NWSF DNA training programs
These are free training programs coaches can utilise to develop the NWSF DNA in their environment. Click the links to download the program as a PDF.
Practices
- Environment
- Athletic
- Relentless
- Resilient
- Skilful
- Matchday
- Training
- 1v1 knockout
- 1v1 through gates
- 2v1 waves
- 2v2 waves
- Attack vs defence
- CHANGE IT
- Creating competition in training
- Desperation defending!
- Directional defending rondo
- End to end possession
- Endzone game
- Fast finishing
- Feed to finish
- Freeze-replay
- Fun finish game
- Glue dribbling
- Half in half out
- Keep your ball
- Knock it off
- Large sided game
- Line game
- Medium sized game
- Midfield rondo
- On the ball skills
- Pass and move
- Pass through the thirds
- Penalty box game
- Physical literacy games
- Possession game
- Raceway to score
- Rondo
- Run through
- Running with the ball game
- Session design
- Shooting in pairs
- Simple start game
- Small sided game
- Stuck in the mud
- Smart
- Tribal
- Game
- Core Actions
- Attacking penalty box behaviours
- Close the ball/player/space
- Defending penalty box behaviours
- Get free by getting into a line of pass where you can receive facing forward
- Get level and either side (off the shoulder) of the defender
- If you cannot get behind the defender, get deeper
- Keep the ball central to your body and face the defender
- Knock out lines of pass and support the first defender
- Move the ball with a good first touch out of tackling range
- Press if we can win the ball within 4 seconds when the opposition:
- Pressing cues
- Receive with the inside of the foot as the dominant habit
- See ball, see attacker(s)
- See player, see ball, see goal
- Stay balanced and keep your shape, where appropriate
- Stop or delay forward progress (shot/assist/forward passes – in that order)
- Try and get beyond/behind the defender
- When under pressure and without options, run with the ball to space or to a teammate
- Cues and behaviours
- Key words / principles
- Team tasks
- Zone system
- Core Actions
- People
- Environment
- Close the ball/player/space (second defender)
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