Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Attacking Combination Play

Part

Players play 1v1 with a target player. The defender's aim is to win the ball back as quickly as possible and play to the target player. The attacker must try and score in the goal. If the attacker takes longer than 5 seconds to score they must bounce the ball back of the target player before restarting their 5 second time limit.

The focus is creating space to receive the ball. Receiving to feet, or to space and trying to face up their opponent 1v1 and attack quickly. This will help players peel off their opponent and also open out once they receive where required. The target player must get into good positions to receive from both the attacker and defender and make good decisions on when, where and how to pass to the striker. Rotate roles every 2 minutes.

To progress, if the defender gets the ball to the target player they rotate. The target player then becomes the attacker and the attacker becomes the defender. This will work on the movement of the target player to get in to the best possible position to receive the ball and attack with speed. The attacker must work quickly in transition to become the defender.