For volunteer grassroots coaches · U5 to U11

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Straight from work to the pitch. Open Goalside, pick your age group and week, and you have a full 60-minute session: easy to read, quick to set up, and only cones, bibs and balls. Designed by UEFA-qualified coaches.

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Block 1 of every age group is free: 42 sessions, no card needed.

U7 · Dribble to score block · Week 1 of 6

Pace and feint

  • Change pace Slow down, then burst past the defender.
  • Show it Show the ball one way, then go the other.
  • Look to score Look up and shoot when you see the goal.

Kit: 8 cones, 6 balls, bibs. Nothing else.

U7 · Dribble to score block · Week 1 of 6

Six stages. 60 minutes.

  1. Arrive 8 min
  2. Change pace 10 min
  3. Beat count 8 min
  4. 1v1 to goal 8 min
  5. 2v1 attack 8 min
  6. Pace match 14 min

The last few minutes are for changeovers and water. Every stage has its own diagram.

  • 252sessions
  • 7age groups
  • 42six-week blocks
  • 60minutes each

Choose your age group

Each age group has six blocks of six weeks. Each block builds one idea, then moves on.

U5Small groupsEvery player has a ball. Free play, no teams.36 sessions · 6 freeU6Small groupsDribbling, passing to a partner and shooting.36 sessions · 6 freeU73v3Dribbling, passing, winning the ball back.36 sessions · 6 freeU85v5Passing, being an option, 1v1 defending.36 sessions · 6 freeU95v5Passing and moving, making space, cover.36 sessions · 6 freeU107v7Passing quality, support, team defending.36 sessions · 6 freeU117v7Receiving and turning, transitions, positions.36 sessions · 6 free

Made for the touchline

Open it and go

Pick the age group and the week. The whole session is on one page: no planning, no printing, nothing to prepare.

Easy to read

Large, plain text for a phone at the side of the pitch, a diagram for every game, and a strip to jump to any stage.

Three things to say

Every session has exactly three coaching points. You can remember them without the sheet, and the players can take them in.

Cones, bibs, balls

Nothing else, apart from goals. A short kit list tells you what to put out, and the sessions need no other equipment.

Wrong number of players?

Each session has a table for different numbers of players: how to split them and who plays.

No signal at the pitch

Save a block before you leave home. It opens with no connection.

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  • Block 1 of every age group: 42 sessions
  • Full diagrams, kit lists and coaching points
  • No account needed to open them

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