Get your players to disguise their moves

This session from West Ham Utd Academy Director Tony Carr will show you how to help your players develop the ability to show a disguise when in attacking positions. It's a great session for all ages and abilities.

What you want to see from your players is changes of pace, creative moves and showing disguises - with body, eyes and feet.

What you get your players to do

• The defender passes a ball to the attacker and runs to defend.
• The attacker must try to beat the defender and score in one of the goals.
• You can use two normal goals with goalkeepers, or use two small target goals instead of a normal goal.

How would I put this into a game situation?

Play a normal game. Games will naturally create opportunities for players to be creative and show skill. You may want to keep the idea of two goals for each team to attack. Make sure that your players are quick and sharp.

They must make quick decisions and act on them – if they take their time, opportunities will be lost. If they take too long, blow your whistle and tell them they’ve missed their chance.