3v3Football

3v3 Football Resource

Practical drills, progressions & coaching ideas.

Run better small-sided sessions.

@PeterPrickett

[3v3Football @SkillDeveloping]

Why 3v3?

Because players cannot hide.

They receive the ball more.
They make more decisions.
They attack, defend, transition and solve problems more often.

3v3 strips football back to its essentials.

More involvement. More learning. More enjoyment.

3v3 reveals the game.

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

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Best of June 2026 — My most useful and popular posts from the month. Principles of Play posters, 3v3 attacking games, England DNA analysis and more.

[3v3Football @SkillDeveloping]

What makes a complete player?

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

The era of 3v3 is now.

More touches. More decisions. More 1v1s. More chances for every player to solve real football problems.

This is why 3v3 matters: it places players at the centre of the game and makes every action count.

Share this to help coaches understand why small games create big learning opportunities.

[3v3Football @SkillDeveloping]

3v3 Is Here.

More touches. More decisions. More 1v1s. More opportunities for every player to solve real football problems.

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

Width.

Stretch the pitch.

(Feels especially pertinent to the 2026 World Cup)

[3v3Football @SkillDeveloping]

What makes a complete player?

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

England beat DR Congo. Just.

The win came from England's true DNA.

Crosses from wide areas. A classic English centre forward with a header and thumping strike. Goals that would have graced Lofthouse and Shearer.

A midfielder driving powerfully from deep.

A left winger driving inside and outside to put crosses in.

The engrained English style of play won this game.

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

Full backs and centre backs a huge issue for England...

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

England

Created some good opportunities and good positions

Defensively far too open and vulnerable

They have created enough to suggest they can turn this around

They have also suggested that DR Congo can open England up

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

The game is complex.
Our language doesn’t need to be.
Strip it back to the principles.
Trust the players.

What are you overcomplicating?

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

Brazil '82 sparkle in the France '26 team.

Breathing life back into football.

Hopefully they don't finish off the way that Brazil team did.

[3v3Football @SkillDeveloping]

What Choice Will You Make?

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

Four games to help improve attacking play.

1 - Finding the forward and combining
2 - Finding the forward and being imaginative
3 - Attacking with overlaps
4 - Playing forward into wide areas quickly

Created with @SSPlanner

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

Three player connections are when cognition really sparks.

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

Why are you still making football so complicated?

Football is complex because it offers so many possibilities.

Strip it back to it's essential truths.

The principles of play simplify the game.

[TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett]

Super Six 3v3 Games

1. Fundamental four goal game
2. Forwards locked in
3. Score in the end zones
4. Reversed end zone goals
5. Defend the centre vs defend the ends
6. Big vs small

[3v3Football @SkillDeveloping]

Who Will You Be?

[3v3Football @SkillDeveloping]

Arsene Wenger on connections.

Emphasises the importance of playing in trios.

[3v3Football @SkillDeveloping]

Arsene Wenger on connections.

Emphasises the importance of playing in trios.

[3v3Football @SkillDeveloping]

What Choice Will You Make?