Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): U14 - OFFENSIVE PHASE: SWITCH THE GAME - KEEP POSSESION TO PROGRESS (WIDE)

TASK 2: KEEP POSSESION (WIDE) PLAY WITH WINGERS (20 mins)

Game concepts:

• Switch the game.

• Change the side / Find the free space.

• Keep possesion.

Technical:

• Make runs: To create a new passes lines

• Control & pass: Good profiles

• Keep your heads up

Tactical:

• Scanning

• Spread out the game (use wingers)

• Find the third man

Description:

• In this possession exercise, two teams, White and Purple, each consist of 5 players. The main objective is to move the ball from one flank to the other.

• To create numerical superiority, a third team, the Orange team, acts as neutrals and consists of 3 players: two wide players positioned on the flanks where the ball should be played, and a third player in the central area who helps generate space.

• Each time the White or Purple team completes a sequence of moving the ball to one of the Orange wide players, then connect to the center, and finally to the opposite wide Orange player, they score one point. This encourages effective ball movement and teamwork while utilizing the neutrals to facilitate passing and maintain possession.

Organization:

• 5x5 +3
• Two Teams ( Purple Vs White with 5 players in each Team) + 3 Neutral ( 2 Wingers  and 1 inside to create superiority)

Sets: 

• 20¨- 3x6´- 2´min to rest

Variants:

• 1) Number of touches of players: We can limit it looking for more accurancy in passes
• 2) Giving Roles: Extra Superiority:  If we see its too complicate for them we can remove a player from defensive team and add  a extra Jocker playing inside the square to be more supperiority.
• 3) Giving roles: We can propose the game: During firs set one team just keep possession and the othe one has to recover the ball an looking score on the mini goals.

TASK 4: MODIFIED GAME - PLAYING BONTH WINGERS (20 mins)

Game concepts:

• Keep possesion to progress

• switch the game

Technical:

• Diagonal pass

• oriented control.​

• Win offensive duels

• Keep your head up

Tactical: 

• Offesive Support

• Make runs: Wide 

• Play forward 

• Progress in the game

• Create new passing lines to progress​

• occupy free spaces 

Description:

• 5x5 + 4
• Real games: 5 vs 5 with 2 goalkeepers and 4 support players in half field. The space will be divided in two zones (offensive-defensive).

Organization:

• All players (Purple and White teams) can move both zones but they have to keep a balance occupation organisazed.
• We want to work both teams "fly together" and keep same distance between his lines so to be goal valid all team have to be in the offesive zone.
• 4 jokers players are supporters with both teams
• To be valid the goal following with the same objective all sessison WIDHT, the have to play with at least two wingers players. (Orange team)

Sets:

• 25´- 2x12´ & 1´Rest and change sides. 
• We change Neutrals every 5 minutes.

• Adapt complexity (space, rules) according to level of the group (1st set: 7 vs 7 + 4 + 2GK / 2nd set: can change the disposition of players towards equality in offense and defense (exampe: 8 vs 8 + 2 + 2GK / 9 vs 9 + 2GK)
• Desing three zones and set some rules of individual players: Build up zone  and Progress zone (2 touches, control and pass) and Finishing Zone free touches all players
• Looking for it happends more header duels give double value header goals crossing from Neutral players and we get they play  with wingers.
• Eliminate mandatory to have to play with both wingers players if one team get back the posession on finishing zone