Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Combination Play Transition

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Name:	Frank Greenawalt
City:	Riverside
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing/Receiving Activity

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Passing/Receiving Activity (25 mins)

Warm Up (15 min)

Juggleing (5 min)

Stretching (5 min)

RWB (5 min)

Passing & Receiving (15 min)

Organization:

2 players

2 cones (at a distance suitale to ability)

1 ball

Instructions:

Set Up A:

- Player 1 can only pass the ball through the cones

- Player 2 can only pass the ball outside of the cones

Set Up B:

- Players exchange passes through the 3 gates but cannot play through the same gate consecutively

Coaching Points:

- Keep ball moving with 1st touch

- Experiment with using inside/outside surface to control ball

- Consider body position when using different surfaces to control

- Prepare the ball in as fewer touches as possible

- Quality of pass

Progressions:

- 2 touch only

- Play pass with outside surface (encourage disguise)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1-2 Passig Activity

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1-2 Passig Activity (10 mins)

1-2 Passing Triangle (8-10 min)

Set Up: Diamond with cones 10 ft apart

1-2 passing at the top and bottom of the diamond. Change direction each 2 min.

CP: Communication, hips & shoulders facing target, play at game speed, toe up ankle locked

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing to dribble out of Pressure

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Passing to dribble out of Pressure (15 mins)

Passing to Dribble Out of Pressure (15 min)

Set up: Interior players pass to exterior plays, exterior players dribble into grid switching places with interior player.

Progression: Add neutrals

Coaching Points: Offer angels of support. Play away from pressure & when to dribble/when to pass. Postive movement off the ball.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Fartlek runs

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Fartlek runs (15 mins)

Distances from cones to poles:

1. 30m

2. 20m

3.10m

4. 50m

5. 25m

6.15m

7.30m

8.40m

9. 15m

Outside square is 50x60m

Red straight lines (cone to pole) is the working run, black line (pole to cone) is recovery run

Square around outside is always a 50% run

Follow the follwoing percentages during the runs (% of top speed) (players work in pairs)

1. 60% for both lines

2. 75% red line, 40% black line

3. 100% red line, walk black line

4. 75% red line, 60% black line

5. 100% red line, 20% black line

6. 60% red line, 20% black line

Repeat except for run 1 for a total of 15 minutes

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): ESSG

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Learning Objectives

	Technical General technique
	Tactical Move up the pitch as a team
	Physical Fitness
	Psychological Game awareness

ESSG (20 mins)

Expanded Sm Sided Game (15 min)

Set-up a pitch suitable for a SSG (6v6), all players must be in the attacking half before teams can shoot. 3 touch restriction

Restrictions: All players must get back in their own half to defend and all player must get into the opposing half before shooting

Sm Sided Game No Restrictions (15 min)

Teams must have every outfield player in their opponent’s half to score. This forces players to move up and down the field throughout.