Arsenal Tactical Analysis: How Does Mesut Ozil Change Arsene Wenger’s Plans?
Arsene Wenger lit up transfer deadline day with the signing of Mesut Ozil for £42 million, entrancing each and every fan into a stunned state of adoration. It’s a coup which excites the fans, and signing a world-class player—one of the finest in his position in world...
Non League Day Competition Vote: You Decide On Our Winner!
We have had a lot of great entries to the #win200 competition which was run in association with Non League Day. We have decided on the top 10 photos from over 40 entries. You get to decide on the image you feel best highlights grassroots football. The poll is located...
Decision Making Games
Swedish Hand Ball Structure: -Set up the area as above. Rules: -2 teams trying to keep possession. -Possession is in hands, but before a player catches the ball they must control it first (chest-catch, thigh-catch etc). -The opposition only have to catch to steel...
Tottenham’s Tremendous Transfer Window
Spurs have made many headlines during the past transfer window. This is mostly due to the Gareth Bale saga which saw a world record transfer to Real Madrid. Tottenham fans can be reassured that their owner Daniel Levy and sporting director Franco Baldini have...
Transfer Deadline Day: Premier League Winners & Losers from Monday’s Footballing Madness
It was one of the craziest, exciting and most dramatic transfer deadline days in recent history—perhaps even topping January 2009's Andrey Arshavin debacle—and deals were filtering through hours after the cut-off point as clubs prepared the relevant paperwork. Not...
5 Premier League Teams Who Still NEED to Spend in the Transfer Window
The clock is ticking, and the transfer window slams shut on Monday, September 2nd at 11 p.m. BST. Astonishingly, there are still several Premier League clubs who desperately need to enter the market, and Discount Football Kits have run through them and suggested which...
Intense Pressure
Structure: -Set up the area as above. Rules: -The whites keep possession of the ball against the blues. -The whites must play off 1 or 3 touches ONLY. -If blues win possession they can score in either of the goals. Progressions: -Change the player ratio’s. -Whites...
Daniel Sturridge Fulfilling Early Promise
The career of Daniel Sturridge has been one that so far has yet to totally take off. The Man City youth prodigy only featured in a handful of matches for the Citizens before moving on a bosman to Chelsea, he also spent a productive six-months at Bolton, where he was...
Premier League Week 2: What to Watch for in the Weekend’s Biggest Games
We've had 11 games, 28 goals, just one draw and 277 different players have played: Week 1 of the Premier League is in the bag, and now fans are eagerly anticipating week 2. Here, Discount Football Kits previews the biggest potential talking points and biggest tactical...
Finishing Games
Structure: -Set up the area as above. Rules: -Blues and whites fight in the middle for possession. -The idea is to get the ball to your teams striker in the final third. -The striker then sets it back for a team mate to shoot at goal. -The team mate who took the shot...
Win A £200 Voucher For Your Club!
Discount Football Kits are delighted to be teaming up with Non-League day. We are running a competition that offers a fantastic prize to a grassroots club. Whats On Offer? Win your club a £200 voucher to spend on football accessories with Discount Football Kits. How...
Real Sociedad to Villa – 5 Teams Set to Surprise This Season
Every year we get the same preseason chatter, the same age-old questions: Who's going to win the league, who's breaching the top four and who's going down? The big-name transfers dominate the headlines, the nouveau-riche clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco...
Improving 1st Touch
Structure: -Set up the area as above keeping the distance between the cones 2yards apart. Process: -A player passes the ball through the triangle. -The player receiving the ball is not allowed to pass the ball in the same path they received it from. -Every time a...
Okore, Fer & Pozuelo: Why Midtable Managers Are Stealing the Limelight this Summer
Every summer transfer window, we have become accustomed to the likes of Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United picking up not only the best players available, but also the best prospects for the future. Even Everton and Tottenham Hotspur have chipped...
The Brand Rather Than The Fans Is Their Priority
Over the past 20 years or so businessmen with no football blood have decided to use many of the world’s football clubs as their new play-thing, a way to get rid of the money that burns a hole in their pockets. Don’t get me wrong there are many businessmen who have...
Ask Louis: Vote On The Next Training Drill
This week you will be in the driving seat! Vote on what training session you want Louis to cover and a unique training drill will be created around that subject by the Watford U15's coach. You can also ask Louis any coaching questions you may have on his twitter page...
A Guide To The Magic Sponge
In 1888, the football league was created and 12 clubs battled to become English champions for the first time. The newly created competition led to clubs realising that safeguarding the fitness of their players made sense. This is when the ‘magic sponge’ first made its...
Defending Practices
Structure: -Set up the area as above. Rules: -The whites pass the ball back and forth. -The blues work in pairs laterally as the ball travels. -As you can see one blue player marks the mannequin ball side with the other 2yards deeper preventing the forward pass down...
Kagawa, Ramsey, Shelvey & More: 6 Midfielders Set For Huge Seasons 2013-14
As the Premier League season creeps up, seasonal previews for clubs and players are flooding in. Here, we've looked at six midfielders who are set for big 2013-14 campaigns, be it due to a change of system, great form at the end of last year or just natural growth....
Pellegrini to Reclaim the Title at City?
When it was apparent the Chilean would be leaving Malaga this summer I was sure he was destined for another crack at one of the Super Clubs of European football. The good job he did when at Malaga did not go unnoticed. His achievements include; -Only narrowly losing...
The Discount Football Kits Guide To Football Goals
There are so many football goals out there that it can sometimes be hard to know what ones to go for, because of this we have created a simple guide to choosing your football goals. Player Age & Size of Posts To ensure good player development it is important to...
Football Tennis
Louis Lancaster teaches us how football tennis can be used in a training session. You can purchase football tennis sets here; https://www.discountfootballkits.com/Soccer-Tennis-Sets Benefits of football tennis: -Technique -Team work -Group cohesion -Low intensity...
Gareth Bale for £80 million: What Could Tottenham Buy With That?
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past two months, you'll know that Real Madrid want Gareth Bale. The Tottenham midfielder enjoyed a stunning 2012-13 English Premier League season, netting 21 goals as he dragged his team single-handedly through the mud...
Arsenal’s 2013-14 Summer: Haunted by Frustration and Failure
The summers aren't getting any easier for Arsenal fans as Arsene Wenger continues to frustrate and worry with a lack of incoming transfer activity. Every player pursuit so far—be it Real Madrid's Gonzalo Higuain or Liverpool's Luis Suarez—has been messy, incoherent...
Rafa: A Second Crack At Serie A glory
Loved by the Liverpool fans; loathed by Chelsea fans – despite him turning around their fortunes last season giving them a top four finish and a European Trophy, Rafael Benitez has landed the top job at Napoli following Walter Mazzarri’s departure to the bright lights...
Premier League Transfers: 5 Biggest Gambles of the Window so Far
With Premier League action around three weeks away, managers should have done the majority of their summer business by now. There are very few who find themselves in the position Arsenal do, but that doesn't necessarily mean early deals haven't been large gambles....
Ball Warm Ups
Structure: -Set up the area as above. -Players on the outside, some with a ball, some without. -2 Yellows on the inside. -1 Blue on the inside Rules: -The idea is for players to travel across the square lending the ball to a free white player. They can do it 3 ways:...
Attacking centrally
Structure: -Set up the area as above. -Keep it narrow, as any wider would mean adding wide players. The aim is to attack central. -Whites have 2 CM’s and 1 FW. -Blues have 1 CB and 1CM Rules: -The whites try and get the ball to the FW. -The blue player in the middle...
Premier League Summer Transfers: No Longer the Bore of Recycled Links and Usual Suspects?
"Silly season," as it's commonly referred to, drives fans absolutely nuts. The knock-on effect of a total lack of football to watch and read about leads to endless, often frivolous stories and tales of potential transfer news. Spectators are addicted, hanging off...
Discount Football Kits & Prostar Support Balls To Cancer
Discount Football Kits and Prostar are proud to support Balls to Cancer, and to have supplied football kits and tracksuits for the charity. Balls to cancer are a THE male cancer charity that seek to help men with ALL cancers. Balls to Cancer raise funds for...