{"id":161178,"date":"2026-03-05T08:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=161178"},"modified":"2026-03-05T08:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:12:34","slug":"mastering-the-ten-principles-of-play-with-luke-saunders-coachcast-s5-ep17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=161178","title":{"rendered":"Mastering the ten principles of play with Luke Saunders | Coachcast S5 Ep17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SiiYG_8wsYo?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The principles of play are so important in football, guiding player decisions both in and out of possession. But how well do your players understand them?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, FA game insights analyst, Luke Saunders, joins Coachcast to break down the five attacking and five defending principles of play that guide decision-making on the pitch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With expert insights and real examples that you can follow along with, Luke shares how coaches can use data and analysis to help players grasp these key concepts and apply them in matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Visit our website: http:\/\/www.learn.englandfootball.com<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/englandfootballlearning\/<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@englandlearning<\/p>\n<p>00:00 \u2013 Intro and top coaching tips<br \/>\n02:48 \u2013 Luke&#8217;s journey<br \/>\n08:27 \u2013 The principles of play<br \/>\n12:22 \u2013 Video examples of principles in action<br \/>\n19:26 \u2013 How much do you need to know<br \/>\n24:00 \u2013 Making them easy to understand<br \/>\n26:22 \u2013 Make practices realistic<br \/>\n29:35 \u2013 Key top tips<br \/>\n30:30 \u2013 Coaching challenge<br \/>\n31:10 \u2013 Swift session<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SiiYG_8wsYo\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The principles of play are so important in football, guiding player decisions both in and out of possession. But how well do your players understand them?\u00a0 In this episode, FA&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":161179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/161179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}