JUST COACH retweeted
In October 2025, Seattle Reign head coach Laura Harvey admitted she'd asked ChatGPT which formation to use to beat teams in the NWSL.
ChatGPT reviewed every team in the league and recommended playing a back 5 against 2 of them.
ChatGPT reviewed every team in the league and recommended playing a back 5 against 2 of them.
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⚽ Leadership in Coaching Short Course 🎓
Our lead tutor @cutinside brings elite professional football experience, a Master’s in Leadership and is a PhD candidate in Leadership!!
Join us for a four-part leadership course covering:
🧠 Lead Yourself
🤝 Build Trust
📈 Grow e Q&A workshop with Rod & Ray
A rare opportunity to learn from someone who bridges leadership theory and the realities of professional football.
📅 Starts 22 November | Online
Don’t leave your influence to chance.
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Our lead tutor @cutinside brings elite professional football experience, a Master’s in Leadership and is a PhD candidate in Leadership!!
Join us for a four-part leadership course covering:
🧠 Lead Yourself
🤝 Build Trust
📈 Grow e Q&A workshop with Rod & Ray
A rare opportunity to learn from someone who bridges leadership theory and the realities of professional football.
📅 Starts 22 November | Online
Don’t leave your influence to chance.
Register in the comments 👇
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5v3 | Connect & Combine vs Regain and Score
📌 Use controlled possession to circulate the ball.
🧱 Set-Up:
✔️ 18 by 18 playing area. 4 x mini goals (1 goal in each corner of the pitch). 2 x 3 by 3 yard shaded zones (orange).
👕Teams: ⚫️’s vs 🔴’s
🛝 How to Play:
➡️ The possave a player in the orange zones at all times. Each time the ⚫️’s work the ball from the orange zone to the opposite orange zone, they get a goal.
➡️ When a ⚫️ in the centre of the pitch passes to a ⚫️ in the orange zone, they swap places with them.
➡️ The 🔴’s regain the ball and score in any mini-goal.
🚧 Constraints:
🏆Reward: The defending team 🔴’s get served another ball each time they score with a regained ball.
👨🏫 Review: The ball carrier’s decision to run with the ball and release it.
🚫 Restriction: The possession team cannot pass back to a target player in the orange support zone until it has been received at the opposite end.
@Coach_Osku @205_Academy @JB_SoccerCoach @TheS_Resource @PeterPrickett @BreakthruSoccer @SessionShareNet
⚽️ Created On: @SSP
📌 Use controlled possession to circulate the ball.
🧱 Set-Up:
✔️ 18 by 18 playing area. 4 x mini goals (1 goal in each corner of the pitch). 2 x 3 by 3 yard shaded zones (orange).
👕Teams: ⚫️’s vs 🔴’s
🛝 How to Play:
➡️ The possave a player in the orange zones at all times. Each time the ⚫️’s work the ball from the orange zone to the opposite orange zone, they get a goal.
➡️ When a ⚫️ in the centre of the pitch passes to a ⚫️ in the orange zone, they swap places with them.
➡️ The 🔴’s regain the ball and score in any mini-goal.
🚧 Constraints:
🏆Reward: The defending team 🔴’s get served another ball each time they score with a regained ball.
👨🏫 Review: The ball carrier’s decision to run with the ball and release it.
🚫 Restriction: The possession team cannot pass back to a target player in the orange support zone until it has been received at the opposite end.
@Coach_Osku @205_Academy @JB_SoccerCoach @TheS_Resource @PeterPrickett @BreakthruSoccer @SessionShareNet
⚽️ Created On: @SSP
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DEFENDING ISN’T JUST TACKLING — IT’S READING THE GAME
Van Dijk’s famous line hits different: “The best tackles don’t happen because you’re fast — they happen because you’re on‑time.”
So many young defenders rush in, feet flying, trying to win the ball immediately. Van Dijk ad the run, read the body shape, pick the exact split second to step in.
✅ Read the attacker’s hips first
✅ Time your step before they commit
✅ Stay side‑on — don’t dive
✅ Patience beats desperation every single time
Defending is a thinking position. Your eyes are your best tool before your feet. 💪
#Coaching #Academy #Development #Defending
Van Dijk’s famous line hits different: “The best tackles don’t happen because you’re fast — they happen because you’re on‑time.”
So many young defenders rush in, feet flying, trying to win the ball immediately. Van Dijk ad the run, read the body shape, pick the exact split second to step in.
✅ Read the attacker’s hips first
✅ Time your step before they commit
✅ Stay side‑on — don’t dive
✅ Patience beats desperation every single time
Defending is a thinking position. Your eyes are your best tool before your feet. 💪
#Coaching #Academy #Development #Defending
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JUST COACH retweeted
A 1-4-3-3 training session developing striker movements, back-to-goal hold-up play, crossing patterns, and layered box finishing, building from plyometrics into conditioned match play.
205 club weekly session plan W44 - Warmup, movement patterns, rondos, SSGs
See 🧵 for links to videos + notes
@JustCoachMD @Coach_Osku @TheS_Resource @AcademySCoach @SessionShareNet @SSPlanner
205 club weekly session plan W44 - Warmup, movement patterns, rondos, SSGs
See 🧵 for links to videos + notes
@JustCoachMD @Coach_Osku @TheS_Resource @AcademySCoach @SessionShareNet @SSPlanner
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JUST COACH retweeted
Next in this week's theme of 'Rondo Variations' is a Defending the Box game!
Focused on central passes & keeping a compact shape this game rewards a pass through the box with a point. Defenders try to dribble out.
Details: corecoaching.soccer/a/b4daf205d1fb…
@CORECoachingSoc @JustcoachMD
Focused on central passes & keeping a compact shape this game rewards a pass through the box with a point. Defenders try to dribble out.
Details: corecoaching.soccer/a/b4daf205d1fb…
@CORECoachingSoc @JustcoachMD
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Stepping In with the Ball: Possession
📌 Develop three-player connections to create scoring chances.
🧱 Set-Up:
➡️ Playing space: 40 by 30 space split in half
👕 Teams: ⚫️s vs 🔴s
⚽️ How to Play:
✔️ Blacks vs Reds: Both teams compete for possession of the ball.
✔️ Each target player steps into the practice and connects a pass. Player who passes to the target player must swap with them.
✔️ Version 1: Free play - directional possession game.
✔️ Version 2: Players must connect a pass in each half before finding the targets to step in.
🚧 Constraints:
🏆Reward: Streaks of target to target earns a bonus goal.
👨🏫 Review: Timing of the pass and quality of the support play.
🚫 Restriction: Can only go backwards to target once.
Created On: @ssplanner
@JB_SoccerCoach @TheS_Resource @205_Academy @SessionShareNet @PeterPrickett
📌 Develop three-player connections to create scoring chances.
🧱 Set-Up:
➡️ Playing space: 40 by 30 space split in half
👕 Teams: ⚫️s vs 🔴s
⚽️ How to Play:
✔️ Blacks vs Reds: Both teams compete for possession of the ball.
✔️ Each target player steps into the practice and connects a pass. Player who passes to the target player must swap with them.
✔️ Version 1: Free play - directional possession game.
✔️ Version 2: Players must connect a pass in each half before finding the targets to step in.
🚧 Constraints:
🏆Reward: Streaks of target to target earns a bonus goal.
👨🏫 Review: Timing of the pass and quality of the support play.
🚫 Restriction: Can only go backwards to target once.
Created On: @ssplanner
@JB_SoccerCoach @TheS_Resource @205_Academy @SessionShareNet @PeterPrickett
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JUST COACH retweeted
Football's Principles Of Play
Complex not complicated
Principles are universal, preferences are personal
Football is part of a family of invasion games
Create and use space
Complex not complicated
Principles are universal, preferences are personal
Football is part of a family of invasion games
Create and use space
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Rondo: 7v3 Possession
📌Connecting in a team shape
🧱 Set Up:
➡️ Playing space: 18 by 14 space split in half
👕Teams: 🔴’s vs ⚫️’s
⚽️ How to play:
✔️ Blacks vs Reds: Blacks score each time they play a line breaking pass between two players. Reds regain and score in either Version 1: Free play possession score with a line breaking pass.
✔️ Version 2: Score only when you play to an inside player who bounces it out (Wall pass or Bounce it from one side of the pitch to the other.
🚧 Constraints:
🏆 Reward: Knock a point off the defenders for three in a row line breaking passes.
👨🏫 Review: Decisions to stay on the ball or pass it
🚫 Restriction: Touch limits on the possession team max of 3 touches.
Created On: @ssplanner
@SundayShare10 #SundayShare @JB_SoccerCoach @TheS_Resource @PeterPrickett @Coach_Osku @ben_andreos
📌Connecting in a team shape
🧱 Set Up:
➡️ Playing space: 18 by 14 space split in half
👕Teams: 🔴’s vs ⚫️’s
⚽️ How to play:
✔️ Blacks vs Reds: Blacks score each time they play a line breaking pass between two players. Reds regain and score in either Version 1: Free play possession score with a line breaking pass.
✔️ Version 2: Score only when you play to an inside player who bounces it out (Wall pass or Bounce it from one side of the pitch to the other.
🚧 Constraints:
🏆 Reward: Knock a point off the defenders for three in a row line breaking passes.
👨🏫 Review: Decisions to stay on the ball or pass it
🚫 Restriction: Touch limits on the possession team max of 3 touches.
Created On: @ssplanner
@SundayShare10 #SundayShare @JB_SoccerCoach @TheS_Resource @PeterPrickett @Coach_Osku @ben_andreos
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JUST COACH retweeted
A few simple games to help players attack and defend at speed.
React quickly to turnovers
Combine centrally and wide
Recovery runs
Retaining possession and fast counter attacks
From Super Six Volume One
React quickly to turnovers
Combine centrally and wide
Recovery runs
Retaining possession and fast counter attacks
From Super Six Volume One
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My @SundayShare10 this week is a session I did yesterday
Receiving isn’t just catching the ball — it’s deciding your next move 🧠⚽
Yesterday’s session with the academy lads was all about one core principle:
Receive to make the next action.
Every touch was planned before the pen‑body receiving to play a quick pass
✔️ Side‑on receiving to set for a finish
✔️ Reading the space to choose pass / shoot instantly
Too many players just receive the ball — elite players receive with purpose.
Small, sharp technical repetitions, high‑tempo decision‑making, and those little split‑second choices that separate academy standard from the next level.
Great work from every lad — the detail is showing. 💪
#Coaching #Development #Academy #Detail #Passing
Receiving isn’t just catching the ball — it’s deciding your next move 🧠⚽
Yesterday’s session with the academy lads was all about one core principle:
Receive to make the next action.
Every touch was planned before the pen‑body receiving to play a quick pass
✔️ Side‑on receiving to set for a finish
✔️ Reading the space to choose pass / shoot instantly
Too many players just receive the ball — elite players receive with purpose.
Small, sharp technical repetitions, high‑tempo decision‑making, and those little split‑second choices that separate academy standard from the next level.
Great work from every lad — the detail is showing. 💪
#Coaching #Development #Academy #Detail #Passing
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JUST COACH retweeted
Combinations of play with 2 midfielders vs a congested center channel
4v5+2 positional play
@TacticaPad video + notes: 205sports.org/l/nklewxe3r
See 🧵 for activity details
@JustcoachMD @Coach_Osku @TheS_Resource @SessionShareNet @SSPlanner
4v5+2 positional play
@TacticaPad video + notes: 205sports.org/l/nklewxe3r
See 🧵 for activity details
@JustcoachMD @Coach_Osku @TheS_Resource @SessionShareNet @SSPlanner
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JUST COACH retweeted
4v5+2 positional play
The 205 Tactical Workbook contains 20 match scenarios. Each scenario demonstrates a moment in the game and 4 possible solutions. Coaches and players are encouraged to analyze, consider, and respond. The workbook includes video links and enrichment questions.
Click for free access and download: 205sports.org/l/tactical-wor…
@TheS_Resource @UnitedCoaches
The 205 Tactical Workbook contains 20 match scenarios. Each scenario demonstrates a moment in the game and 4 possible solutions. Coaches and players are encouraged to analyze, consider, and respond. The workbook includes video links and enrichment questions.
Click for free access and download: 205sports.org/l/tactical-wor…
@TheS_Resource @UnitedCoaches
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JUST COACH retweeted
Develop midfield combinations of play in a 4-4-2 vs 4-3-3 with this positional play activity
6v3+2 - 8v3
@TacticalPad video + notes: 205sports.org/l/srf1taur
#SundayShare @SundayShare10
See 🧵for activity details
@JustcoachMD @Coach_Osku @TheS_Resource @SessionShareNet @SSPlanner
6v3+2 - 8v3
@TacticalPad video + notes: 205sports.org/l/srf1taur
#SundayShare @SundayShare10
See 🧵for activity details
@JustcoachMD @Coach_Osku @TheS_Resource @SessionShareNet @SSPlanner
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6v3+2
Click here to access our activity library: 205sports.org/l/activity-lib…
Click here to access our activity library: 205sports.org/l/activity-lib…
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2v1 | Pressure is Behind the Attacker
📌 Breaking fast when presented with overloads.
Set-Up:
➡️ 25 by 25 space with a 5-yard shaded zone. Each team has a pair of mini goals to attack. Add a coned gate for each team to use as a start point for the practice.
👕 Teams: Both ing into defending.
How to Play:
➡️ This is a fast-paced game of constant 2 v 1 attacks, the ⚫️’s attack first, followed by 🔴’s. The practice continues like this regardless of who scores.
➡️ The central players ⚫️ and 🔴 (1) stay on the field all of the time. They alternate between being a defender and an attacker. Each time they receive the ball as an attacker, they must play it back to their teammate before going for the goal.
➡️ ⚫️(2) starts the practice with a pass into ⚫️ (1). ⚫️ (1) must pass back to the ⚫️(2) before they can combine 2 v 1 against the defender 🔴(1).
➡️ Goals can be scored by getting into the shaded zone and finishing into a mini-goal. Defending players score by dribbling back to their start point or by passing into one of their mini goals.
➡️ Once an attack is over, roles flip so ⚫️’s now defend and the 🔴’s attack.
🚧 Constraints:
🏆Reward: 1st team to score 10 goals wins the round
👨🏫 Review: Securing possession with back to play and the decision to dribble or pass.
🚫 Restriction: Attackers have 10 touches max to score a goal.
⚽️ Created On: @SSPlanner
@Coach_Osku @205_Academy @BreakthruSoccer @TheS_Resource @JB_SoccerCoach @SessionShareNet
📌 Breaking fast when presented with overloads.
Set-Up:
➡️ 25 by 25 space with a 5-yard shaded zone. Each team has a pair of mini goals to attack. Add a coned gate for each team to use as a start point for the practice.
👕 Teams: Both ing into defending.
How to Play:
➡️ This is a fast-paced game of constant 2 v 1 attacks, the ⚫️’s attack first, followed by 🔴’s. The practice continues like this regardless of who scores.
➡️ The central players ⚫️ and 🔴 (1) stay on the field all of the time. They alternate between being a defender and an attacker. Each time they receive the ball as an attacker, they must play it back to their teammate before going for the goal.
➡️ ⚫️(2) starts the practice with a pass into ⚫️ (1). ⚫️ (1) must pass back to the ⚫️(2) before they can combine 2 v 1 against the defender 🔴(1).
➡️ Goals can be scored by getting into the shaded zone and finishing into a mini-goal. Defending players score by dribbling back to their start point or by passing into one of their mini goals.
➡️ Once an attack is over, roles flip so ⚫️’s now defend and the 🔴’s attack.
🚧 Constraints:
🏆Reward: 1st team to score 10 goals wins the round
👨🏫 Review: Securing possession with back to play and the decision to dribble or pass.
🚫 Restriction: Attackers have 10 touches max to score a goal.
⚽️ Created On: @SSPlanner
@Coach_Osku @205_Academy @BreakthruSoccer @TheS_Resource @JB_SoccerCoach @SessionShareNet
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I'm genuinely super proud of myself for this latest update to The Sporting Resource!
I have no formal training in coding or website development, but I've managed to build a new feature that allows coaches to put together their own training sessions using our existing and free coaching activities.
Until now, you could browse the library and download each activity individually.
Now, you can:
1. Browse our 39 coaching activities.
2. Select up to four activities you like.
3. Arrange them in whatever order suits your session.
4. Press one button to download all four activities together in a single PDF.
It's taken quite a bit of trial and error to get this working, particularly finding a way to combine the PDFs automatically.
A small note: This is a brand-new feature, and it may be easier to use on a desktop or laptop at the moment. I'm still learning and improving things, so there may be a few issues, particularly on mobile devices.
I'm not claiming it's perfect, but I'm pleased to have got it working. As always, everything is completely free.
I'm continuing to build and improve The Sporting Resource alongside my full-time job, and little updates like this make all the time spent working on it worthwhile.
thesportingresource.co.uk/sessions-plans
I have no formal training in coding or website development, but I've managed to build a new feature that allows coaches to put together their own training sessions using our existing and free coaching activities.
Until now, you could browse the library and download each activity individually.
Now, you can:
1. Browse our 39 coaching activities.
2. Select up to four activities you like.
3. Arrange them in whatever order suits your session.
4. Press one button to download all four activities together in a single PDF.
It's taken quite a bit of trial and error to get this working, particularly finding a way to combine the PDFs automatically.
A small note: This is a brand-new feature, and it may be easier to use on a desktop or laptop at the moment. I'm still learning and improving things, so there may be a few issues, particularly on mobile devices.
I'm not claiming it's perfect, but I'm pleased to have got it working. As always, everything is completely free.
I'm continuing to build and improve The Sporting Resource alongside my full-time job, and little updates like this make all the time spent working on it worthwhile.
thesportingresource.co.uk/sessions-plans
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JUST COACH retweeted
How do we make better decisions? By making more decisions!
@brianmccormick discusses getting players on the ball more during the latest episode of How To Build A Football Brain.
@brianmccormick discusses getting players on the ball more during the latest episode of How To Build A Football Brain.
What role does play have in development?
On the latest episode of How To Build A Football Brain @brianmccormick discusses the importance of play, plus many other things!
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JUST COACH retweeted
ADAPT OR GET LEFT BEHIND ⚽️
Gareth Bale dropped a truth that hits every level of the game:
t’s not about abandoning your identity. It’s about being smart enough to recognise that different problems need different solutions.
✅ Play your way against some
✅ Adapt your structure hen to be brave… and know when to be resilient
At any level — from U9s to Step 3 — the most dangerous team isn’t the one with just ONE way of playing. It’s the one that has MULTIPLE ways to win.
Your style is your foundation. Adaptability is your superpower 💪
#Coaching #Development #Academy #Adaption #Formation
Gareth Bale dropped a truth that hits every level of the game:
t’s not about abandoning your identity. It’s about being smart enough to recognise that different problems need different solutions.
✅ Play your way against some
✅ Adapt your structure hen to be brave… and know when to be resilient
At any level — from U9s to Step 3 — the most dangerous team isn’t the one with just ONE way of playing. It’s the one that has MULTIPLE ways to win.
Your style is your foundation. Adaptability is your superpower 💪
#Coaching #Development #Academy #Adaption #Formation
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