New: Aston Villa v Man City – Narrow In, Narrow Out

Our latest tactical analysis is live. It's about how Emery's Villa used being narrow in and out of possession against City's man-to-man press:

• Playing through the press: the link pass, Manzambi dragging Khusanov inside, and the space either side of Jackson

• The central press and the jump: Gomez and Kamara

• A 3v3 in midfield and the space for McGinn

• The compact block: McGinn, Alysson and Manzambi's roles, and the lopsided 4-3-3

• Where the narrow shape can be weak: the early switch

The article is open to everyone. Subscribers can watch the full class, where David and Mikey go through every clip in detail.

👉 https://tactxcoach.com/programs/aston-villa-v-man-city-tactical-analysis

Which part of Villa's approach would you take into your own sessions? Let us know below.

3v2 Practice 03 is in the library

This one gives the defenders a different way to score. When they win the ball, they have to dribble it out through one of the two gates, and the coach always plays the 2nd ball to them.

That makes 33 practices in The 3v3 Game. The full practice is attached below, and 3v2 Practices 01 and 02 are there if you're working through in order.

The 3v3 Game: 3v2 Practice 02 is live

That's 32 practices in The 3v3 Game now, and the second of the 3v2s. This time the defenders have goals to aim at: when they win the ball, they go and score in one of the small goals on the opposite side.

The full practice is attached below. If you're working through the collection in order, 3v2 Practice 01 is there to go back to.

The 3v3 Game: 3v2 Practice 01 is live (Balanced overload)

The 2v2s are done and the 3v2s start here. Three attackers against two, and the coach always plays the second ball to the defending team.

The full practice is attached below. It's the latest in The 3v3 Game, the collection we're building with Peter Prickett.

PSG v Barcelona: How PSG Beat the Press

Hi everyone,

Our PSG v Barcelona analysis looks at how PSG adapted to Barcelona’s two pressing systems, using both their structure and individual quality to find solutions.

We explore Hakimi’s role, the positioning of the midfielders and how the front three played against a man-to-man press.

Alongside the article, there’s a full 35-minute class with David and Mikey, talking through some of the key points in more detail and what we can take from them as coaches.

It’s all together in the collection, available to all Tactx subscribers.

Explore the PSG v Barcelona collection

Good afternoon, 

Practices 9 & 10 are now in subscriber libraries from the 3v3 collection, and they round off the 2v2 scenarios.

There are now 30 practices in this collection, and we will continue adding 3v2 scenarios starting tomorrow. 

The 3v3 Game: 2v2 Practice 08 is live (Balanced structure)

Practice 08 brings a scoring twist into the 2v2.

The rules:

• White #01 plays into orange #01, who returns the ball to start the 2v2 duel

• Attackers aim to score in one of the small goals on the opposite side of the pitch: 1 point from the defensive half, 2 points from the attacking half

• Defenders aim to win the ball and score in one of the small goals on the opposite side, with the same 1 and 2 point scoring

• 2nd ball: the team that scores the first ball gets the second ball from the coach. If no goal is scored, the coach can play to any team

• Change team roles after a set time or number of rounds

It's the latest practice in The 3v3 Game, the collection we're building with Peter Prickett, and 2v2 Practices 06 and 07 are in the library if you're working through in order.

The 3v3 Game: 2v2 Practice 07 is live

Today's release takes The 3v3 Game to 27 practices.

For anyone who hasn't dug into it yet, this is the collection we've developed in partnership with Peter Prickett. It breaks the game down into its smallest actions within a maximum 3v3 model: ten 1v1 practices to start, ten 2v1s, and the 2v2s now being added day by day.

Practice 07 is in the library now, and if you're working through the series in order, the full run from 1v1 Practice 1 is there to go back to.