www.elitesoccercoaching.net AUGUST 2018 SOCCER Exclusive Training practices from top professional managers WALES RYAN GIGGS ATTACK AGAINST INPARTNERSHIPWITH DEFENCE BRENTFORD CAMBRIDGE UNITED LMA AMBASSADOR ASTON VILLA SUNDERLAND DEAN SMITH JOE PETER DAN MARK & THOMAS DUNNE TAYLOR BOLAS PRUDHOE FRANK 3v2 attack & Crossingand Pressing to Integratingating Counter-pressing counter-attack scoringareas counter-attack thekeepereper EXTRA-TIME INTERVIEW WITH CHENNAIYIN MANAGER JOHN GREGORYORY INPARTNERSHIPWITH Elite Soccerispublishedby ISSUE 97/AUGUST 2018: FROM THE CHAIRMAN Green Star Media Ltd FFresh ideas and the best Meadow View, Tannery Lane ttraining plans from top 4 Guildford, Surrey, RYAN GU5 0AB, UK professional coaches GIGGS Tel: +44 (0) 1483 892 894 WALES Fax: +44 (0) 1483 894 148 Attack Email: against elitesoccer@ Dear Coach, greenstarmedia.net defence Welcome to the August issue of Elite Soccer. The new season Editor: will kick off soon and it’s areally exciting time for everyone Chris Hunt concerned with the game, giving coaches the chance to make Contributing Editor: Mark Farthing a fresh start with their players and to get back to basics. 8 Consultant Coach: Elite Soccer can help with that process and in this month’s DEAN Dave Clarke (Editor, issue we offer another interesting cross-section of training SMITHS & Soccer Coach Weekly) THOMAST Illustrator: sessions to improve your players in every position. FRANK Richard Palmer Kicking off the issue, we are delighted to welcome Ryan Giggs BRENTFORD Design: CCounter- AT Graphics to the magazine for the first time. The most highly decorated ppressingg Customer Services: player in English football, Giggs is currently manager of the Duncan Heard national team of Wales. In this issue, he has shared asession that Managing Director: 10 Andrew Griffiths challenges attackers to take advantage of overload situations. Photos: Action Images JOE Brentford manager, Dean Smith, and his first team coach, DUNNE Thomas Frank, have penned asession on counter-pressing CAMBRIDGEUNITED that will also help to develop your team’s ability to keep 3v2 attack possession. On asimilar theme, Dan Bolas of Aston Villa’s & counter- Publishedinpartnershipwith: academy presents aseries of activities focused on regaining attack the ball and creating scoring opportunities, while Cambridge United manager, Joe Dunne, shares asession that will League Managers improve combination play in high tempo attacks. 12 Association DAN For the goalkeepers, we have asession by Sunderland’s St George’s Park BOLAS National Football Centre, Mark Prudhoe that will integrate the keeper with the outfield ASTONVILLA Newborough Road, players and help to reinforce the basic principles of the craft. Pressing Needwood, Burton upon Trent, Finally, to close this month’s issue, we revisit asession by Peter tot counter DE13 9PD Taylor that encourages crossing in the final third of the pitch. -attack Tel: +44 (0)1283 576350 Email:[email protected] I hope you are inspired by this month’s selection of Chairman: training activities and Elite Soccer will return with Howard Wilkinson six more engaging sessions next month. 15 Chief Executive: MARK Richard Bevan PRUDHOEOE SUNDERLANDD This publication is protected by national and international Intergratingting copyright laws. Elite Soccer thekeeperer will take legal action against any individuals or Howard Wilkinson,LMAChairman organisations found to be infringing our rights, and will make that action public. 19 Elite Soccer members who PETER have purchased this report may circulate electronic or TAYLOR hard copies to members of LLMAM AMBASSADOR their own club or school, provided this is done without Crossing commercial gain. However, no part or whole of this report EliteSoccer isamonthlypublicationfor & scoring may be circulated elsewhere areas or displayed on any website professional, semi-professionalandaspiring or distributed commercially except under licence from the soccer coachesandisavailablebysubscriptiononly. copyright owners. 22 EXTRA-TIME © Green Star Media Ltd. All To subscribe email [email protected] …with John Gregory, manager rights reserved or call on +44(0)1483892894 of Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin 2 AUGUST 2018 www.elitesoccercoaching.net INPARTNERSHIPWITH ELITE SOCCER AUGUST 2018 MANAGER PROFILES Here are the seven managers and coaches we’re delighted to welcome into this issue of Elite Soccer DEAN SMITH & DAN BOLAS RYAN GIGGS THOMAS FRANK ASTON VILLA WALES BRENTFORD Currently an academy coach at Aston The most decorated player in Dean Smith is currently manager Villa, Dan Bolas joined the club in English football history, Ryan Giggs of Championship club, Brentford. May 2015. He previously spent three played at Manchester United for After finishing playing in January years working at Wolverhampton his entire professional career. 2005, he started his coaching Wanderers as afoundation phase support coach, where he was As aplayer, he made over 900 career working with youth players responsible for supporting the competitive appearances for the club at Leyton Orient, but he was soon promoted to assistant manager. design, implementation and delivery and won 35 major trophies, picking of the foundation phase coaching up 13 Premier League winner’s Returning to his first club, Walsall, he worked as head of youth, but was programme, as well as supporting medals, four FA Cup winner’s medals, given the manager’s job in January the youth phase programme. three League Cup winner’s medals, 2011, initially on acaretaker basis. two UEFA Champions League Staying in the post for nearly five years, MARK PRUDHOE winner’s medals and one FIFA Club he led the Saddlers to the final of the SUNDERLAND World Cup winner’s medal. He also Football League Trophy in 2015 for Amuch-travelled keeper who represented Wales on 64 occasions their first ever Wembley appearance. started his career at Sunderland, and captained the Great Britain He has been manager of Brentford after hanging up his gloves Mark football team at the 2012 Olympics. since November 2015 and has Prudhoe was appointed goalkeeping Tipped by Sir Alex Ferguson to become built ateam respected for its coach at Hull City in 2005. a great manager, Giggs completed attractive style of play. He returned to Sunderland in 2011 his UEFA Pro Licence in 2014 while Smith’s first team coach, Thomas to work at the club’s academy and still playing. Indeed, his first move Frank, joined Brentford in 2016, he is currently development phase into coaching came at the tail end having spent three years as manager lead goalkeeping coach. He works of his playing career at Manchester of Brondby in his native Denmark. with all of the club’s young keepers United, when he was appointed as a He also previously worked in youth below professional level and he can count Jordan Pickford among the player–coach at the club in July 2013. coaching for many years, including young players he has mentored. Towards the end of his first season stints in charge of Denmark’s U16, U17 and U19 teams. in the role, Giggs took charge of PETER TAYLOR the first team in acaretaker role LMA AMBASSADOR following the departure of manager JOE DUNNE CAMBRIDGE UNITED Currently managerofDagenhamand David Moyes. He oversaw two Currently the manager of League Redbridge in the National League, wins, adraw and adefeat in his Two side Cambridge United, Joe Peter Taylor began coaching as four games at the helm, and he Dunne first turned to coaching player-manager of non-league was credited with the promotion of after finishing his playing career Dartford before moving into the youth players to the first team. at Colchester United. Initially Football League with Southend. He was subsequently appointed working as ayouth team coach In 1996 he took charge of England’s as assistant manager to Louis van with Colchester, he enjoyed two U21 side for the first of three spells Gaal, spending two seasons in the stints as caretaker manager as coach of England youth teams. He role before leaving Old Trafford. before being given the top job on also served one match as caretaker Appointed manager of Wales in a permanent basis in September manager of the senior side, famously January 2018, Giggs set out his stall 2012. He went on to save the giving David Beckham the England from the start, saying: “I’d like to think struggling team from relegation. captaincy for the first time. I’d be the same kind of manager Iwas After spending two years managing In his club career he won Division as aplayer, with professionalism but Colchester, he joined Cambridge Two with Brighton, led Wycombe, also alittle bit of fun along the way”. He United as assistant manager in Hull and Gillingham to promotion, didn’t disappoint and got off to adream May 2015. After aperiod spent and managed Leicester in the as interim manager, he was Premier League. In international start with the national team, recording appointed the club’s new manager football, he won football gold with a 6-0 away win over China in March. at the end of last season. Bahrain at the 2011 Arab Games. 3 AUGUST 2018 www.elitesoccercoaching.net INPARTNERSHIPWITH WALES Overview time to develop the players Ryan Giggs This session is all about attack and the way of playing. Time is against defence in various limited with the national team Attack against situations. Because the and we must accept we cannot defence defending team is facing an do all the things we would like. overload, it is important for It would be amistake to burden SET-UP AREA them to work together in the the players with too much Up to half apitch best ways possible. The real information, so we must choose EQUIPMENT test for the attacking team is to our priorities and be creative. Balls, bibs, cones, poles, 2full size take advantage of their overload We try to be as efficient as goals, 2small goals and to show they can find the possible in how we set up our NUMBER OF PLAYERS free player to create as many Up to 13 players +2goalkeepers training sessions.