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07/09/2026

The picture never stays the same.

Different defender. Different space. Different pressure.

The objective stays clear. Read what’s in front of you, adapt, and find the solution.

That’s what we want from 1v1 work.

Develop the player. Not the pattern.

03/09/2026

A simple 2v1 game built around one thing: decision making.

The defender changes the picture. The attacker has to read it, decide, and find the solution.

With this week’s theme focused on disguising passes, this is a perfect way to train players to sell one option while creating another.

Pass or drive?

Develop the player. Not the pattern.

Football doesn’t give you the answer.It gives you a picture, pressure, and a second to decide.The goal isn’t to memorize...
02/09/2026

Football doesn’t give you the answer.

It gives you a picture, pressure, and a second to decide.

The goal isn’t to memorize the “right” option. It’s to recognize the information early enough to choose one.

A, B or C?
More importantly, what did you see?

Develop the player. Not the pattern.

01/09/2026

Give them the ball.
Give them problems.
Give them games.
Make them want to come back tomorrow.

Most finishing sessions teach the shot.This one teaches the moment before it.Zone 2 gives you time to read the picture.Z...
30/08/2026

Most finishing sessions teach the shot.

This one teaches the moment before it.

Zone 2 gives you time to read the picture.
Zone 1 takes that time away.

Same objective: score.
But the picture keeps changing.

Drive or adjust.
Combine or continue.
Attack one header. Adjust for the next.
Then react to a one-touch finish you didn’t know was coming.

We don’t want players memorizing solutions.

We want them recognizing the problem in front of them and choosing the right one.

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29/08/2026

aerial week for our home school group 📈

For a full week we focused on dealing with the ball in the air.

First touch. Control. Volleys. Headers. Competing for aerial balls.

this was not part of our curriculum, for this term, but the players requested so we decided to adjust and give them a little bit of what they felt they needed

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Touches matter. But what the player has to see, decide, adjust to, and solve matters more.Build the technique. Then chan...
29/08/2026

Touches matter. But what the player has to see, decide, adjust to, and solve matters more.

Build the technique. Then change the picture.

Thank You For The Memories Brooke Aniston Howard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿You were an ANIMAL all summer!Loved having you train with us and...
28/08/2026

Thank You For The Memories Brooke Aniston Howard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

You were an ANIMAL all summer!

Loved having you train with us and put in work at EXOS before heading back to England for the season with Everton U21s.

Go have a season, Brooke. 💙

27/08/2026

Week Theme: Weight, Range Disguise 📈

A big part of our methodology is putting players in similar situations while constantly changing the picture around them.

We want players to see the same football problem in different ways, so they learn to find solutions instead of memorizing one answer.

We also balance the amount of pressure throughout the week. Some days are high pressure, with less time and space. Other days are lower pressure, giving players more freedom to build confidence, clean up ex*****on, and repeat actions successfully.

The goal is to gradually connect the two.

27/08/2026

Nobody sees this part.

They see the session. The drills. The players working.

They don’t see the time spent building the environment before anyone arrives.

Where the goals go.
Where the pressure comes from.
How much space the players have.
What every piece of equipment is there to create.

The setup is part of the coaching.

A big part of what allows us to build these sessions is having the right tools and the right space.

Training equipment: Soccer | Training | Equipment
Home base: Exos Sports Plano

Build the environment. Then let the players solve it.

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