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www.elitesoccercoaching.net DECEMBER 2018 SOCCER Exclusive Training practices from top professional managers CARDIFF CITY NEIL WARNOCK COUNTER-ATTACKING INPARTNERSHIPWITH AT HIGH SPEED MOTHERWELL COLCHESTER UNITED SWANSEA CITY CARDIFF METROPOLITAN STEPHEN JOHN ADRIAN ANTHONY ROBINSON McGREAL TUCKER WILLIAMS Attacking duels Attacking the Closerangeblocking Breaking lines final third forgoalkeepers EXTRA-TIME INTERVIEWS WITH TERRY BUTCHER & DARRELL CLARKE INPARTNERSHIPWITH Elite Soccerispublishedby ISSUE 101/DECEMBER 2018: FROM THE CHAIRMANAIRMAN Green Star Media Ltd Essential training MBX124 sessions and great 4 19 Moorfield Road NEIL Slyfield Industrial Estate coaching ideas from WAWARNOCK Guildford CAC RDIFFCITY GU1 1RU the best in soccer United Kingdom HigHighh speed Dear Coach, ccoounter- Email: aattacks elitesoccer@ Welcome to the December edition of Elite Soccer. The winter greenstarmedia.net months are abusy time for football in this country, so let us help you plan your crowded coaching schedule with five more Editor: Chris Hunt training session from the best professional soccer coaches Contributing Editor: that the United Kingdom has to offer. Mark Farthing Consultant Coach: We’re pleased to welcome Neil Warnock to the pages of Elite 7 Dave Clarke (Editor, Soccer once more. Currently plying his trade in the Premier STEPHENN Soccer Coach Weekly) League with Cardiff City, the LMA honoured Neil with aSpecial ROBINSONON Illustrator: MOTHERWELL Achievement Award this year when he became the first Richard Palmer Attackingng Design: manager in the English game to achieve eight promotions. For AT Graphics this issue, he has penned asession on counter-attacking at duels Customer Services: Duncan Heard high speed, avital tactic in the modern game. Photography: Stephen Robinson has taken time off from his busy schedule Reuters managing Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership to write an attacking practice for us. It is focused on encouraging players 10 to use their body strength when receiving the ball with their JOHN back to goal. McGREAL Publishedinpartnershipwith: We also have asession aimed at developing intelligent COLCO CHESTERUNITED possession when attacking the final third, as used by AttAttacking the Colchester United manager John McGreal in EFL League Two, final third League Managers while Swansea City goalkeeping coach Adrian Tucker has Association St George’s Park written aseries of activities aimed at giving keepers plenty of National Football Centre, experience in blocking and parrying close range shots. Newborough Road, Needwood, The final session of the issue is shared by Anthony Williams, Burton upon Trent, assistant manager of Cardiff Metropolitan University football 12 DE13 9PD ADRIAN club. It helps players to understand the importance of using Tel: +44 (0)1283 576350 TUCKER Email:[email protected] the correct weight and angle of pass while breaking lines. SWANSEACITY Chairman: I hope you find this month’s sessions of help to you in your Close rangege Howard Wilkinson coaching and Elite Soccer will return with five more ingenious Chief Executive: blocking fofor Richard Bevan training sessions next month. keepers This publication is protected by national and international copyright laws. Elite Soccer will take legal action against any individuals or organisations found to be 15 infringing our rights, and Howard Wilkinson,LMAChairman will make that action public. ANTHONY Elite Soccer members who WILLIAMS have purchased this report CARDIRDIFFF METROPOLITAN may circulate electronic or hard copies to members of Breaking their own club or school, provided this is done without lines commercial gain. However, no part or whole of this report may be circulated elsewhere or displayed on any website EliteSoccer isamonthlypublicationfor or distributed commercially professional,semi-professionalandaspiring except under licence from the 18 EXTRA-TIME copyright owners. soccer coachesandisavailablebysubscriptiononly. © Green Star Media Ltd. All …with Terry Butcher and rights reserved To subscribe email [email protected] Darrell Clarke 2 DECEMBER 2018 www.elitesoccercoaching.net INPARTNERSHIPWITH ELITE SOCCER DECEMBER 2018 MANAGER PROFILES Here are the five managers and coaches we’re delighted to welcome into this issue of Elite Soccer STEPHEN relegation to League Two in May 2016 NEIL WARNOCK ROBINSON and, such was the improvement in CARDIFF CITY MOTHERWELL form under his stewardship, he was voted the division’s manager of the Currently in charge of Premier League club Stephen Robinson is currently the month for December that year. Cardiff City, Neil Warnock is one of the most manager of Scottish Premiership experienced managers in English football and side Motherwell, arole he has held a member of the LMA’s 1000 Club hall of fame. since since his appointment in ADRIAN TUCKER SWANSEA CITY In a38-year career, the long list of clubs he has February 2017. managed includes Notts County, Huddersfield As aplayer he was acentral Adrian Tucker is currently enjoying Town, Sheffield United, Crystal Palace, QPR midfielder, coming through the his second stint as goalkeeping and Leeds United. He has achieved eight youth ranks at Tottenham. He went coach with Swansea City. promotions, arecord in English football, and on to represent Bournemouth, He started his career with the three of these promotions have been to the Preston North End, Bristol City and Football Association of Wales in their Premier League. Luton Town, and he also earned technical coaching and development As aplayer, he was awinger for Chesterfield, seven caps for Northern Ireland. department and he also spent three Rotherham United, Hartlepool United, He kicked of his coaching career years as manager of their women’s Scunthorpe, Aldershot, Barnsley, York City and with numerous roles at the Irish FA, national team. Crewe Alexandra, but he retired at the age of 30 including as manager of the U17s He joined Swansea for the first time to move into coaching. and the U21s. He also enjoyed aspell in 2009. As goalkeeping coach, he was akey member of Brendan His first managerial job was with non-league as first team coach of the senior side, Rodgers’ back room staff when Gainsborough Trinity in 1980. He subsequently helping manager Michael O’Neill the Swans gained promotion to the managed Burton Albion and Scarborough, through the Euro 2016 qualifying Premier League in 2011, and he went winning promotion to the Football League with campaign and at the European on to help the team win the League the latter in 1987. Championship finals in France. Cup under Brian Laudrup in 2013. He achieved more notable success with Notts He joined Motherwell as assistant He has also worked as goalkeeping County, leading the ‘Magpies’ from the Third manager in 2015, before taking over coach with both the England U21 Division to the top flight in successive seasons. as manager of EFL League One side side and with Sunderland, and as After abrief spell at Torquay, he moved to Oldham Athletic the following year. an academy goalkeeping coach at Huddersfield in 1993, winning promotion to Returning to Motherwell as first Birmingham City. the First Division through the play-offs in his team coach, he was soon installed as second season. He enjoyed more play-off manager and, in his first full season success with Plymouth Argyle, leading the club in charge, he reached the final of ANTHONY to the Second Division. both the Scottish League Cup and WILLIAMS In 1999 he was appointed manager of his the Scottish Cup. CARDIFF METROPOLITAN boyhood club, Sheffield United. He took Currently assistant manager of the ‘Blades’ to the semi-finals of both the JOHN McGREAL Cardiff Metropolitan University League Cup and the FA Cup in 2003, and COLCHESTER UNITED FC, Anthony Williams holds both earned promotion to the Premier League as After a17-year playing career spent the UEFA Alicence and the UEFA Championship runners-up in 2006. with Tranmere Rovers, Ipswich Town Goalkeeping Alicence. After aspell at Crystal Palace, he joined and Burnley, John McGreal started As aplayer, he served as akeeper QPR in 2010, winning the Championship and his coaching career at Colchester for numerous clubs, including promotion to the Premier League. In 2014 he United, where he was appointed as a Hartlepool, Bristol Rovers, Grimsby briefly returned to top flight to manage Crystal professional development coach at and Wrexham. Moving into coaching Palace for asecond time. the club’s academy in 2009. while still aplayer, he worked as a He was appointed manager of Cardiff in 2016, He later became co-manager of goalkeeping coach with Bury, and rebuilding the team and taking the Welsh club the U18 side that won the Football as assistant manager with Crawley to promotion to the Premier League. League Youth Alliance South East Town in League One and with title and the Youth Alliance Cup, Portsmouth in League Two. He was honoured with an LMA Special before becoming manager of the Achievement award this year, after becoming He has also worked as agoalkeeping Colchester’s U21s. the first manager to win eight promotions in coach with the Wales U17, U19 and the professional leagues of English football. He was appointed the club’s first U21 teams and as acoach educator team manager after Colchester’s for the Football Association of Wales. 3 DECEMBER 2018 www.elitesoccercoaching.net INPARTNERSHIPWITH CARDIFF CITY KEY Ball Neil Warnock “In this session the players really enjoy movement Player High speed movement being given some freedom in terms of Dribble counter-attacks their attacking combinations” SET-UP AREA Up to two thirds of pitch EQUIPMENT Balls, bibs, cones, 2full size goals Set up play with a3v2 Both starting attackers quickly follow NUMBER OF PLAYERS in each half in favour of the ball into the other half, giving their Up to 18 players +2goalkeepers the red defenders team a4v3 advantage as they try to score SESSION TIME Attack vdefence: 30mins 1a Small-sided game: 30mins Overview The session is about counter- attacking. It specifically encourages attackers to make key penetrating movements that are all very realistic to a game situation.