The Patient Build Up

The Patient Build Up

For Coaches

Session #53

Academy Session: Finish the Attack

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Julian Aguirre
Mar 30, 2026
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At the start of every piece For Coaches, I will give a couple of recommendations that have helped me or caught my attention. It will be anything from online articles, podcasts or books. This week I want to share an article and a Podcast:

Why Most Strikers Struggle.. And How To Fix It With JP Owens: A short and easy to listen episode around helping strikers develop their game - to score more goals. An interesting discussion that can spark some thoughts around how we coach strikers.

WARM UP: ‘not at it from minute one’: A simple, short, but very thought-provoking article. It actually really hit home as it was something I was recently reflecting on. What should a warm up look like and why? Whats more important, what coaches want or what players need?


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Welcome to For Coaches on The Patient Build Up. Every week you will find educational content here that you can use in your own environment. The aim of this content - be it sessions, methodology ideas or general advice - will be to provide theoretical knowledge that coaches can adapt to their own environment. I will try my best to make sure that everything that goes in this section is as objective as possible and always taking football as the starting point. In fact I encourage all who read this section to reflect on it and understand how it fits into his or her environment. In simple terms understand the abilities and inabilities of your players and adjust it accordingly. Always remember that the players should be at the forefront of what we coaches do.

This week I am sharing a session focused on Finishing the Attack. I recently delivered this session with an Under 15s academy group here in London. The session is aligned to the Game Model & session structure laid out be the club.

1. 5v5+2 Possession

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