Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Whole Part Whole - Switching Play

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Craig Williams
Name: Craig Williams
City: Newtown
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Whole

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Whole (10 mins)

40x25 area.

Two 5x25 Channels down each side.

3 Mini Goals per end.

6vs6 in the area.

Two Neutral FB's in the Wide Channels

Rules:

Play 6v6 in the middle with two neutral full backs in the channels who cannot be tackled (they have 4 seconds in possession before they must play the ball back into the middle to the team that passed it out to them). Teams are aiming to score in the three mini goals.

Time:

Play for 10 minutes. Depending on Workload, have Drinks break after 5 mins.

Coaching Points:

Do Not Coach. Just Watch and Observe.

-Can Players Switch Play

-Can they Receive on their Back Foot

-Do they Know Where the Space is?


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Part

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Part (10 mins)

Split the Area into Two Halfs and then the Two Halfs into Two Halfs again. We end up with Four Areas. Half 1 is Highlighted.

4 Neutral Players on the Outsides - Two per area.

2 Attacking Players and 1 Defender Inside Box 1 to start.

Rules:

The Attacking Players and the Neutral Players keep possession until they have made 4 or more passes. Then they can switch the play into Box 2 to a Neutral Player and play continues in that area with the attackers and defender moving over. If Defender wins the ball, the Attacker that gave it away becomes the Defender and play continues.

Progression:

Have a Second Defender standing by. When attackers reach 4 passes the second defender can enter the box and help to win the ball back. Attackers must make a further 4 passes before the ball can be switched.

Time:

Play for 5 minutes.

Add Progression then play for a further 5 minutes.

Coaching Points:

-Can they move the ball quickly?

-Can they receive on their Back Foot?

-Can they Recognise when to play the switch and when to keep possession?

-Can the Quality of the Switch Pass be good?

Questions:

-What is the purpose of Switching Play?

-Why does the Switch Pass need to be Good Quality?

-When the progression is added and the Second Defender comes in, how does that reflect a game situation?


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Whole

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Whole (10 mins)

Remove Areas so Pitch becomes full size.

Rules:

Play the same game as in the first part of the session.

Time:

Play for 10 minutes

Coaching Points:

-Can Players take on board the coaching points from the "part" of the session?

-Can they exploit the space?

Coaching:

-Use Concurrant Coaching

-Step in and Use the Coaching Process if needs be - Try not to - Guided Discovery


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