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    Developing Skill: A Guide to 3v3 Soccer Coaching
    Developing Skill: A Guide to 3v3 Soccer Coaching
    Developing Skill: A Guide to 3v3 Soccer Coaching
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    Developing Skill: A Guide to 3v3 Soccer Coaching

    By Peter Prickett

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    As soccer players develop, they need to become truly confident with the ball, and the best way to achieve mastery is by maximising their touches on the ball. So, how can we offer lots of interactions with the ball and learn the key principles of the sport? Through triangles – a shape at the heart of football, in both attack and defence, and which is comprised of three players.

    In this book, coaches of all levels, working with players across all age groups and abilities, will learn to utilise the 3v3 method to develop skilful individuals and effective teams. The book builds up from 1v1 to 3v3 through technical exercises that improve individual skills. Then, it moves beyond 3v3, adding in more players (including goalkeepers), as situations demand it.

    With a core 3v3 training foundation, players will be able to explore and cement numerous key parts to their games, with depth and width, unlocking the various combinations – such as overlaps, one-twos, third-man runs, and more – which are used at all levels of the sport. At the same time, players will have ample opportunities to develop and perfect creative dribbling moves.

    Developing Skill: A Guide to 3v3 Soccer Coaching outlines how you can use and incorporate the 3v3 method in your training and provides more than 90 ready-to-use, illustrated practices. It also details how best to run warm-ups, how to work with different pitch sizes and shapes, and much more.

    About the author. Peter Prickett is an FA affiliate tutor with a decade of experience coaching with various organisations. He was one of the first coaches in England to obtain the UEFA B Futsal qualification. Peter is currently studying for a Masters in Performance Football Coaching.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBennion Kearny
    Release dateOct 3, 2018
    ISBN9781911121510
    Developing Skill: A Guide to 3v3 Soccer Coaching

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      Developing Skill - Peter Prickett

      Developing Skill: A Guide to 3v3 Soccer Coaching

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      Published in 2018 by Dark River, an imprint of Bennion Kearny.

      Copyright © Dark River 2018

      ISBN: 978-1-911121-51-0

      All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

      This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that it which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      Dark River has endeavoured to provide trademark information about all the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Dark River cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information.

      Published by Dark River, an imprint of Bennion Kearny Limited, 6 Woodside, Churnet View Road, Oakamoor, Staffordshire, ST10 3AE

      www.BennionKearny.com

      Many thanks to Garth Smith for his fantastic cover design.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      BazookaGoal and 3v3 UK

      1: A Starting Point

      2: Warming Up

      Square 1 – Criss Cross

      Square 2 – Lofted Passes

      Square 3 – Over Under

      Square 4 – Dribbling

      Square 5 – Synchronisation

      Square 6 – Face Off

      Square 7 – Knock It Down

      Square 8 – Combinations 1

      Square 9 – Combinations 2

      Square 10 – Rotation

      Square 11 – Long Passes

      Square 12 – Mini Rondo

      3: 1v1

      1 – Columns

      2 – Quick Turns

      3 – Beating an Opponent - Face to Face

      4 – Beating an Opponent - Diagonal

      5 – Facing Multiple Opponents

      6 – Angled Goals

      7 – Reversed Goals

      8 – Transition 1

      9 – Through The Gate

      10 – When to Shoot?

      11 – Man Marked 1

      12 – Man Marked 2

      13 – Combining

      14 – Running on to the Ball

      15 – Transition 2

      16 – One vs the Goalkeeper

      17 – Gauntlet

      18 – Give and Go

      19 – Space to Shoot

      20 – Dribbling Cores

      21 – Loose Ball Battle

      22 – Cutting In

      23 – Transition 3

      24 – Side to Side

      25 – Multiplayer 1v1

      26 – Knock It Over

      27 – Goal to Goal

      4: Why 3v3?

      Defensive Shapes

      Attacking Shapes

      Patterns of Play

      1 – Small-Sided Free Play

      2 – Four Goal Game

      3 – Target Players

      4 – Two vs Two plus Two

      5 – Four vs Two Possession

      6 – Support Players

      7 – In Zones - Vertical

      8 – Midfielder Game

      9 – Midfielder Game 2

      10 – One Touch Finish

      11 – One Touch Finish 2

      12 – Three Player Transition

      13 – End Zones

      14 – Diamond Shooting

      15 – Ice Hockey

      16 – Reversed Goals

      17 – Attacking Wave 1

      18 – Attacking Wave 2

      19 – Attacking Wave 3

      20 – Attacking Wave 4

      21 – Attacking Wave 5

      22 – Counter-Punch

      23 – Recovery Runs

      24 – Forward Passes, Forward Movement

      25 – Press

      26 – Press and Cover

      27 – Bounce Passers

      28 – Wide Rotation

      29 – Splitting Passes

      30 – Killer Moment

      31 – First to Four

      32 – Magic Square

      33 – Defend The Middle

      34 – Through The Gates 3v3

      35 – Quick Transitions

      5: Breaking The Rules

      1 – 3v3 Waves + Goalkeepers

      2 – Forward Runs

      3 – Overloaded Attacks

      4 – Overloaded Attacks 2

      5 – Spatial Awareness

      6 – One vs One in the Middle

      7 – Link with Wide Players

      8 – Back to back + 3

      6: Pitch Types

      1 – Regulation Football Pitch

      2 – Offset Goals

      3 – Four-Goal Game

      4 – Six-Goal Game

      5 – Goals on All Sides

      6 – Back to Back Goals

      7 – End Zones

      8 – Reversed Goals with End Zones

      9 – Horizontal Thirds

      10 – Magic Box

      11 – Vertical Thirds

      12 – Corners

      13 – Central Area

      14 – Diamond Pitch

      15 – Quartered Pitch

      16 – Horizontal Quarters with Four Goals

      17 – Circular Pitch

      18 – Wide Channels

      7: A Practical Conclusion

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      1: A Starting Point

      What do we love about football?

      This question is short and simple but has myriad possible answers.

      There are core and key overall aspects. Competition, glory, drama, storytelling, teamwork, artistry, and skill. As fans, there are two things that we want, victory and entertainment. Sometimes, one without the other is not enough. Teams can achieve genuine (or relative) success yet have an unhappy fan base because they have not witnessed a style of football that thrills them.

      The greatest players are those who provide entertainment and excitement. It may manifest in different ways, but it is near universal that onlookers will be enraptured by moments of high quality. The higher the quality they see, the higher the entertainment levels. This then produces moments that last forever and keep fans glued to the sport.

      Football is filled with contradictions. One of these is that a great team needs great individuals from whom great quality derives. Every link in the chain needs to be strong, while some individuals may emerge to be stronger than others. Between 2008 and 2018, the world has been enthralled by the collective play of

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