013
At Discount Football Kits we teamed up with Level 5 coach Louis Lancaster to bring you his top training drills and insights into the game. You can download this PDF completely free of charge which has every training drill, player technique session, and football tactic...
Pressing Progressions
Santa has been kind this year! It's Christmas tomorrow and at Discount Football Kits we are bringing you one last training session before we compile every training drill of 2013 into a single document. For this training session on pressing progressions you will need...
Grassroots Goal Of The Month: November
Discount Football Kits brings you the most exiting new competition in grassroots football. Novembers entries give you four quality finishes to choose from- let us know which goal you think is best by commenting below. If you have any goals you think could compete for...
Premier League: Key Talking Points Heading into the Weekend
Buckle up, people! Christmas is coming, and that can only mean one thing: a gargantuan slate of football sits at the tip of our tongues, and on Saturday a hectic period of games will commence in spectacular style. Some leagues, such as the Bundesliga, stave football...
Switching Play
Football Equipment for the switching play training drills: football cones, footballs, football bibs and football goals. Drill 1. Structure: -Set up the area as above. Rules: -Reds and yellows having a fight in the middle. -Each team attacks one end. -They can only...
Defending When Outnumbered
Help improve your teams ability to defend when outnumbered with these three training drills. You may need footballs, football bibs and football goals for these sessions. Session 1. Structure: -Set up the area as above. Rules: -Back four and the goal keeper defend the...
@Louis Lancs Training Sessions
Session 1. Structure: -Set up the area as above keeping the (40x30yards Rules: -To score players must run the ball over the end line with the ball in hands. -A team has 3 plays. They can only run and pass the ball (not kick). -They can pass and run in any direction....
5 Things We Learned from the Champions League Group Stage
On Wednesday night the UEFA Champions League Group Stage ended with a bang. Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Ajax, Juventus, Napoli and FC Porto all dropped to the Europa League knockout rounds after one of the most competitive pre-Christmas phases ever recorded. Here,...
Position Specific Weekly Challenges
The drills below are aimed at improving passing, crossing, goalkeeping, shooting, and dribbling. Each of the drills are also position specific. The equipment used in the individual specific training drills includes footballs, football goals, and football cones. If...
Book Your Tickets For The ‘Inspire!’ Event for Coaches 08/12/13
The Inspire! event is coming up this Sunday, every passionate coach should have that date etched into the diary. At Discount Football Kits we are exited about the event which is hopefully the first of many to come. The coaching family has described Insprie! as "the...