New for subscribers: the Attacking Transition: Retain booklet 📘

We've just added a 60-page booklet to the Attacking Transition: Retain collection. It's free for every subscriber, and it will be sold separately later on.

What's inside:

• What a successful Retain looks like (five passes after a regain) and when to choose it over Risk

• Secure, Show and Supply: the language we use with players

• All 20 Retain practices, each with setup, dimensions and coaching tips

• An interventions page for every practice: what to say, what to ask and what to challenge, plus what to look for

• QR codes that take you straight to each practice animation

You'll find it in the Retain collection now.

We're also recording a class on this collection in the next couple of days, where we'll walk through the practices and how to coach them. 

Have a read, try a practice, and let us know how it goes in here. We'd love to see your adaptations.

The Retaining collection is complete

All 20 practices in Attacking Transition: Retaining the Ball are now in one collection, and every Tactx subscriber has full access.

It sits alongside the Risking collection, also 20 practices, and our decision-making sessions, which cover both risking and retaining, with over 20 more.

To put some more meat on the bones, we’re running a live class for each of the attacking transition collections, starting next week with Retaining. We’ll look at some of the best examples of teams keeping the ball after winning it back, and how to coach it with your own players.

Wednesday 14 October, 1pm (UK time). Everyone is welcome, so come along and bring your questions.

The collection: https://tactxcoach.com/programs/attacking-transition-retaining-the-ball
Join the live class: https://tactxcoach.com/programs/attacking-transition-retaining-the-ball-live-class

Thank you for joining us: Klopp's Germany and the counter-press

Hi everyone,

A big thank you to everyone who joined today's live class on Klopp's Germany, and for all the questions in the chat. It's the questions that make these sessions, so keep them coming.

We also enjoyed the split vote on whether you'd be happy with that counter-press. We were on the fence too. The reduce was brilliant, but the recover on the far side wasn't quite there.

If we didn't get to your question on the day, or one has come to you since, drop it below, and we'll answer it here.

The full analysis is up now, with three counter-pressing practices to use with your own team. The class recording will be available to Tactx subscribers shortly.

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/klopp-germany-counter-press-tactical-analysis

Thanks again, and see you at the next one

Practice 19 in the retain section is now live for subscribers. This is the 59th practice across the full attacking transition collection, covering risking (20 practices), retain (20 practices), and decision-making for both (20 practices).

Tomorrow we release the final practice to complete the collection. After that, we will be running live classes on how to coach the risk and retain principles into your game model. These will go live next week and will be available for all Tactx subscribers. Keep an eye out.

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/attacking-transition-retaining-the-ball

Is retaining the ball when winning it back part of your game model?

Going for a quick counter attack can leave the rest of the team exposed and spread. Retaining the ball allows your team to get into an organised attacking state before you go.

Practice 18 in the attacking transition retain collection is now live for all subscribers.

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/attacking-transition-retaining-the-ball