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Session programme

Session programme: pressing and tackling to win the ball

The FA’s Stacey Miles and Matt Jones provide a six-week football session programme to help 7-11s develop their pressing and tackling skills to win the ball.

This six-week programme aims to help your players:

  • develop their confidence to tackle
  • win the ball back effectively
  • decide when and how to press
  • press high up the pitch as a team to break to score.

If you're short on time, this structured training programme can be used as is. But to make it more effective, adapt it to suit your players and the space you have.

 

If you like this idea, download the whole programme and give it a go. And don't forget to share your experience on the England Football Community. We'd love to know how you got on.

Tactics board: week one

Looking for more detail? Check out Matt's tactics board video. You can also get more information about the first week of the programme here.

Tactics board: week two

Looking for more detail? Check out Stacey's tactics board video. You can also get more information about the second week of the programme here.

Tactics board: week three

Looking for more detail? Check out Matt's tactics board video.You can also get more information about the third week of the programme here.

Tactics board: week four

Looking for more detail? Check out Stacey's tactics board video.

Tactics board: week five

Looking for more detail? Check out Matt's tactics board video.