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Champions League Final 2016
Real Madrid was the winner of the 2016 Champions League Final against their city rivals Atletico Madrid.Unlike the 2014 final, Real won...

Raffaele Tomarchio
Jun 15, 20161 min read
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Functional Session:Back 4 dealing with pressured and non-pressured ball
This is a functional session to train the back 4 in recognizing when the cues of pressured or non pressured ball, and how to move...

Raffaele Tomarchio
May 17, 20161 min read
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Functional Play: Teach your back 4 when to Drop,Hold or Step up
This functional session deals with training the back 4 in recognizing when to hold, step up or drop as a unit based on whether the ball...

Raffaele Tomarchio
May 17, 20161 min read
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Apr 23, 20160 min read
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Apr 23, 20160 min read
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Training the back 3: Session 2 Tactical session zonal defending principles
In the previous session we introduced basic zonal defending concepts and the movements of 3 players. In this session, we train the back...

Raffaele Tomarchio
Apr 19, 20161 min read
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Training the back 3: Intro Session zonal defending principles
As I mentioned in my previous article, unlike training the back four, where players are taught as one independent defensive unit, in...

Raffaele Tomarchio
Apr 10, 20161 min read
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Horst Wein
On Sunday February 14th 2016, Horst Wein, one of the most formative coaches in the history of the game, passed away. The first time I...

Raffaele Tomarchio
Mar 22, 20165 min read
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Juventus-Napoli
Juventus-Napoli was the big match of the year in the Italian Serie A league. Juventus, unbeaten for the last 14 consecutive games, was in...

Raffaele Tomarchio
Mar 11, 20162 min read
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The Importance of Motor Skill Development
Much has been said in many quarters about player development and in particular about the technical ability of Canadian and American...

Raffaele Tomarchio
Mar 3, 20164 min read
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Combination Play: The Wall Pass
The wall pass is a two player combination play and one of most effective ways to penetrate organized defences.What makes it so effective,...

Raffaele Tomarchio
Mar 3, 20163 min read
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Juventus:Attacking centrally with the 3-5-2
The Serie A Champions Juventus, played Genoa on the week-end, going for their 13th consecutive league win. With ten new players in the...

Raffaele Tomarchio
Feb 10, 20162 min read
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