Tell it the age group, how many players and goalkeepers, how long you have, the space and kit, and the problem you saw at the weekend. You get a full, timed session back, with set-up, coaching points, progressions and pitch diagrams.
In shortThe Football Session Planner is the Session Planner & Drill Library tool in the Athleet.Ai Football Edition. A coach describes the age group and level, the number of players and goalkeepers, the session length, the space, the equipment and the theme or problem from the last game. It writes a complete, timed session: arrival and warm-up, one or two practices, a game that tests the theme and a short finish. Each practice gives the area in metres, numbers, set-up, rules and scoring, up to three coaching points, easier and harder versions and what to watch for, with a pitch diagram where a picture helps. It plans for under 7s through to senior teams, and the coach decides what to run.
Every block has its minutes, including explanations, drinks and changeovers, so the plan fits the time you actually have.
The area in metres and the space per player, worked out from your numbers, so the problem you are coaching comes up again and again.
No more than three for each practice, with the questions to ask and what success looks like.
Each practice says how to step it down or up when it is too hard or too easy, changing one thing at a time.
A drawn board for the practices where a picture helps, so you can set up quickly.
Odd numbers, no goalkeeper, a quarter of a pitch, ten balls or players arriving late. Youth sessions follow the format and guidance for the age group.
Name the problem from the last game, such as losing the ball when receiving under pressure, or pick a theme.
Age group and level, players and goalkeepers, session length, space and equipment. If something essential is missing, it asks in one short list.
A timed plan: warm-up, practices, a game and a finish, each with set-up, rules, coaching points, progressions and a diagram where it helps.
Ask for one practice instead, a version for the seven players who turned up, or a fix for a practice that is not working.
The Football Session Planner is part of the Coach, Small Club and Club plans for football, at no extra cost, alongside the Periodised Training Planner, the Set Piece Coach and the other football coach tools.
A tool that helps a coach plan a training session: what to run, in what order, for how long and how to set it up. The Athleet.Ai Football Session Planner writes the plan from what the coach tells it about the players, the space, the kit and the problem to work on.
Yes. It draws a pitch diagram for the practices where a picture helps, alongside the written set-up, rules and coaching points.
Yes. It plans for any level, from under 7s to senior teams. Youth sessions follow the coach's format and association guidance: maximum ball contact, no lines, laps or elimination games, and no planned heading for under 11s and younger.
Yes. Ask for the plan under the technical, physical, psychological and social corners, as many academy and school coaches work, and it is set out that way.
The Session Planner plans single sessions and practices. The training week, a block or a season is the Periodised Training Planner, another tool in the Football Edition.
Yes. A printable football session plan template, on one A4 page, is free to download from this page, with or without an Athleet.Ai account.
No. It drafts the session and explains its choices. The coach decides what to run and changes it on the night.