The Principles of Play are a key part of the game, which coaches must understand so they can help their players.

Creating sessions that enable coaches to share their knowledge with their team is an important part of coaching success.

To help transfer that knowledge to your players, our MiMentor coach development tutor has put together a selection of practices to download.

The practices work on both attacking and defending principles and will help teams to better understand these fundamental parts of the game.

So, click the image on the right to download the FREE booklet, and check out these excellent practices. (A free MiMentor account is required to download – sign up here)

You can then adapt them to suit your desired outcomes and try them out with your team.

These session plans come from our online Principles of Play coaching CPD course, which is currently available for HALF-PRICE on the MiMentor Platform. Or, you can sign-up for a FREE 7-day trial subscription and access this and ALL our coach education courses and content.

The Principles of Play course will give you a greater understanding of both the attacking and defensive principles. Our expert course tutor defines each one in isolation and uses a variety of methods to bring them to life.

There’s also a helpful case study on how one Premier League side uses the principles of play to develop their playing philosophy.