Fundamentals of Session Design - Player Development Project

PDP Co-founders Dave Wright and James Vaughan joined PDP Technical Advisor, Dan Wright for a discussion on a range of topics which can enhance your approach to session design.

We walked through a presentation covering topics around representative design, the coaching spectrum and more.

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Dan Wright Dan Wright holds the UEFA A license and FA Advanced Youth Award. He is currently working as an Academy Coach in England.

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Understanding The FA Four Corner Model

The FA’s Four Corner Model can be a useful tool for coaches. But to use it effectively, we need to understand both its purpose and its limitations, and learn how to apply it in a way that supports our coaching without governing our approach. All coaches need guidance on how best to support their players, and the Four Corner Model can provide an excellent framework for session design and player development, provided we use it correctly. In this article What is The FA Four Corner…

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Position Specific Coaching

In this article PDP Coaching Advisor, James Coutts discusses the value of ‘unit coaching’ or ‘position specific coaching’ and how you can incorporate this specific coaching model into your sessions. What is unit training? When discussing unit training we are considering a unit that’s position specific within the team, for example ‘defenders’ can be a unit, ‘wingers’ can be a unit and so on. Depending on what shape you play could have an impact, it could mean you’re working with a ‘back 3’ as your…

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PDP Co-founders Dave Wright and James Vaughan joined PDP Technical Advisor, Dan Wright for a discussion on a range of topics which can enhance your approach to session design.

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