Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Small-Sided Football Games to Improve Decision-Making
By Ray Power
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Small-sided games are the epicentre of soccer improvement. Done right, they can play a huge role in the development of players. The environment created through these games makes it possible not just to ‘let the game be the teacher,’ but also to improve specific skills and tactics - all in the context of the real game. We do this by manipulating the secondary rules of the game, by either adding elements or constraining players in various ways.
The ultimate alternative to the ‘drill,’ small-sided games training promotes player autonomy through decision-making, problem-solving, and the much-heralded coaching technique of guided discovery. Small-sided games have the look and feel of the ‘real’ game where learning is made intrinsic by the game itself.
Aimed at football coaches of all levels, but with a particular emphasis on coaches who work with youth players, 50 Small-Sided Football Games to Improve Decision-Making is comprised of 50 practices, and carefully designed to be adaptable to suit the needs of the players you work with. Book number four in Ray Power’s “Deliberate Soccer Practice” series, the exercises will challenge players and give them real-world decisions to make. Sections include: Possession-Based Small-Sided Games (SSGs), SSGs for Attacking and Finishing, SSGs for Defending, SSGs for Goalkeepers, SSGs for Transitions and Restarts, and Other Varieties of SSG.
About Ray Power. Ray Power is a former Academy Coach, Academy Manager and FA Coach Educator. He is now the Technical Director in Tanzania, working alongside Sunderland AFC, and the Tanzanian Football Federation as coach educator and Elite Football Academy manager. Ray also leads extensive talent identification projects in the country. Ray is also a former teacher and author of several other books based around youth soccer development.
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Deliberate Soccer Practice - Ray Power
Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Small-Sided Football Games to Improve Decision-Making
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Published in 2017 by Bennion Kearny Limited.
Copyright © Bennion Kearny Limited.
ISBN: 978-1-910515-73-0
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Feedback
Bennion Kearny Soccer Coaching Books
Deliberate Practice & Small-Sided Football Games
Context
Compromise
Constraints-Led Approach
Small-Sided Games in this Book
Restrict – Relate – Reward
Possession-Based Small-Sided Games
1: Passes for Points
RELATION TO GAME:
INITIAL SET-UP:
CONSTRAINT AND INSTRUCTIONS:
PROGRESSIONS:
CHALLENGES / QUESTIONS FOR PLAYERS:
SCORING:
CAUTION:
2: Build-Up Play
RELATION TO GAME:
INITIAL SET-UP:
CONSTRAINT AND INSTRUCTIONS:
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CHALLENGES / QUESTIONS FOR PLAYERS:
SCORING:
CAUTION:
3: Changing the Tempo to Attack
RELATION TO GAME:
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SCORING:
CAUTION:
4: Playing Forward – ‘Breaking Lines’
RELATION TO GAME:
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CONSTRAINT AND INSTRUCTIONS:
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SCORING:
CAUTION:
5: Playmaker
RELATION TO GAME:
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SCORING:
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6: Midfield Movement
RELATION TO GAME:
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SCORING:
CAUTION:
7: Touch Restrictions
RELATION TO GAME:
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CAUTION:
8: Outnumbered
RELATION TO GAME:
INITIAL SET-UP:
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SCORING:
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9: One-Touch Outnumbered
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Small-Sided Games for Attacking and Finishing
10: Attacking Through Central Areas
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11: Central Attacking
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12: In the Hole
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13: Attacking Through Wide Areas
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14: One-Touch Finish
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15: Set to Shoot
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16: Finishing in Corners
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17: Goalscorers
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CAUTION:
18: Golden Goal
RELATION TO GAME:
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19: Extra Points for Goals
RELATION TO GAME:
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20: Shooting Scores
RELATION TO GAME:
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Small-Sided Games for Defending
21: Defending Compact
RELATION TO GAME:
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SCORING:
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22: Defensive Positioning
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23: Force Attacks Away from Goal
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24: High Defensive Pressing
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25: Man-Marking / Tracking Runs
RELATION TO GAME:
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26: Defensive Control / Heading
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Small-Sided Games for Goalkeepers
27: Goalkeeping – Shot-Stopping
RELATION TO GAME:
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SCORING:
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28: Goalkeeping – Cech’s Deflections
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29: Goalkeeping – Dealing with Crosses
RELATION TO GAME:
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SCORING:
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30: Goalkeeping – Distribution
RELATION TO GAME:
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SCORING:
CAUTION:
31: Goalkeeper – Restarts
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CAUTION:
Small-Sided Games for Transitions and Restarts
32: Quick Transitions
RELATION TO GAME:
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33: Quick Counter-Attacks
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34: Guardiola v. Mourinho
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35: Restarts
RELATION TO GAME:
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Small-Sided Games for Technical and Individual Development
36: Dribble-Ins
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37: Aerial Control
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SCORING:
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38: Staying on the Ball
RELATION TO GAME:
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39: Free Play – Skill Rewards
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CAUTION:
40: Free Play – Movement Rewards
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CAUTION:
41: Individual Development
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42: Individual Development – Team
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Other Varieties of Small-Sided Games
43: The Floater
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44: Goal Positions
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CAUTION:
45: One Pitch – Two Games
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46: Pitch Shapes
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47: Different Sports
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48: Different Balls
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49: