Watch a soccer coaching video and an interactive, 3D animated session on soccer tactics to help you coach and understanding the 4 - 4 - 2 formation. There is also a printable coaches chalkboard soccer coaching session, all designed to assist a soccer coach with coaching and understanding soccer tactics and formations. 

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The soccer coaching video on this page gives an introduction to understanding and coaching the 4 - 4 - 2 formation. For many coaches it is the most commonly used formation in soccer, because it is easy for the players to understand their individual roles and how these roles connect to their unit and the team.

From a soccer tactics perspective, the 4 - 4 - 2 system, covers all areas of the pitch in a grid like fashion, with the players having specific responsibilities within their designated areas of the pitch. Many top professional clubs still use this system, but when possession is lost they tend to drop one of the strikers into the hole between the main striker and the midfield, allowing the central midfield players to drop a bit deeper and shield their central defenders.

Grassrootscoaching.com has designed a section on soccer tactics and formations. Categories such as basic and advanced team strategies, formations and the tactical principles required for successful team play are all comprehensively covered. We also demonstrate and explain the soccer strategies behind various systems of play, attacking and defending soccer tactics and formations, and defending and attacking set plays.

• Soccer Tactics tip #1 – Understand and coach the 4 - 4 - 2 formation 
• Tactics for soccer tip #2 – Coach and implement the players roles and responsibilities in the 4 - 4 - 3 Formation
• Soccer Tactics tip #3 - Information on why the 4 - 5 - 1 formation is favoured by many professional clubs 
• Tactics for soccer tip #4 –How to develop the roles of the wingbacks in a 3 - 5 - 2 formation 
• Soccer Tactics tip #3 - Information on what the role is of the defensive, holding midfielder in 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 formation.

Our UEFA 'A' licensed soccer coach demonstrates the organisational structure and explains the roles and responsibilies of the players in a variety of attacking and defending set plays, including:

• Tactics for soccer - Suggesting formations for defending corners and free kicks. 
• Soccer tactics - That outline the roles and responsibilities of players for attacking corners. 
• Tactics for soccer - Demonstrating how to build a defensive wall. 
• Soccer tactics - For innovative attacking free kicks. 
• Tactics for soccer - Explaining how throw-ins can be much more than just a way to get the ball back on the pitch. 

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