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Unlocking the Game: Mastering Transition in Soccer
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If you’re a soccer coach looking to elevate your team’s performance, mastering transitions is essential. Join us for this in-depth webinar and gain the tools to dominate the most decisive moments in the game. Whether your focus is on youth development or elite competition, this session will equip you with the strategies top coaches use to ensure their teams are always one step ahead.
Why This Webinar is a Must for Soccer Coaches:
• Master the Moments that Win Games: Transition phases—those rapid shifts between attack and defence—are where games are won and lost. This webinar will show you how to train your team to excel in these critical moments.
• Expert Guidance from Proven Coaches: Learn directly from tactical experts who have experience coaching at the highest levels. Their insights will give you the blueprint to implement world-class strategies at any level.
• Actionable Takeaways: This isn't just theory. You’ll get practical drills and exercises that will help your team react faster, make smarter decisions, and exploit opportunities in transition— turning defence into attack like a pro.
• Real-World Examples: We’ll break down how teams like Manchester City, Liverpool, and Barcelona dominate transitional moments and how you can apply these lessons to your own coaching.
Key Takeaways:
• Transition Tactics: Seamless strategies for switching from defence to attack—and vice versa.
• Counter-Attack Mastery: Learn the most effective ways to set up and execute fast, lethal counter-attacks.
• Team Organisation: Train your players to stay compact and organised after losing possession.
• Performance-Boosting Drills: Specific exercises to sharpen your team’s reaction time and positional awareness during transitions.
This webinar is your chance to enhance your coaching toolkit with cutting-edge knowledge on transitions—giving you the ability to reshape games, just like the best in the business. Don’t miss it!
Date: Friday 27th September
Time: 7pm GMT / 2PM EST
Hosted by Alan Irvine - Alan is a highly experienced soccer coach with a rich history in both management and academy development. After starting his coaching career as the academy director at Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United, Irvine moved into management. He led Preston North End to a Championship play-off spot and earned Manager of the Month honours twice, also managing Sheffield Wednesday and West Bromwich Albion. Irvine later returned to Everton as academy manager before joining West Ham United, where he worked closely with David Moyes, eventually transitioning to a technical advisory role in 2021.
Soccer Fitness
eLearning
This module will explore the importance of fitness in soccer, including the impact it can have on a player’s performance. This will be followed by the different types of fitness that a player will need to consider, the benefits of each one and how these can be applied in your training.
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Coaches Team Analysis
eLearning
Want to improve your team? Look no further! This module is designed to give you all the methods needed to analyze your team and use that knowledge to help them perform at their best. This includes exploring formations, phases and players.
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Nutrition
eLearning
This module provides guidance and support to maintain a nutritional program tailored to the player’s performance needs. This will empower you to optimize your performance before, during, and after training and matches.
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Sports Science
eLearning
An introduction module into the basics of sports science, which includes the key concepts and terms used in this field and how it is applied to the world of soccer. The module will also explore the key roles ATP, metabolism, and the energy systems that play both day-to-day and during physical exercises.
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Recovery
eLearning
In this module, we’ll explore the importance of recovery and the many ways this can be done. We’ll even show you how to tailor this to your needs and schedule, even when you’re on the road.
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Testing in Soccer
eLearning
This module explores the importance of testing in soccer, from how to set up a test and how to conduct it at the best time, to tips and tricks and obtaining optimal results from each of these. At the end, we will show you some examples of how findings can be displayed and shared with others.
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Long-Term Athlete Development
eLearning
If a child has their heart set on becoming a soccer player one day, you need to make sure you’re giving them the right training and tools to help them get there. In this module, we’ve taken the renowned LTAD model and explored each stage in detail, including its key components, ideal training, and performance goals.
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