UEFA Pro Licence
Louis has gained the top level coaching badges including:
UEFA Pro Licence, English FA, 2016
Professional Coaches Award 2014
Elite Coaching License 2013
UEFA A License (English FA 2010)
Over 20 Years Experience
Louis has extensive experience at the club level, he has worked at multiple clubs in China League 1, Watford FC, Brentford & Arsenal Ladies to name a few.
Over 100 Training Sessions
Football Tennis
Louis Lancaster teaches us how football tennis can be used in a training session. You can purchase football tennis sets here; https://www.discountfootballkits.com/Soccer-Tennis-Sets Benefits of football tennis: -Technique -Team work -Group cohesion -Low intensity...
Ball Warm Ups
Structure: -Set up the area as above. -Players on the outside, some with a ball, some without. -2 Yellows on the inside. -1 Blue on the inside Rules: -The idea is for players to travel across the square lending the ball to a free white player. They can do it 3 ways:...
Attacking centrally
Structure: -Set up the area as above. -Keep it narrow, as any wider would mean adding wide players. The aim is to attack central. -Whites have 2 CM’s and 1 FW. -Blues have 1 CB and 1CM Rules: -The whites try and get the ball to the FW. -The blue player in the middle...
Football Circuit Training Drill
List of football equipment needed includes speed ladders, football cones, footballs, slalom poles, football hurdles and football goals. Process 1.Over the hurdle, through the ladder and over the hurdle. 2.Six quick turns within the square (leave the ball). 3.Go...
The Robin Van Persie Volley Technique
A step by step breakdown on the Van Persie free kick by @LouisLancs Lose/Escape Marker Know your players! If someone else was on the ball he may not have made the run. As it would Rooney, he knows he has the ability to deliver -RVP recognises the space in behind. -He...
Receiving And Releasing The Ball On The Move
Structure: -A rectangle roughly 30 by 40 -A square of football cones in each corner 7 by 7 -3,4 or 5 teams made up of 3 or 4 players. Rules: -Each team has their own ball. -They must pass and move towards one end. -They must get the ball into one of the squares. If...
Risk or Retain Possession of the Ball
Session 1 Structure: - A grid as big or as small as you like depending on age/ability. -Two teams in the middle ready to compete. -One team act as bouncers on the outside. Rules: -The game is played for 3minutes. -The whites and yellows have to keep possession of the...
Attacking Centrally With No Strikers
-Set up the area as above. -Keep it narrow, as any wider would mean adding wide players. The aim is to attack central. -Whites are playing 4-3-3, with blues playing 4-4-2, but we have broken it down. -The blues 6 players in the middle are made up of 2CM’s, 2WG’s and...
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...