www.elitesoccercoaching.net SEPTEMBER 2018 SOCCER Exclusive Training practices from top professional managers BURNLEY SEAN DYCHE INPARTNERSHIPWITH SHARP FINISHING BRISTOL ROVERS SOUTHEND UNITED IPSWICH TOWN CHARLTON ATHLETIC LMA AMBASSADOR DARRELL CLARKE CHRIS STEVE ADAM JUSTIN & MARCUS POWELL FOLEY LAWRENCE EDINBURGH STEWART Defending against Keeping the ball Playingthrough Crossingand Creating scoring chances from wide 4-2-3-1 tomove forwards thepress shooting EXTRA-TIME INTERVIEW JON WHITNEY TALKS ABOUT HIS COACHING CAREER INPARTNERSHIPWITH Elite Soccerispublishedby ISSUE 98/SEPTEMBER 2018: FROM THE CHAIRMAN Green Star Media Ltd Fresh and inventive soccer Meadow View, Tannery Lane trt aining plans designed to 4 Guildford, Surrey, SEAN GU5 0AB, UK develop your players DYCHE Tel: +44 (0) 1483 892 894 BURNLEY Fax: +44 (0) 1483 894 148 Email: Sharp elitesoccer@ Dear Coach, finishingng greenstarmedia.net Welcome to the September issue of Elite Soccer, the magazine that allows top professional soccer Editor: Chris Hunt coaches to share their training plans and coaching Contributing Editor: knowledge with the wider world of football. Mark Farthing 7 Consultant Coach: This month, to help give your side that little added extra DARRELL Dave Clarke (Editor, on the pitch, we’ve put together another cross-section CLARKE& Soccer Coach Weekly) of brilliant training practices, beginning in the Premier MARCUS Illustrator: STEWART Richard Palmer League with Sean Dyche. The Burnley manager has BRISTOLROVERS Design: shared ahigh tempo finishing session that focuses on CCrreating chances AT Graphics developing sharpness in and around the penalty area. ffrroomm wwideide Customer Services: Duncan Heard Bristol Rovers manager, Darrell Clarke, and his assistant Managing Director: Marcus Stewart, have designed their session to create 10 Andrew Griffiths plenty of goal scoring opportunities from wide areas when Photos: Action Images CHRISPOWELLLL attacking in a4-4-2, while Southend United manager, Chris SOUTHENDUNITED Powell, shares adefensive session specifically tailored to Defending frustrating teams who attack in a4-2-3-1 formation. against Publishedinpartnershipwith: As ever, we feature sessions from the some of the best academy 4-2-3-14 2 3 1 coaches in pro football, and this month we shine aspotlight on the work of Ipswich Town’s Steve Foley and Charlton Athletic’s Adam Lawrence. Steve Foley has written aseries League Managers 12 Association of possession-based activities aimed at keeping the ball STEVES FOLEY St George’s Park and moving forwards when possible, while Adam Lawrence IPSWICHTOWN National Football Centre, Newborough Road, concentrates on developing the ability to play through the press KeK epingthe Needwood, and create opportunities to make passes that break lines. ballb tomove Burton upon Trent, DE13 9PD Finally, we delve into the Elite Soccer archives to forwards Tel: +44 (0)1283 576350 revisit acrossing and shooting session written for us Email:[email protected] by Leyton Orient manager, Justin Edinburgh. Chairman: 16 Howard Wilkinson I hope you find this month’s selection of activities of ADAM Chief Executive: use in your training programme and Elite Soccer will LAWRENCE Richard Bevan return with six more engaging sessions next month. 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All To subscribe email [email protected] …with ex-Walsall manager rights reserved or call on +44(0)1483892894 Jon Whitney, who talks about his career in management 2 SEPTEMBER 2018 www.elitesoccercoaching.net INPARTNERSHIPWITH ELITE SOCCER SEPTEMBER 2018 MANAGER PROFILES Here are the seven managers and coaches we’re delighted to welcome into this issue of Elite Soccer DARRELL CLARKE STEVE FOLEY SEAN DYCHE & MARCUS IPSWICH TOWN BURNLEY STEWART Having spent 10 years playing Manager of Burnley since October 2012, BRISTOL ROVERS for Colchester, after hanging up Sean Dyche began his coaching career at Darrell Clarke first moved into his boots Steve Foley returned to Watford. In his time at Vicarage Road, he coaching when he was appointed the club to work with the youth served as youth team coach and assistant player-manager of non-league players. He also served as caretaker manager before progressing to the top job, Salisbury City. He subsequently manager during the late 1980s. becoming first-team manager in June 2011. led the club to promotion into the Joining Norwich City in 1996, his 10 Conference Premier with two play- Joining Burnley after just one successful years at Carrow Road included stints off final victories in three seasons. season in charge of Watford, in his first as assistant director of the academy Becoming manager of Bristol campaign at Turf Moor he led the team to and first team coach. Moving to Rovers in March 2014, he could not an 11th place finish in the Championship. Ipswich Town, his many roles have prevent the club from dropping out The following year he secured automatic included working as first team promotion to the Premier League for of the Football League that season. However, he successfully guided coach. He continues to work for the the club. It was the first time Burnley club as ayouth development coach. had reached the top flight since 1973. Rovers back at his first attempt, What was even more remarkable about and just ayear later he led the team his achievement was that Dyche had to promotion to League One. ADAM LAWRENCE CHARLTON ATHLETIC paid atransfer fee for just one player. Clarke’s assistant manager, Marcus Stewart, also started coaching Adam Lawrence has 14 years Although Burnley’s stay in the top division while still aplayer. After hanging experience coaching and working at lasted only one season initially, under up his boots at Exeter City in 2011, Dyche they bounced back into the Premier grassroots,communityandacademy he spent ayear as the club’s first levels, with both boys and girls. League in 2015, having clinched the Sky Bet team coach. In July 2012 he joined Championship title on the final day of the Currently at Charlton Athletic Bristol Rovers as adevelopment academy as head of coaching for the season. Playing abrand of quick, physical but coach and was appointed assistant U9s to the U23s, he is responsible technically sound football, Burnley have since manager the following year. retained their place in the Premier League, for the playing and coaching helping Dyche to earn areputation as one of philosophy, and coach development, CHRIS POWELL across these age groups. the country’s most measured, meticulous SOUTHEND UNITED and resourceful managers. His reputation A defender in his playing days, was further enhanced last season after Powell turned out for numerous JUSTIN Burnley finished in seventh place, earning the clubs, including Derby County, EDINBURGH club qualification for the Europa League. Charlton and West Ham. He also LMA AMBASSADOR A four-time Championship Manager of the made five appearances for the Currently manager of Leyton Orient, Month, Dyche has also been voted Premier England team. After finishing his as aplayer Justin Edinburgh was League Manager of the Month on one occasion. career at Leicester City, he joined an FA Cup winner with Spurs before In the past he has been involved with the the club’s coaching staff and starting his coaching career as England U21 team, serving as amember enjoyed ashort spell as caretaker player-manager of Billericay Town. manager in October 2010. of the backroom staff shortly before After astint as assistant manager of taking on the Burnley job in 2012. Appointed manager of Charlton Rushden &Diamonds, he became Athletic in January 2011, he secured As aplayer, he came through the youth manager of the Conference Premier promotion to the Championship as ranks at Nottingham Forest but spent the club and led them to the playoffs. champions the following season and majority of his career with Chesterfield, He subsequently took Newport into captaining their promotion-winning team was voted LMA League One Manager the Football League and was voted in 1995, as well as their famous FA Cup side of the Year. He subsequently spent Conference Premier Manager of that reached the semi-finals in 1997. He a year as manager of Huddersfield, the Year. He has also managed in also achieved promotions as aplayer with followed by astint as assistant League One with Gillingham and Millwall, Bristol City and Northampton manager of Derby County, before Northampton Town, before joining Town, before hanging up his boots in 2007. taking over at League One club Southend in January 2018. Leyton Orient in November 2017. 3 SEPTEMBER 2018 www.elitesoccercoaching.net INPARTNERSHIPWITH BURNLEY 1a Sean Dyche RB Sharp finishing RW SET-UP AREA Half apitch EQUIPMENT Balls, bibs, cones, 1full size goal 3 5 NUMBER OF PLAYERS 15 players +1goalkeeper SESSION TIME 45mins 2 Overview 1 4 This is ahigh intensity finishing session in the attacking third, focusing on developing sharpness in and around the penalty area with fast and fluid attacks. It is aimed at getting the LW players thinking offensively, and when moving through the session it encourages LB players to react to, and anticipate, the second and third phases of the attack, Set-up: the attacking players are set up with strikers (yellows), where quick turnovers of midfielders and wide players (blues) ready to attack the penalty possession in the final third area, which is guarded by two defenders (reds) and akeeper.