HIGH PRIORITY: The importance of possession: DO NOT GIVE THE BALL AWAY!!!
Development of individual skill.
All practices must challenge the player in competition.

Understanding of combination play:

Support
Takeovers
Wall pass
Individual and small group defending.
One session in three devoted to 1v1's, 2v2's, 3v3's.

Develop an understanding of:

Delay
Tracking back
Depth
Balance
LOWER EMPHASIS Functional play, Team play, Set Plays.

All activities should be challenging, motivating and involve TRANSITION!!!

U-16 TRAINING PRIORITIES
U-15 and U-16: DEVELOPMENT OF GROUP SKILL / TACTICS.

HIGH PRIORITY: Development of individual skill should be covered in the warm-up.
Understanding of combination play:

Support
Takeovers
Wall pass
Third man running
Overlap
DO NOT GIVE THE BALL AWAY!!!

One session in three devoted to 3v3's, 4v4's, 5v5's.

Develop an understanding of:

Depth -- role of strong side defenders.
Balance -- role of weak side defenders
Compactness
Communication -- who, what, when.
LOWER EMPHASIS: Functional play, team play, set plays.

All activities should be challenging, motivating, and involve TRANSITION!!!

U-17 TRAINING PRIORITIES.
U-17: DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIONAL PLAY.

Individual and group skill should be covered in the warm-up.

Functional Play:

Attacking roles and responsibilities

a) b) Defending roles and responsibilities. One in three practices devoted to defending principles of play.

Match - related practice: offense vs. defense.

Crossing: Develop a complete understanding of:

Crossing angle.
Overlaps.
near and far post runs.

Set Plays: Develop a complete understanding of:

Attacking and defending responsibilities at corner kicks and all other restarts.
The importance of possession from throw-ins in defensive and midfield third of field versus possession and creativity in the final third
All activities should be challenging, motivating, and involve TRANSITION!!!

U-18 TRAINING PRIORITIES

U-18 DEVELOPMENT OF TEAM PLAY.

Individual and group skill should be covered in the warm - up.
Functional play. Training players for specific positions and roles.

Team Play:

Match - related practice ; offense vs. defense
Match conditioned. One in three practices devoted to the defensive aspects of the game.
Players should have a complete understanding of the principles of team play.