Free for clubs, leagues and schools
Free football coaching resources
Everything on this page is free to use, print and share with your volunteers. It is built for grassroots reality: mixed abilities, a shared pitch, a bag of cones and forty minutes.
What you can use today
Most volunteer coaches are given a squad, a training slot and very little else. These are the resources we would hand a new coach at a grassroots club in the UK on their first night, in the order they usually need them.
Printable session plan template
A blank two-page session plan sheet with warm-up, main practice, game and reflection boxes. Print one per coach and hand them out at your club's coach evening.
Get the template →Football drill library
Over 1,000 practices with set-up, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions and a diagram. Every drill lists age band, player numbers, duration, area and kit.
Browse the drills →Age group drill guides
Separate pages for U6 through to U16, written for the reality of mixed-ability grassroots squads rather than academy groups.
See age group guides →Timed session structures
45, 60, 75 and 90 minute session shapes with minute-by-minute blocks, so a new volunteer coach knows exactly what happens when.
View session structures →Warm-up bank
Ball-mastery and rondo based warm-ups that get players moving in the first two minutes, with no long queues.
Warm up drills →Coach development articles
Short reads on session design, managing behaviour, working with parents and reflecting on your own coaching.
Coach development →Who this page is for
- Grassroots clubs putting a coaching resources page together for volunteers
- County FA and league websites signposting session planning help
- School PE staff and after-school football clubs
- Coach educators running Introduction to Coaching Football groups
- Parent volunteers taking a team for the first time this season
If your club would like a set of printed session plan templates or a short walkthrough for your coaches, get in touch and we will help.
Free download
Free football session plan template (PDF)
A printable, blank session plan template with all six coaching phases, timings, organisation and coaching point boxes, plus two blank pitch diagrams. Print it, fill it in by hand and take it to training — no account needed.
- -Six timed phases from arrival activity to cool down
- -Organisation and coaching point lines for every practice
- -Two blank pitch grids for drawing your practices
Questions from clubs
Are these football coaching resources really free?
Yes. The session plan template, over 40 sample drills, every age group and session length guide, and all coach development articles are free to use with no account. A paid Coach plan unlocks the full drill library and unlimited saved session plans, but nothing on this page is behind a paywall.
Can our club link to or share these resources?
Please do. Clubs, leagues, county FAs and schools are welcome to link to any page on Football Coach Hub from their own website, newsletter or coaches' WhatsApp group. There is copy-and-paste link text on our link to us page.
Can we print the session plans for a coaches' evening?
Yes. The blank session plan template is designed to be printed and handed out, and you can print as many copies as your club needs.
Do the drills suit volunteer coaches with limited kit?
Every drill lists the equipment it needs, and there are dedicated pages for drills with cones only, one ball, mini goals or no equipment at all.