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Ipswich Town's Long-Term Strategy & Four Possession Coaching Drills For Better Ball Retention
Today, we have a team analysis article on Ipswich Town's long-term strategy and future-proofing along with a tactical theory piece on how to coach better ball retention.
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Today’s TFA Posts ⚽
The 2024/2025 Premier League season will host many highs and lows for Ipswich Town fans.
It has been a season defined by narrow losses, fine margins and, ultimately, insufficient quality.
Sadly, it now looks inevitable they will be relegated in the coming weeks.
However, all is not lost for the Tractor Boys.
The club that seemed doomed to rot in League One just four short years ago now returns to the Championship in very positive shape.
The atmosphere around the club should be one of optimism, not negativity.
Despite a difficult year, this Ipswich Town football analysis will examine why I believe Ipswich are very well set to bounce back and why the good times aren’t coming to an end just now.
Possession exercises are a well-used tool for coaches and are common in training sessions at all levels of the game.
Increasingly, these exercises are now replicating real game scenarios rather than generic setups and rules designed primarily to work the technical elements of keeping possession.
By adding the tactical element to possession exercises, coaches can mimic what they expect to face in the next game while still maintaining intensity—a key aim of most possession exercises.
This tactical theory will provide four possession exercises for coaches to use to improve their team’s ball retention and work on specific patterns of play in both attack and defence.
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