www.elitesoccercoaching.net SEPTEMBER 2019 SOCCER Exclusive Training practices from top professional managers SOUTHAMPTON RALPH HASENHÜTTL INPARTNERSHIPWITH SWITCHING PLAY QUICKLY ARSENAL WOMEN CHELTENHAM TOWN LMA AMBASADOR LMA AMBASADOR JOE MICHAEL TONY CARR DEREK EGAN MONTEMURRO DUFF MBE Emergency Attacking in Breaking Technical passing defending with central areas lines with movement a back three EXTRA-TIME INTERVIEWS WITH ALAN PARDEW & MICHAEL APPLETON INPARTNERSHIPWITH Elite Soccerispublishedby ISSUE 110/SEPTEMBER 2019: FROM THE CHAIRMAN Training sessions and Green Star Media Ltd 4 MBX124 RALPH 19 Moorfield Road soccer practices that Slyfield Industrial Estate HASENHÜTTL SOUTHAMPTON Guildford willmake yourplayers GU1 1RU thinkaboutthegame Switching United Kingdom play Email: Dear Coach, quickly elitesoccer@ We’re kicking off the September issue of Elite Soccer with greenstarmedia.net a training session from one of the most highly regarded Editor: coaches currently working in the Premier League. Chris Hunt Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhüttl has written a Contributing Editor: Mark Farthing training practice for us that will help your players to keep Consultant Coach: possession in tight areas and encourages them to switch Dave Clarke Illustrator: play quickly in order to move the ball away from pressure. 8 Richard Palmer On a similar theme, Cheltenham Town manager, Michael Duff, JOE Design: has shared a session aimed at helping players understand MONTEMURRO AT Graphics ARSENAL WOMEN Photography: when to switch play and when to split the opposition, all with Reuters Attacking the aim of penetrating opponents and playing forwards. in central We are delighted to have a series of activities from Joe areas Montemurro, manager of current Women’s Super League Publishedinpartnershipwith: champions, Arsenal. He has shared a session that is all about identifying opportunities to play forward in central areas. We also present a session by the hugely respected Tony 12 League Managers Carr MBE. In this issue, the former West Ham youth MICHAEL Association DUFF St George’s Park academy director presents a variation on his famous CHELTENHAM TOWN National Football Centre, third man running session that is all about encouraging Newborough Road, Breaking Needwood, players to receive the ball with the back foot and lines Burton upon Trent, developing movement through repeated practice. DE13 9PD Tel: +44 (0)1283 576350 To close the issue, we have a defensive training session Email:[email protected] from Derek Egan. Formerly first team coach with Salford 16 Chairman: Howard Wilkinson City and Chester, he has come up with a series of testing TONY CARR Chief Executive: exercises to help a back three develop an understanding when MBE LMA AMBASSADOR Richard Bevan working in particularly pressured periods of the game. 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All Emergency rights reserved defending with a back three 23 EXTRA-TIME …with Alan Pardew andand Michael Appleton 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 www.elitesoccercoaching.net INPARTNERSHIPWITH ELITE SOCCER SEPTEMBER 2019 MANAGER PROFILES Here are the five managers and coaches we’re delighted to welcome into this issue of Elite Soccer JOEMONTEMURRO the Premier League, and he hung ARSENAL WOMEN up his boots after helping the club RALPH return to the top flight in 2016. The manager of current WSL Staying at Turf Moor as acoach at HASENHÜTTL champions, Arsenal Women, Joe SOUTHAMPTON Burnley’s academy, he worked with Montemurro began his career Born in Graz, Austria, Ralph Hasenhüttl began the U18s and then became head as ayouth coach with Brunswick his playing career as astriker with hometown coach of the U23s. club, GAK. He went on to win three successive Juventus in his home country of In September 2018, he became Bundesliga titles and two Austrian Cups with Australia. After coaching Green manager of Cheltenham Town in Austria Wien in the early 1990s, and after his Gully U21s and the youth teams League Two and led the club to a transfer to Austria Salzburg in 1994, he won of Melbourne Knights and South mid-table finish in his first season. another Bundesliga title, as well as an Austrian Melbourne, his first roles in senior Super Cup. He subsequently played in Belgium football were with Sunshine George TONY CARR with Mechelen and Lierse, and in Germany Cross and Coburg United, guiding LMA AMBASSADOR with Koln. the latter to promotion. Tony Carr is currently acoaching advisor to the Premier League. He After playing for Bayern Munich’s reserve side After coaching Port Moresby in previously spent 41 years in charge at the tail end of his career, it was in Bavaria that the Papua New Guinea National of West Ham’s youth academy he was handed his first opportunity in coaching, Soccer League, he led Melbourne taking over the youth team at third-tier and is recognised as one of the City Women to the W-League title, Unterhaching in 2004. He also served the club most influential figures in English with the team going unbeaten for as caretaker manager in 2007, before becoming football coaching, having helped assistant coach and subsequently head coach. the entire season. After aspell as shape the playing careers of Frank In January 2011, he was appointed coach of chief assistant coach of Melbourne Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Tony German third division club Aalen, then in 16th City’s men’s team, he was appointed Cottee, Joe Cole, Michael Carrick, place in the table and just one point above the manager of Arsenal Women. Glen Johnson, John Terry and relegation zone. He saved the club from the At Arsenal he beat Manchester City Jermain Defoe. drop and completely rebuilt the team for the to win the 2018 FA Women’s League A former graduate of the academy himself, his footballing career was following season, bringing in eight new players Cup in his first season and he went cut short by injury and he joined and releasing 14. Under his stewardship, on to lead the club to the league title the club’s staff as director of youth Aalen finished second and earned automatic the following year. promotion to the second division. development in 1973, arole he held This year he was voted the LMA’s until 2014. He guided West Ham to Appointed as coach of Ingostadt in October WSL Manager of the Year. In further FA Youth Cup glory in 1981 and 1999. 2013, in his first full season in charge recognition of his achievements, he Hasenhüttl took the club to the German top was nominated for the FIFA World flight for the first time, finishing as champions DEREK EGAN LMA AMBASSADOR of the second division. He also managed them Women’s Coach of the Year. for aseason in the Bundesliga, before joining Aholder of the UEFA ‘A’ Licence, newly promoted RB Leipzig. MICHAEL DUFF Derek Egan is acoach educator and has worked for the Lancashire FA as His new team was arevelation in the Bundesliga CHELTENHAM TOWN a development manager. under Hasenhüttl, breaking the record for Aa aplayer, Michael Duff was a the longest undefeated streak of apromoted centre back who made over 300 He has previously been on the team when they finished runners-up to Bayern appearances for Cheltenham Town. coaching staff of the English Schools U18s team and was a Munich. In his second campaign at Leipzig, He won the FA Trophy, aNational member of the backroom staff at he led the club in the Champions League and League title and promotion via Salford City, working for the club reached the Europa League quarter-finals. the League Two play-offs while as first team coach when it won the He took over as manager of Southampton in with the ‘Robins’. He also won 24 National League North title in 2018. December 2018. In doing so, he became the first caps for Northern Ireland and was He also served as first team coach Austrian to manage in the Premier League and a member of the team that beat at Chester FC and enjoyed alengthy he took the club from the relegation zone to a England in 2005 and Spain in 2006. stint as manager of Rossendale 16th place finish in his first season in charge at He played over 350 games for United in the Unibond League First the St Mary’s Stadium. Burnley, including two seasons in Division. 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 www.elitesoccercoaching.net INPARTNERSHIPWITH SOUTHAMPTON Overview to keep the ball. It ultimately KEY The focus of this session leads to the creation of solid Ball Ralph Hasenhüttl movement incorporates anumber opportunities to score. Player Switchingplay movement of my key principles: Dribble quickly pressing, counter pressing What do Iget the players to do? and playing in tight areas SET-UP whilst avoiding pressure. Rondo 11 AREA It’s about keeping possession We set up two 12x12-yard Up to full pitch boxes separated by a2-yard EQUIPMENT in tight areas and then playing Balls, bibs, cones, poles, 6target away from pressure, helping central zone, with two target goals, 2full size goals us to switch the play quickly. goals positioned outside each NUMBER OF PLAYERS It’s asession Ilike to use of the boxes in the corners Up to 24 players +2goalkeepers adjoining the central zone.