Attack
The articles in this section aim to help you coach your attacking players to make the most of the opportunities that come their way during a game. We look at ways to create chances for your attackers, games that will sharpen their reactions in front of goal, and tips on how to coach your attackers to be goal-machines.
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War!
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A very popular game for children (and fun-minded adults) that emphasises beating the player. Some of them will want to play this one all day!
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How to score more goals
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To enhance your team's chances of hitting the back of the net, get them to have more shots and be more accurate.
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Get Your Strikers Hassling Defenders
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Basic tasks and communication are essential in team games. Make sure your players know theirs.
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How Passing Back Creates Space For Attackers
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Sometimes you need to get your players to pass back so they can advance forward. In the first of a two-part guide to passing back we look at how to pass into a target man.
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Score More Goals From Corners
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Now that we have successfully defended the corner, got the ball up to the other end of the pitch and won our own corner, Tony Carr of the West Ham United FC Academy shows us how to set up a team to attack a corner to maximise the scoring opportunity.
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Get Your Strikers to Explode Into the Box
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If you can get your strikers to lose their markers and explode onto passes they will be able to put more power into their shots and cause chaos in the opposition defence.
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Crossing and Finishing. Play to Your Strengths
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When you are preparing for matches make sure you practice crossing and finishing during training so that the crossers of the ball are playing to your strengths not your weaknesses.
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Talk Your Team Through an Attacking Session
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There's nothing better at a training session than to get your players talking to you about how they feel. Talking at training helps the players feel part of the team. Then launch an attack on your defenders.
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Five Ways to Devastate a Defence
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Two-man attacking moves can be used to devastating effect to prise open tight defences, writes Tony Rock, a Fulham FC Football in the Community coach.
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How Strikers Can Stretch the Opposition
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If your striker retreats too far back when your team has the ball he is in the wrong position and makes it harder for his team to turn defence into attack and easier for his opponents to mark him, says David Clarke.
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How Short Corners Create Goals
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Having problems with corners? Try taking them short, it’s an easy way to goal, says David Clarke.
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Cross the Ball Early When Attacking a Flat Back Four
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You often find with young soccer teams that the defenders are drawn forward when they are on the attack, leaving space behind them for your team to exploit. An early cross is the best way to do it, says David Clarke.
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Attack! Attack! Attack!
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Whatever age group you are coaching - at 7-a-side or 11-a-side - breaking away with a three-man move will always cause havoc in the opposition defence. It’s a quick, skilful way to goal, says David Clarke.
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The Secret to Beating Defenders
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Quick footed attackers look great when they run at defenders and leave them tackling thin air. You can teach your players how to do this and give them the confidence to go on match winning runs, says David Clarke.