www.elitesoccercoaching.net NOVEMBER 2019 SOCCER Exclusive Training practices from top professional managers ASTON VILLA DEAN SMITH INPARTNERSHIPWITH DEEP RUNS FROM MIDFIELD WEST HAM WOMEN CAMBRIDGE UNITED LMA AMBASSADOR LMA AMBASSADOR MATT COLIN LUKE CHRISTOPHER BEARD CALDERWOOD SWINDLEHURST EVANS Reinforcing team Developing Attacking 4-3-3 Compact fundamentals combination play against 4-4-2 defending EXTRA-TIME INTERVIEW WITH SHEFFIELD UNITED MANAGER CHRIS WILDER INPARTNERSHIPWITH Elite Soccerispublishedby ISSUE 112/NOVEMBER 2019: FROM THE CHAIRMAN Green Star Media Ltd Engaging training 4 MBX124 DEAN SMITH 19 Moorfield Road ground activities to ASTON VILLA Slyfield Industrial Estate DDeepeep Guildford improve theplayof GU1 1RU runs United Kingdom anyteam from Email: Dear Coach, mimidfidfi eeldld elitesoccer@ greenstarmedia.net This month, as the season gets really busy, we are pleased to present an attacking session penned by Editor: Dean Smith, the manager of Premier League club Aston Chris Hunt Contributing Editor: Villa. It is designed to encourage attacking midfielders Mark Farthing and wide players to disrupt the opposition back line Consultant Coach: Dave Clarke by making deep runs in behind the defenders. Illustrator: We also have aback-to-basics session from Matt Beard, 8 Richard Palmer MATT Design: who led West Ham Women to the FA Cup final last season. BEARD AT Graphics It will make sure your players are comfortable on the ball WEST HAM WOMEN Photography: Reuters and confident in possession, and as it progresses it works Reinforcing on other elements of the game, such as counter-pressing, team counter-attacking and making penetrating forward runs. fundamentals Cambridge United manager Colin Calderwood offers a Publishedinpartnershipwith: series of activities to improve combination play in tight areas and develop decision making when in possession of the 11 COLIN ball, while Luke Swindlehurst, formerly the head coach of CALDERWOOD League Managers London Bees women’s football team, has written atraining CAMBRIDGE UNITED Association session that will help teams that use a4-3-3 formation St George’s Park DeDeveveloping National Football Centre, to attack opponents that play with a4-4-2 system. combination Newborough Road, Needwood, We close the issue with asession from Christopher Evans on play Burton upon Trent, compact defending –it’s one that he used in the Bangladesh DE13 9PD Tel: +44 (0)1283 576350 Premier League while head coach of Mohammedan Sporting Email:[email protected] Club. It teaches teams to defend in their own half of the pitch, 15 Chairman: while tactically forcing the opposition into wide areas. Howard Wilkinson LUKE Chief Executive: I hope you find that the training sessions in this issue SWINDLEHURST LMA AMBASSADOR Richard Bevan will be of help to your coaching. Elite Soccer will Attacking This publication is protected return next month with five more training practices to 4-3-34-3-3 by national and international make your players think about the way they play. copyright laws. Elite Soccer aagainsgainst will take legal action against any individuals or 4-4-24-4-2 organisations found to be infringing our rights, and will make that action public. No part or whole of this report 18 may be circulated elsewhere CHRISTOPHER or displayed on any website or distributed commercially EVANS except under licence from the Howard Wilkinson,LMAChairman LMA AMBASSADOR copyright owners. © Green Star Media Ltd. All Compact rights reserved dedeffeendingnding 22 EXTRA-TIME …interview with Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder 2 OCTOBER 2019 www.elitesoccercoaching.net INPARTNERSHIPWITH ELITE SOCCER NOVEMBER 2019 MANAGER PROFILES Here are the five managers and coaches we’re delighted to welcome into this issue ofElite Soccer MATTBEARD manager at Newcastle United, WESTHAMWOMEN Birmingham City, Norwich City DEANSMITH and Brighton &Hove Albion. ASTON VILLA Matt Beard started his He was appointed manager Dean Smith is currently the manager of Aston coaching career as reserve team manager at non-league of Cambridge United Villa, having arrived at Villa Park in October Kingstonian. He worked with in December 2018. 2018. He successfully led the club back to the Charlton Athletic Ladies before Premier League after victory in the play-off becoming manager of Millwall LUKE final at the end of his first season in charge. Lionesses, who he guided to the SWINDLEHURST He started his career as adefender with Villa’s FA Women’s Premier League LMAAMBASSADOR near neighbours, Walsall, and went on to play Southern Division title in 2009. Most recently the head He led Chelsea Ladies to the coach of the professional for Hereford United, Leyton Orient, Sheffield 2012 FA Women’s Cup Final, the development phase at Barnet Wednesday and Port Vale, scoring 54 goals in FA Premier League Cup semi- FC, Luke Swindlehurst was 566 league games during a16-year career. finals, and athird-place finish in previously the head coach After hanging up his boots in January the FA National Premier League. and general manager of the 2005 he returned to Leyton Orient He then took over as boss of club’s sister team, the London as ayouth coach before soon being Liverpool Ladies and was named Bees, competing in the FA FA WSL Manager of the Year. Women’s Championship. appointed assistant manager, aposition After astint in the USA with With extensive experience in he occupied until January 2009. the Boston Breakers, he the women’s game, he has In July 2009, he became head of youth at returned to England to take also managed Fylde Ladies former club Walsall, but in January 2011, charge of West Ham United and enjoyed two spells as the with the team nine points adrift at the foot Women, who he led to manager of Preston North of League One, he accepted the role of the Women’s FA Cup End Women. He held the caretaker manager. He successfully lifted final in 2019. position of first-team coach with Liverpool Ladies and was the club out of the relegation zone before the COLIN previously assistant manager season’s end and he was given the job on a of Manchester City Ladies. He permanent basis when safety was assured. CALDERWOOD CAMBRIDGEUNITED is aUEFA ALicence holder. He went on to lead Walsall to the final of After along career as aplayer the Football League Trophy in 2015 before for Swindon and Tottenham CHRISTOPHER leaving to manage Championship club amongst other clubs, Colin EVANS Brentford in November of the same year. Calderwood started his LMAAMBASSADOR After aninth place finish in his first season coaching career as reserve team Most recently head coach of manager at Spurs. Becoming Dhaka based Mohammedan in charge, Smith substantially rebuilt the manager of Northampton Town Sporting Club in the Brentford side over acouple of seasons in 2003, in his first two seasons Bangladesh Premier League, and earned praise for creating ateam that the club reached the play-offs Christopher Evans is aUEFA played attractive, passing football. and finally won promotion in A licenced coach and sports He was appointed Aston Villa manager 2006 by finishing second in development consultant. in October 2018 and took the club League Two. In doing so, they He has previously coached at set anew club record for clean from 14th in the Championship to the Norwich City, working with sheets in asingle season. the centre of excellence U13s Premier League in his first season. He then became manager of and U14s, and with the club’s Twice awinner of the League One Manager Nottingham Forest, helping shadow academy. Prior to that, of the Month award with Walsall, he was also the club win promotion to he served as academy team voted Championship Manager of the Month the Championship in 2008. manager in non-league football with Aston Villa. He is agraduate of the LMA’s Calderwood has also been and as technical director for Certificate of Applied Management at Warwick known for his close working West London Schools FA. He also worked for Chelsea as a University and amember of the LMA Board. association with Chris Hughton, acting as Hughton’s assistant development centre head coach. 3 NOVEMBER 2019 www.elitesoccercoaching.net INPARTNERSHIPWITH ASTON VILLA the opposition defenders. What do Iget the players to do? KEY The biggest worry for Intensive midfield circuit Ball Dean Smith movement defenders is the space behind After awarm-up [not shown], Player Deeprunsfrom movement them and unless we have we set up in an area of 24x24 Dribble midfield runners penetrating these yards with three small goals areas, we will not be able to and three mannequins SET-UP disrupt the opposing team’s positioned as shown [1]. We’re AREA back line and create space in using five players, who wait in Up to two thirds of pitch behind or in front of them. EQUIPMENT line at the side of the area to Balls, bibs, cones, 6mannequins, This is asession that creates take their turn to run through 3 small goals, 2full size goals plenty of goal scoring this midfield circuit. Two NUMBER OF PLAYERS opportunities and players coaches set up the play –one Up to 15 players +2goalkeepers tend to enjoy it as they take is positioned at the top of the SESSION TIME great pleasure from scoring area and one is at the bottom. Intensive midfield circuit: 5mins Breakthrough play: 10mins goals and assisting. The first player begins the Breakthrough play progression: 10mins I would tend to run the sequence by making arun to Attack vdefence: 20mins first couple of practices at press the central mannequin least twice aweek, to be before receiving aball played Overview included in the individual from the bottom coach and This session is designed development programme of finishing in one of the mini to encourage attacking the midfield players . Ialways goals at the bottom of the midfielders and wide players try to make these smaller area.