Training Analysis

This session will aim to create opportunities for players to work on attacking transition principles. We will encourage them to...

Having players quickly react to a loss of possession is an issue that can plight even teams at the highest...

When we coach forwards, and in particular when we coach finishing, we often focus on the strike's execution itself. Whilst...

This tactical analysis presents a set of practices designed to enhance a team's ability to defend effectively in wide areas....

This tactical training analysis will reveal how to coach a counter-attacking philosophy in a training session. It will also include...

In the modern game, so many teams play with a midfield three. While working with a team for a season,...

Coaching philosophies in football set teams apart, adding complexity to the game and ultimately making it more intriguing. Every single...

Below, we examine six patterns of play that can be utilised in the 3-4-3 formation and similar formations, including 3-4-1-2, 3-4-2-1, and 3-5-2. Four patterns of...

Below, we look at 6 patterns of play you can use in the 4-2-3-1 formation. We will use tactical analysis...

Tercera Federación is a hub of talent in Spain. This is not only true of talent but also of the tactics...

One can debate many strategies in football. But there is one thing no football coach will ever doubt: the importance...

Earlier this month in the April edition of the Total Football Analysis Magazine, we ran a tactical theory piece on...

This tactical analysis highlights some practices that would allow your team to understand how to counter-attack quickly through a low block. In previous...

This article represents the fourth instalment in a six-part series on coaching team defending. This is looking at group tactics,...

This article represents the third installment in a six-part series on coaching team defending. This is looking at group tactics,...

This article represents the second in a six-part series on coaching team defending. This is looking at group tactics, rather...

This article represents the first of a six-part series on coaching team defending. This focuses on group tactics rather than the individual,...

One of Pep Guardiola’s main attacking concepts at Manchester City but also at his former clubs Bayern Munich and Barcelona is...

In this football training video, we will go through a coaching session on how to use the “Up-Back-Through” (U-B-T) combination...

With the UEFA Champions League finals in the books, most professional teams are either returning to play or in their...