Virtual Fútbol Academy:

Masterclasses for Coaches

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Masterclasses are available 5 days a week, one class per day.

Each day of the week will focus on a different topic as follows:

Learn how to developing players' ability to make accurate short and long passes and receive the ball under pressure.
Learn drills to improve first touch, ball mastery, and ball control in tight spaces.
Learn exercises to enhance dribbling skills, using feints and changes of direction to beat defenders.
Learn how to improve shooting technique with both feet, practice volleys, shots from distance, and finishing from different angles.

Teach the concept of maintaining shape, spacing, and passing triangles to create overloads and exploit space.
Practice starting attacks from the goalkeeper or defenders with patience, moving the ball forward through the lines.
Focus on creating goal-scoring opportunities through combination play, overlaps, and through balls.
Teach your players how to make a quick transition from defense to attack, to exploit the opponent’s unorganized defense.

Learn drills that focus on when and how to press opponents. Teach your players the difference between high, mid, and low blocks.
Teach your team to maintain a compact shape, reducing the space between lines to limit the opponent's ability to play through.
Teach your players to handle isolated situations where they learn to position their body, close down space, and tackle or intercept.
Learn drills on zonal defending so players learn how to cover for teammates, shifting as a collective based on the ball's position.

Learn how to coach rondos and keep-away games that develop quick decision-making, ball control, and spatial awareness.
Create different games to simulate real-game situations. Help players hone specific skills such as: how to play with numbers up or down, scoring with headers or one-touch finishes, spatial awareness, gametransitions, and more.
Train your team on how to transition through scenarios where they win possession or lose the ball. Work on quick transitions between defense and attack.
Use small-sided games (3v3, 5v5) to test quick decisions, constant ball movement, or add constraints (like limited touches or must-pass rules) to enhance player learning.

Learn how to set up a session to teach a particular skill. (For example: Develop positional play in the attacking third. Set up a session focusing on players maintaining shape and moving into dangerous spaces.)
Learn small-sided games or rondos that can introduce new concepts to your players.
Learn to develop a game-based drill focusing on a specific objective (for example, 5v5+3, in which the team in possession tries to score by breaking through pressure zones).
Modify a full-sided game to reinforce an objective to your team, by awarding points for successful attacks through vast areas.
End every meeting with a group discussion on the objective and individual feedback on how well players executed the plan.