How to use your Football Tactics Board

Our football tactic boards are useful to explain your training sessions to players at all levels, especially youth football. They are also a great tool for discussing match situations with players during pre-match and half time talks or when making substitutions during the match.
We explain how to get the most out of your coaching board.

Tactics Board for Training Sessions 

1. Explaining Formations: Demonstrate how you want your formation to work and show players where they should position themselves in each phase of play using the magnetic markers or whiteboard pen.
2. Teaching Tactics & Game Plans: Illustrate attacking and defensive patterns. Walk players through pressing triggers, build-up structures, or counterattacking plays.
3. Set-Piece Design: Plan corners, free kicks, goal kicks, and defensive responsibilities.
4. Youth Development: Help younger players understand spacing and movement visually. Our tactic board gives you a visual aid to Keep explanations simple and easy to follow.

Match Situations

1. In-Game Adjustments: Quickly explain tactical tweaks during halftime or substitutions.
2. Player Education: Help players visualise individual improvements that could be made. concepts like:
3. Opposition Analysis: Show how the opponent sets up and where weaknesses may appeal. Use the tactic board pen and magnetic markers to highlight specific areas to exploit or players to press.
4. Coaching Staff Collaboration: Improve coaching collaboration and use our tactic board to map out sessions to keep training organised and players focused.
5. Match Review: Recreate match situations to explain what worked or what went wrong and show players how they can improve with a more detailed analysis.

As outlined above you can use a tactics board in lots of situations on or off the pitch. Explaining tactics using visual aids is more effective than trying to explain them verbally.