Player Skills Guide
The players we have all enjoyed watching over the years have had a number of tricks up their sleeves. Louis Lancaster has given us his tips on how to perform each of these famous pieces of skill. Cryuff Turn Johan Cryuff is regarded as one of footballs greatest...
Premier League Transfer Guide Part II
Priority Positions Your Side MUST Address this Summer Last week, Discount Football Kits ran through the English Premier League clubs A-N, assessing their biggest needs in the transfer window and checking in on secondary concerns. This week we'll complete the set, and...
Off-season Individual Training ‘Running With the Ball’
The football equipment used in these training exercises includes Football cones and Slalom poles available from www.discountfootballkits.com The images below are exercises to keep you in shape, and improve your ball control and dribbling during pre season. UEFA...
Premier League Transfer Guide Part 1
Priority Positions Your Side MUST Address This Summer "Silly season" is now underway and your Premier League club is perusing the market, trying to find value-for-money buys. Here at Discount Football Kits, we'll run through every club's No. 1 priority this...
Champions League Prediction
Prediction Louis Lancasters Champions League Prediction is: Bayern 2-0 Dortmund 4 Reasons 1. Bayern will ease themselves into the game. Dropping off out of possession and keeping ball in possession, unless they are presented with an obvious opportunity. This will...
Team Focus: Jürgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund
Jürgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund have lit up the UEFA Champions League this season and rightly claim their place in the Wembley final. They're a likable outfit—financially well-run, historically great and more than pleasing on the eye—and that's lead to a number of...
Speed and Agility Ladder Drills
Blow are some variations for training drills that can be used with speed/ agility ladders. You are able to use 2m agility ladders, 4m agility ladders, or 8m agility ladders. Rules: -Pass in one direction and move in another through a ladder. -Remember technique is...
Ambassadors In Sport
Ambassadors in Sport (AIS) harnesses the power of football to reach out to the vast numbers of broken people – including the marginalised, vulnerable and homeless – who can be difficult to reach through conventional means. Without active support from people they...
Team Focus: Walter Mazzarri’s Napoli
Walter Mazzarri's Napoli have been one of the premier tactical phenomenons in world football over the past several years, with the 2012-13 season in particular grabbing all the right headlines. They're fast, they're incisive, they boast world-class attacking stars and...
Dribbling In 1v1 Situations
This session is deigned to help players improve their dribbling in 1v1 situations. Equipment; footballs, football bibs, football cones, football goals 1. Rules: -Red plays to yellow. -Yellow drives forward to the line, performs a quick turn and tries to score...
Defending When Out of Balance
Note: 'Defending when out of balance' refers to times when your team may be 'unbalanced', such as your full back is out of position after attacking, or you are hit on the counter when pressing for a last minute goal. Game 1. Rules: -Whites defend the big goal and try...
Awareness ‘Knowledge or perception of a situation’
1. Rules: -Whites and reds play across the pitch (mark with football bibs). -Black and yellow play up and down the pitch. -Play for 5 mins and then change opposition. Conditions: Game 1 – Normal Game 2 – Silence, free kick if sound is made (no clapping) Game 3 – Hit...
Advantages & Disadvantages of Zonal Marking
The 6 Yard Line If the delivery is in swinging, like this one, then the defenders may choose to go one yard inside the six yard box in order to come out and attack the ball. If the delivery is out swinging then they generally start on the six yard line. 3 Bases As you...
How Messi Runs With The Ball
1) Messi drives towards a defender, fixing him to his position. While travelling he has heavier touches to maximise speed and eliminate recovering defenders. Messi drives at the defender at full speed, this allows him to go inside our outside. Ideally he would like...
Shooting Training Session
1. Structure: -44yrds wide by 36yards long -4v2 or 5v3 in each half Rules: -4 players move the ball and try to score in the opposition goal. -Players must stay in their own half. -The two team mates in the opposition half can be used as target men, and score rebounds....
Adidas Competition Now Finished!
Our latest competition, which allowed you to win the chance to play at an Adidas Premiership or Championship football stadium has now finished. Thank you for all your entries! We will be revealing the winners soon... and what stadium they have won the chance to play...
Learn The Ronaldo Free Kick
1) Ensure your standing foot close to and inline with the football. 2) Hit the ball with clean contact with the instep (the bone from toe to top of the foot). 3) After contact swivel the striking foot to point towards the goal. 4) Bring the...
Part 1: Receiving The Ball On The Move
1. Structure: Make a circle as big or small as you want depending on the range of passing you are looking for. Use football bibs to identify the 3 teams. Rules: -Players work only in their colours. -The outside players pass the ball to the team mate inside the...
DFK’s Top 5 Current Managers – Part 1
5) Arsene Wenger (Longevity): Arsene ‘knows’? Arsene Out? That’s a daily debate around north London these days, but for the impartial observer, Wenger’s achievements should not be underestimated. True- he’s possibly the only manager on the planet that could withstand...
Sir Alex Ferguson (The Greatest) – Part 2
We’ve looked at the maverick genius of Bielsa and we’ve explored the ice-cool nature of Ancelotti. We’ve addressed the up-coming potential of Klopp, we’ve introduced the often under-rated Lucescu and we’ve trembled at the authoritarian Van Gaal. We’ve applauded the...
Welcome to 2013! How did you celebrate the turn of the year?
Here’s how we think things may have panned out… 1. We suspect a drink or two may have been involved somewhere (perhaps even mid-celebration too). 2. We bet that you looked good on the dance floor though, dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984 (just like...
10 Top Football Managers
Join us on Facebook for more football talk, photos and videos. Or follow us on twitter for the latest updates and to talk some more. But if images are what you’re after then check us out on Pinterest, ‘cos we’re on there too. How do you measure success in terms of...
Top 5 attributes for leadership
In order to succeed on and off the pitch, every team requires a small group of leaders who are prepared to take responsibility for the entire group, help unite the dressing factions and maximize the potential of the different personalities and characters within the...
Football Formation For Success: Attack vs. Defence
Football tactics are discussed on a near daily basis on TV, in pubs, long-car journeys and on the touchlines of practically every Sunday league side up and down the country. And yet every tactical debate essentially comes down to one thing- whether to play positively,...
Discount Football Kits’ Dream Team
So, we’ve put together our Discount Football Kits' dream 11. But this is not an average fantasy football team. Cobbling together the best combination of players from Barcelona and Real Madrid? That would be too easy! Instead, this a line-up of current players that...
Top 10 Winning Traits
Join us on Facebook for more football talk, photos and videos. Or follow us on twitter for the latest updates and to talk some more. But if images are what you’re after then check us out on Pinterest, ‘cos we’re on there too. Are you a winner? Unless you have...
5 Ways to Think like a Winner
The margins between success and failure are extremely fine, so it’s vital to find any significant advantage during the defining moments of a match. Talent and fitness will always go a long way towards deciding a player’s long-term progress, but an ability to handle...
5 Top Tips to Dribble Like Messi
Stop drooling. If you really want to dribble like Lionel Messi, it’s not an art you’re going to be able to pick up overnight. Not unless you happen to be football’s next boy wonder (thought not)…Then again, there’s certainly no harm in taking lessons from one of the...
Colour me successful: Does the colour you’re wearing determine your success?
“Blue is the colour...” or so the song famously claimed. But is it? Or is it red? Colour effects of Football Kits What exactly are the ramifications of different kit colours for those on the field of play? Just what are the psychological effects on the...
Watch the footy in peace: 5 ways to distract the wife
Don’t feel guilty - we know you all love your wives. But now and again every man needs 90 minutes completely undisturbed to watch the match (and perhaps a pint at half time). Easier said then done? Then you need our five ways to distract your missus so you can...