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Soccer Advice

Alongside executing the best drills and tactics, coaches need to be on top of different approaches to coaching and changes within the game. To be able to adapt to these issues and prepare your players in new and creative ways will provide you with the winning formula and the upper hand against your opponent.

Use the advice section on Cupello to get the latest insight into issues surrounding soccer coaching and tips for you to adjust to the constant changes within the game. Understand, for example, why small-sided games are important and how to approach coaching in a post-lockdown climate. 

Read these pieces and ensure that your coaching is fresh and current!

Soccer Coaching Tips

The level of coach can be noticed by the manner in which they inspire the players. Rinus Michels

I always try to reflect upon the recent training sessions and link all my key messages for matchday back to training

Think about how a player's development could be enhanced playing different positions.

Leaders must look after themselves
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The Importance of Self Care When in a Leaders...

Its important that as leaders there is awareness to look after your own energy l...

Player positions key coaching points
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Player Position Guide

This guide helps you to understand the different positions in a game of soccer w...

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How to shoot to keep the ball under control
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Shooting the Ball Under Control and On-Target

Develop your players' shooting technique with this activity and advice on how to...

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Coaching technique
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Why Technical Instruction Has To Be Individua...

Coaching technical instruction to soccer players needs the coach to work on indi...

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Watching players at training
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7v7to 9v9: Reflections and Evaluation

As part of your 7v7 to 9v9 season you should reflect and evaluate what has been ...

Working on drills at training
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From the touchline: Clever Training Pays Off

I use position, possession, pressing games at training and they are paying off w...

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Girls warming up
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From The Touchline: Teams in Action

A great weekend for my boys and girls teams – the weather was minus 2°C but ...

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Getting in the right players
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From The Touchline: Building A Squad

I've built my U13s girls team from scratch this year, we've started at the botto...

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Players on the touchline
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From The Touchline: Coping With Coaching

I've found problems with both my girls and boys teams this week with injuries, C...

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Rain can cause problems in games
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From the Touchline: Half time...

The weekend games were all about learning from mistakes by both myself as a coac...

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Coach at a match
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From the Touchline: Match Day Coaching

When you are coaching at a match it is often just a question of reassurance for ...

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Tactics for moving to 9v9
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Transition from 7v7 to 9v9: preparation

This is the basis of a season long training programme for moving from 7v7 to 9v9...

Working with your players
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Transition from 7v7 to 9v9: Session planning

This is the basis of a season long training programme for moving from 7v7 to 9v9...

Heading guidelines
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Changes to Heading Advice for Youth Players

Updated advice from the English FA will provide grassroots clubs, coaches and pl...

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Importance of playing the role of CDM
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The Role of a Central Defensive Midfielder

Looking at the importance of playing the role of a CDM and the key skills and th...

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Looking at rule comparisons between age groups and nations
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Formats for age groups UK and USA

Comparing rule changes between different age groups in the UK and US.

Youth Futsal players
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Andy Maciel Working with Cupello

Andy will be taking a U11 team through pre-season and the transition from 7v7 to...

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Small sided games
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Why small-sided games work for your team

Small-sided games provide you with the ultimate opportunity to work on your play...

Lockdown Soccer Ball in Medical Mask
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Soccer After Lockdown

It’s April 2021 and football is finally back (again), however many leagues hav...

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