Session Planning

 

The initial idea for Top Tier Soccer came about when we were looking for resources to help plan our training sessions. We wanted to create a platform where coaches can find functional training activities that actually focus on a specific task. Too often we found random training drills online that offer no real functional benefit to the players. We wanted to provide activities and sessions that focused on a specific topic and each aspect developed on the previous activity.

 

We also wanted to try and emphasize the planning aspect of training sessions. Too many coaches go into their training sessions with either no plan or a very vague one. We want to help create a new breed of coaches who think logically about their sessions. We want coaches to begin asking questions like, “Why are we doing this activity?” or “Is this activity helping the players to improve on the agreed upon topic?”. If we do a passing combination, is it realistic based on the formation that the team will play in a game? If we do a finishing drill, are the players actually going to be in a similar situation on the pitch?

 

Let’s start to become the best coaches that we can be!