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www.elitesoccercoaching.net MARCH 2014 In partnershIp wIth Soccer COACHING PRACTICes from the world’s LEADING MANAGERS AND COACHES Exclusive Training practices from top professional managers MANCHESTER CITY MANUEL PELLEGRINI DEaDly TransiTions: TECHniCal • TaCTiCal • PHYSIOLOGiCal • PSYCHOLOGiCal BARNSLEY BRENTFORD LMA AMBASSADOR LMA AMBASSADOR LMA AMBASSADOR DANNY MARK DAVID GRAHAM MATTHEW WILSON WARBURTON PLEAT TAYLOR BISHOP Defending Forward Triangular wing Possession and Pressing from the front runs contributions scoring masterclass EXTRA-TIME INTERVIEW: NORWICH CITY MANAGER CHRIS HUGHTON In partnershIp wIth Elite Soccer is published by: ISSUE 44/MARCH 2014: FROM THE CHAIRMAN Green Star Media Ltd Brilliant training ground Meadow View, Tannery Lane Guildford, Surrey, practices from the best in the GU5 0AB, UK 4 Tel: +44 (0) 1483 892 894 game MANUEL Fax: +44 (0) 1483 894 148 PELLEGRINI Email: ManCHEsTEr CiTy [email protected] Dear Coach, Deadly Publisher: Welcome to the March issue of Elite Soccer. transitions Kevin Barrow Editor: We’re gearing up towards those tense final months of the campaign James Evans when dreams are fulfilled, ambitions are shattered, and one or two Contributing Editor: coaches will be looking around desperate to find that bit of inspiration Matthew Amos, LMA that will carry their players over the line. 6 Design: Certainly, we’re hoping such inspiration might come in the form of one DANNY WILSON Jimmy Egerton BarnslEy (or more) of our six engaging soccer practices, delivered for us by some Illustrator: Richard Palmer of the very best names in the game. Defending Customer Services: Right now, they don’t come much bigger than Manuel Pellegrini. The from the Duncan Heard Manchester City coach has galvanised his side this term, with the front Marketing Manager: club playing arguably some of the most attractive football in its entire Paul Mortimer history. Certainly, the session on deadly transitions that the Chilean Operations Director: has presented for us in this issue offers some pretty strong clues as to Toby Curthoys 8 how City have developed a gameplan that turns defence into attack with Managing Director: MARK Andrew Griffiths such devastating effect. We hope it works for your side as well. WARBURTON photos: action Images Elsewhere, and from the Sky Bet Championship, Barnsley boss Danny BrEnTForD Wilson presents a practice that looks at defending from the front in a Published in partnership with: Forward 4-3-3 formation; while Brentford boss Mark Warburton explains how a runs bespoke session on forward runs has guided his side into the automatic promotion positions in League One this term. League Managers And we’re delighted to reproduce two sessions from two of the most 10 Association experienced British coaches in the modern game: former England St George’s Park DAVID PLEAT manager Graham Taylor answers our Coaching Consultation piece lMa aMBassaDor National Football Centre by offering a solution to a coach whose players don’t survey options Newborough Road Triangular Needwood effectively, while charismatic former top-level boss David Pleat isolates Burton upon Trent DE13 9PD the threat of the wide attack in a number of position-led set-ups. wing Tel: +44 (0)1926 831 556 Finally, LMA Ambassador Matthew Bishops delivers for us a pressing contributions Email: [email protected] masterclass that’s as relevant for attackers as it is defenders. President: COACHING Roy Hodgson It all adds up to another fantastic cross-section of sessions, and as CONSULTATION usual, we hope you find them interesting and stimulating. Chairman: 12 Howard Wilkinson Good luck for the month ahead, and we’ll see you all again at the end of GRAHAM TAYLOR Chief Executive: March, lMa aMBassaDor Richard Bevan Possession This publication is protected and scoring by national and international copyright laws. Elite Soccer will take legal action against any individuals or organisations Howard Wilkinson, LMA Chairman found to be infringing our rights, 14 and will make that action public. 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All rights To subscribe email Our review of the past month reserved 16 EXTRA-TIME: [email protected] ... with Chris Hughton or call on+44 (0) 1483 892 894 18 BOOKED Elite sports book review 2 MARCH 2014 www.elitesoccercoaching.net In partnershIp wIth MANAGEMENT MATTERS MANAGER OF THE MONTH AWARDS Manchester In the Sky Bet In Sky Bet And finally to Sky City manager Championship, League One, Bet League Two, Manuel Leicester City Russell where honours Pellegrini boss Nigel Pearson collected Slade’s Leyton Orient side go to Graham Alexander, scooped a second successive the divisional award after the continued to mount a serious the manager of Fleetwood Manager of the Month gong Foxes won all five matches title challenge with four wins in Town. In only their second when picking up the award as to move clear at the top of the January. season as a Football League his table-topping side coasting table. Many expected the East club, the Lancashire outfit through January, winning all While their title rivals have London club’s challenge to continue to impress, playing a four of their league matches. struggled to maintain fade away in the second half of brand of expansive, attacking It is City’s goalscoring prowess consistency, Leicester cruised the season, but experienced football. And in January, they that has really impressed this into top gear in January to boss Slade has maintained saw off Accrington Stanley, term, and Alvaro Negredo confirm their tag as title momentum in his troops, and Dagenham & Redbridge, continued his excellent recent favourites. with victories in January over Hartlepool and Burton Albion run with eight strikes in all It’s a decade since the club Shrewsbury Town, Carlisle on their way into the division’s competitions during the month, last graced the Premier United, Crewe Alexandra and automatic promotion places. as the Blues set themselves up League, but victories over Coventry City, the Os are well It has proved a pleasing start immaculately for a concerted Millwall, Derby County, Leeds placed to take their promotion to life in management for title push this year. United, Middlesbrough and challenge right to the season’s Alexander, who occupies City beat Swansea City, Birmingham City ensured the close, despite the attentions his first post after a 21-year Newcastle United, Cardiff City East Midlands club would end (and bigger playing budgets) playing career that saw him and Tottenham Hotspur. Please the month with a sizeable lead of Wolverhampton Wanderers make over 100 appearances turn to page four to see Chilean at the top of the table. and Brentford. for each of Scunthorpe United, Pellegrini’s elite soccer lEiCEsTEr CiTy: P5 W5 D0l 0 lEyTon oriEnT: P4 W4 D0l 0 Luton Town, Preston North coaching session. End and Burnley. ManCHEsTEr CiTy: P4 W4 D0l 0 FlEETWooD ToWn: P5 W4 D1l 0 (lEaGuE only) period of time is incredible, but it’s for us preparation for this role? CAREER PATH now to carry that on. A. Managing teams is the same no matter Q. That must bring a considerable how old the players are, but starting at ... with Neal Ardley, manager of Sky Bet pressure with it? Cardiff was fantastic for me. League Two side AFC Wimbledon It was somewhere I could A. It does, but it’s not any different to the really learn my trade, and Q. This is your first managerial job – it pressures experienced by managers up cement a few ideas in my must be a special one as well given your and down the country. No matter what has mind as to how I would like time with the now defunct Wimbledon? gone on in the past, we have a duty to only to be as a manager. The look at what we do as a club now, and every A. Yes it is special. Obviously the big thing will always be the other manager and player is probably surroundings are different, but the old team – that’s at the heart of thinking the exact same thing. Wimbledon spirit is definitely here, and everything we do, and is a key it’s a pleasure to come to work each day. Q. You were previously Academy philosophy. What has been achieved here over a short Manager at Cardiff City. Was that good 3 MARCH 2014 In partnershIp wIth ManCHEsTEr CiTy Manuel DEADLY TRANSITIONS Pellegrini SET-UP Deadly arEa transitions Up to 60x40 yards overview: EquiPMEnT 1a This session Cones, goals, bibs examines how we nuMBEr oF PlayErs condition a player 5v5 plus two targets technically, tactically, and two wide players physiologically and sEssion TiME psychologically Main session 30mins, when attacking and Progressions 20mins defending transitions What do i get the in a small-sided players to do? 60 competition-based Setting up as shown game. We set up with 5v5 in the (1a), the ball starts with 40 It’s important middle, two target men, the two wide players and two wide players to practise this – we will alternate because it improves which of these starts. our mastering of Only one player from a scenario that each team is allowed in appears regularly in the end zones – these matches – namely are the target players 1b the attacking team and must remain in regaining possession that space.