 In this video I'm going to talk about attacking principles and I want you to make sure that you're actually doing these things in the game because although they are simple not everyone is doing them and if you just remind yourself to do them you make sure that you do them every time you play you're gonna have way more success. If you don't know about me I used to be a huge underachiever but through obsessive self-improvement I found my success. Earned a college scholarship played for my national football team a youtube channel with over 100 million views I've helped players worldwide and I'd love to help you improve faster and achieve more. Okay so the first thing I want to talk about is speed of play. So I want you to get in the habit of doing everything quicker trying to do everything at top speed or with more efficiency in a much quicker way. So that means when you're training you have to play quicker and when you're playing in games your mentality your decision-making has to be quicker but also your movement on the ball your passes your dribbling your intention your purpose has to be quicker. So what I mean by that is speed of play okay so I'm not dwelling on the ball when I have it yes I may need to take touches to turn to get my head up but I'm playing quick passes as soon as I get the ball I'm making a decision I'm dribbling into space right away I'm playing quick passes okay if I'm getting closed down I'm playing quick passes when the ball is at the back and we're moving it around okay and I'm getting closed down I'm playing pick quick passes one touch playing to here quick passes even if I'm not going forward I'm moving the ball quickly why it forces the other team to move okay when the ball is here everyone is shifting to close us down okay but if I move that ball quickly one two it's already out here now they have to react okay and this is where you make space they're not going to get over there right away it's going to take time so this is why you want to get really wide when you're defending you want to use the width to your advantage but you want to keep the speed of play up so when you're playing especially in your practices because most players practice at a much slower speed than they would like to play but then they get in the game and they expect to play at top speed and their mentality isn't there like their decision making isn't quick enough and their ability on the ball the way they do things the way they take touches take passes take dribbles isn't quick enough okay so think about playing quicker when you have the ball can I make quicker decisions get the ball play get the ball play get the ball dribble get the ball make quicker decisions on the field next I want to talk about passing and moving okay because this is a big problem especially for young players when I make a pass my job isn't done I can't sit and watch the play even if I'm playing as a center back here okay I'm gonna move because the play is gonna move so whenever you don't have the ball what are you doing your movement off the ball is probably more important than what you do on the ball because that makes life for your teammates better and that allows you to get into dangerous areas it allows you to make things happen okay so if this guy is on the ball here what are the other players doing okay hopefully this guy's making a run down the line to gain space what's that gonna do it's gonna force this guy to follow him okay maybe he's running into space to pick the ball up here ball gets played into there you're not done you're running to support someone else is checking out to make a run this guy's coming in here okay so what I want you to think about when you're not on the ball where do I need to be how can I run to either support the play so let's say the ball is here and this guy gets closed down who's supporting him someone's supporting him who's running to make a forward run to get into space to win the ball back someone has to be doing that as well okay so when you're not on the ball when you're off the ball your movement is more important than when you are on the ball you want to score more goals work on your off the ball movement work on making better runs you want to be a better playmaker work on making better runs gain the right spaces so you get the ball if you feel like you're not getting the ball enough in games it's because you're not making purposeful runs you're not supporting you're not running into forward space you're not working hard enough off the ball to do something that will actually make your players want to give you the ball okay if you're always moving you're always showing you're always demanding the ball but you're getting in good positions okay they have to give you the ball if they don't give you the ball they're going to get in trouble so think about your off the ball movement as soon as you pass move into space when you don't have the ball and when your teammates has the ball move into space either to support or make a forward run if you like this content check out the soccer success planner you can download it for free there's a link in the description below and for advanced training check out the online soccer okay so you can get the ball okay the next thing i want to talk about is playing forward okay whenever possible we want to try to play forward as much as we can okay because a lot of times players will get the ball and it's just easy for them to go backwards or to go sideways and sometimes going sideways is going forward but what i mean by that is they're scared to go forward they're scared to play passes into dangerous areas because they're afraid that they're going to lose it so instead of playing this pass into here they might turn and turn again and play backwards and that's what we call negative play and sometimes you have to do that to keep possession but whenever you receive the ball i want you to try to play forward so if i'm receiving the ball as a central midfielder here i should already be checking over my shoulder seeing where the open players are okay so i know someone's open here i know someone's open here i know someone's open here i know he's making a run there because i'm looking over my shoulder okay when you receive it you should be half turned turn to go forward and i'm going to play this ball into here if i can okay think about what is the most dangerous pass i could play right now and can i get it there without forcing the play okay so if i think this is the most dangerous pass i'm going to play it into there i want to play forward i want to create goals i want to make things happen and if you're too scared to make those passes then you're never going to be that playmaker for your team but what i was leading to there is if i want to play in there but i can see that it's not the right pass then hey i can't force that i have to make another decision okay but when you're on the ball whenever you're receiving the ball especially as a striker attacking players anyone on the field if you get the ball here can i take my first touch forward can i go forward can i play someone in a forward position and then join in okay as the striker when i receive the ball here is no one on me i've already looked over my shoulder no one's on me okay i'm gonna turn i'm gonna go forward i'm gonna go at them so whenever you receive the ball can you go forward and not only can you go forward but can you go forward with purpose can you go forward with speed as soon as you get that ball you see their space take off with it make the defenders close you down make them open up space for other players on your team okay when you attack with intensity with purpose it's not only going to create more chances for yourself but it's going to create opportunities for your teammates okay and the last thing i want to talk about is making forward runs so playing forward but also moving forward because a lot of players we get we want the ball but we're not willing to make these runs in four positions like this okay we want the ball and we're always showing defeat behind these defenders if you want to score more goals get in the habit of making these types of runs because this is if you receive the ball in there you're much more likely to score than receiving the ball in here and having to beat two three players before you get a shot off okay but that comes down to your mentality you have to be willing to run forward you have to be willing to make these overlaps to get into space so whatever position you're playing try to make more forward runs try to get the ball in more dangerous areas don't always show to support don't always try to get the ball to feet okay sometimes you have to make that run more times than not try to make that run you're not always going to get the ball but just because you're being positive you're making forward runs you're going to get more scoring opportunities but hey look at it like this if i make this forward run if they don't track me then yes i'm going to get the ball but if they do track me what's going to happen here it's opening up more space for other players to come into for someone else to pick up the ball and it's going to create good things for your team okay so think about making more forward runs don't always show to support run forward make that run to get in the box to get the goal to get your shot to make things happen okay so thank you so much for checking out this video and i'll talk if you like this content check out the soccer success planner you can download it for free there's a link in the description below and for advanced training check out the online soccer academy