Express Football Kits – New Delivery Service
Thinking about your club's new kit but worried you won’t receive it in time for the start of the season, or a specific tournament/ event? Here at Discount Football Kits we want your club to receive the lowest possible processing and delivery interval, so you...
1v1 Circuits
Session 1 Equipment: Set up the area as shown on the diagram making sure it suits the needs of your players. You will need football mannequins and football cones. Rules: The player starts the circuit by having 30 touches of the ball in between the red cones trying to...
Jamie Vardy: Striker once deemed too small earning the chance to dwarf his peers
The last time and Englishman nabbed the golden boot, the millennium had just hit, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator was the big smash-hit film of the summer, the internet was still really slow and, well, rubbish and this writer had lots of boring homework to get through –...
4 Goals
Session 1 Structure: Adapt size to suit the needs of your players. You can use our football bibs to mark the teams. Rules: Yellows and reds play left to right. Blues and whites play up and down. On the coaches command/whistle the match score in the other goals....
3 Goals
Session 1 Structure: Adapt size to suit the needs of your players . Rules: Whites and blues fight in the middle. Normal football rules apply (offside, corners etc.). To win the game a team must score in the central goal in the usual position. To gain control of the...
2 Goals
Finishing Structure: Set up the area as above, suiting the needs of your players. You can view our range of goalkeeper kits for your keepers. Rules: The blues go through a pass and follow sequence as shown in the diagram. When the last player receives the ball they...
1 Goal
Towards Goal Structure: -Set up the area as above, I usually use the 18 yard box. Rules: -Blues and whites fight in the middle. -Whoever has possession of the ball must lend the ball to the yellows and receive it back. This must be completed every time they regain...
5 Rising Stars to Watch Across Europe this Season
Anwar El Ghazi (AFC Ajax) The Eredivisie has lost a great deal of its appeal since the 1970s and 80s when it was, arguably, at the peak of its powers but that’s not to say it doesn’t provide its fair share of excitement to this very day. Indeed, one of its biggest and...
New Football Mannequins Available
We're pleased to announce that we're now selling football mannequins. To buy these mannequins just click: https://www.discountfootballkits.com/Mannequin Manufactured by Diamond they're robust, durable and easy to transport. They come in junior and senior sizes. Junior...
Misfiring Kane has ability to emulate awe-inspiring 31-goal season
Unless you’ve had your head buried in the sand, you’ll have noticed that Harry Kane hasn’t exactly enjoyed the best start to the season. In fact, it has been pretty poor by his short-term standards, but it would be naive for anyone to suggest that he doesn’t have the...
No Goals
Session 1 Structure: -Set up the area suiting the needs of the group. Pattern -Blues and whites fight in the middle for possession. -To score a goal the team in possession must get one of their players to drive in to the end zone and attack the defender. They must...
Louis Van Gaal: ‘The Man behind the ‘Philosophy’
Aloysius Paulus Maria Van Gaal. The former Ajax B team player, who enjoyed successful spells in Holland with Sparta Rotterdam and AZ Alkmaar, is now manager of one of the world’s biggest clubs, Manchester United. Van Gaal is a man who has divided opinions with a...
Training Tournament
Teams Split however many players you into two teams. Each team then splits their team again into two. Round 1 Pitch 1 Blues v Whites (4v4) Pitch 2 Blues v Whites (4v4) Play for however many minutes you wish. Each game is worth a point. Round 2 ...
Session Starters
Session 1 Structure: -Set up your area depending on numbers, ability etc. Rules -Players go up the left hand side competing towards goal 1v1. -After your attack you then defend. -Once you defend you move round to the right hand side. -On the right hand side it...
Do Mourinho’s stagnant Chelsea need to gamble on youth?
The aftermath of Chelsea’s 100th home league game under the stewardship of Jose Mourinho was supposed to feel a lot different. It wasn’t supposed to have ended the way it did. Press rooms around the world had trundled out a plethora of manicured statistics and flashy...
AFC Bournemouth, Watford and Norwich – Will they survive Relegation?
Final Standings – The Championship 2014/15 Season 1 – AFCBournemouth(90 Points) 2 –Watford(89 Points) 3 –NorwichCity(86 Points) AFC Bournemouth Four points separated the three promoted sides from last seasons’ championship. Deservedly the winners were AFC...
#10 Position Specific Challenges
Screening Structure Set up the area as above using our football cones. Rules The reds must try and move the ball end to end. They can go direct or use the whites. The yellows have to prevent this happening. Breaking Lines Structure Set up the area as above...
Can Barcelona’s attacking might outweigh their defensive frailty?
If their narrow win over Sevilla in the European Super Cup was a wake-up call that needed answering, then Barcelona’s recent 5-1 aggregate mauling at the hands of Athletic Bilbao is the rush of panic one feels on realising, well…you've overslept. Only a few short...
Precocious Lukaku has what it takes to win the Premier League’s Golden Boot
For the past couple of seasons, Everton’s towering front-man has been one of the most sought after strikers in England, with the 22-year-old having been linked to some of Europe’s most illustrious giants time and again. Dumped so unceremoniously by Chelsea’s Jose...
#9 Position Specific Challenges
Finishing Structure -Set up the area as above. Rules -The two servers release balls in to the middle of the mannequins. -They must try to vary the style of delivery. -The striker then tries to score., dodging the mannequins. In Behind Structure -Set up the...
The Premier Leagues 5 Best Young Players (Under 21)
Harry Kane Memphis Depay Raheem Sterling Ross Barkley Luke Shaw 1.) Harry Kane Age: 21 Club: Tottenham Hotspur Nation: England Position: Striker Harry Kane, an English centre forward who scored 24 goals in all competitions last season for Tottenham Hotspur....
Sterling faces massive season, it could make or break him
A figure of disdain amongst Liverpool fans, Raheem Sterling has more than ruffled a few feathers on Merseyside during the pre-season build-up, but now that the Premier League campaign is well and truly upon us, that cacophony of emotion ought to fade into the...
Di Maria right to leave Old Trafford, but can PSG help him heal?
The summer of 2014 saw Angel Di Maria celebrate an amazing Champions League win as Real Madrid finally got their hands on the elusive La Decima. At the centre of that terrific campaign, it seemed as though this moment would solidify his place in the club’s already...
#7 & #11 Position Specific Challenges
Shooting Structure Set up the area as above. Rules The wide player receives the ball. They drive at and go past the mannequin. They then play a 1 2 around the next followed by a shot from outside the box. Crossing Structure Set up the area as above. You can use...
Fabian Delph – Manchester City FC’s New English Lion
Fabian Delph, 25 and an English born central midfield player at the centre of controversy over an £8 million pound transfer to Manchester City from Aston Villa. Originally from the North, Bradford born and a registered footballer at the Bradford City Centre of...
#4 Quarterback Position Specific Challenges
Screening Structure Set up the area as above, using football cones. Rules The reds try to pass the ball to each other. They can do this by either passing directly to each other or use the whites. The yellows in the middle tries to prevent the red player receiving the...
#5 #6 Position Specific Challenges
Clearances Structure -Set up the area as above. Rules -The wide players deliver balls into the box. -The red CB has to clear the ball with height and distance. -1 point past the yellow cones, 3 points past the red & 5 points pass the half way line. -Progress to...
How Futsal Could Be Your Ticket to Fame and Glory this Summer
Do you remember being asked as a child what you would like to be when you grow up? Was your dream to become a famous footballer? At the age of 34, I'm starting to think I might never play in a FA Cup final. In fact, I'm starting to think I might not have a...
#2 #3 Position Specific Challenges
Crossing This session will need a number of football cones. Structure -Set up the area as above. Rules -The FB plays around the mannequin combining with the red player. -The FB then delivers the ball in to the second 6 yard box. -The red players tries to get on to...
The 5 Skills You DON’T Need To Be A Killer 5-A-Side Player (And What You Should Be Doing Instead)
So you think you’re a good footballer? You’ve played with multiple teams and worked your way through all levels and age groups. Now you see yourself as a competent 11-a-side player. Maybe you’re a battering ram of a defender, a wicked little winger or a Hollywood...