Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): UEFA C Switching Play 3 (Start Time: 2024-10-22 20:00:00)

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Craig Rogers

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Name:	Craig Rogers
City:	Heswall
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition)

Half a pitch to work with gave a lot of space to set exercises up. Exercise 1 only required a small amount of cones and was easily set up. Could also be left during practice or picked up. Exercise 2 had the most set up required, outside and zones had to be coned out and 4 mini goals needed adding to the practice. These were set up before the session and kept to the side. Cone pickup between exercise 2 and 3 took a couple of minutes and was done during a drinks break. Exercise three needed 2 more mini goal (also kept to the side ready to go) and a few cones to line the channels from the 18 yard box up to the half way line.

Transitions were relatively smooth, only exercise 2 took a significant amount of time to transition into and out of. Other versions of this exercise are available to use but I was keen to test this one out.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1

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Screen 1 (15 mins)

4 Grid Rondo
- Set 4 10x10 squares in each corner of half a pitch
- 5 players in each square, 4 will be in possession (Red) and 1 will be the defender (Blue)
- Play begins with 5 players passing the ball between them in their square. When a whistle is blown, the nominated defender will run to the next square over (clockwise) and try to win the ball from the 4 possessing players.
- When all 4 rondos have concluded, a new defender is nominated in the square and the next round of the drill begins.

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Regression:
- Remove running box to box
- increase number of players possessing
- increase box size

Progression:
- add extra defender to run
- make space smaller
- make players run to second box around the loop to win the ball

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

Challenges:
- Can you win the ball back first
- Can you keep your ball in play the longest

Conditions
- Change of box size
- Change of run distance

Targets
- 1pt for first defender to win a ball
- 1pt for each player who keeps ball in play longest

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 2

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Screen 2 (20 mins)

Transition Game
- Red team are attacking team, Blues are defenders.

- Reds begin with the ball in the top zone in a 3v2 situation. Reds must move the ball in the top zone, while the 2 red players in the bottom zone move around to create space to receive the ball
- Reds in the top square must then transfer the ball to the Reds in the bottom zone, where they play 2v2 to score a goal.
- If the Blues win the ball back in either the top or bottom zone, they can score a goal in any of the 4 mini goals.

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Regression:
- 1 less defender in the top zone
- When Red in bottom zone receives, they play 2v1 or 1v1 rather than 2v2
- Defenders cannot score, only intercept

Progression:
- Add players for 3v3 in bottom zone
- Add time limit/pass limit to transfer ball from top zone
- Add time limit/pass limit to score in bottom zone

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

Challenges:
- Can you make x amount of transitions without losing the ball
- Can you score consecutive goals without losing the ball

Conditions:
- Increase pitch size to make it easier to keep & transfer ball

Targets:
- 1pt for a transition, 1pt for a goal
- extra point for more/less than 5 passes before a transition
- extra point if ball transferred/goal scored within a time limit

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 3

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Screen 3 (20 mins)

Switching Play Game

- 7v7 mini game on half a pitch, using 18 yard area and half way line as touch lines
- 5 players of each team in the middle zone, with 1 player of each team in each of the wide zones. No goalkeepers.
- Team in possession must transfer the ball through all 3 zones to score a goal. When they have, they can score in any of 3 goals they are attacking.
- Players in the channel are unopposed to begin with, but can be progressed into 1v1s.

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Regressions:

- Remove zones to allow free play
- Add magic man or adjust numbers to create attacking/defensive overload
- Teams only need to move the ball through 2 zones to score a goal

Progressions:
- Allow receiving wide players to move into other zones/ 1 central player can join wide zone
- Pass/time limit to transfer the ball
- Teams can only score in 1 zone/1 goal

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:
Challenges:
- Can defenders win the ball back and score in any goal within 5 seconds.
- Can you score from a cross/through ball
- Can you transfer the ball through three zones and score in the middle goal

Conditions
- Use bigger goals for central areas and add goalkeepers
- Can condense or extend the pitch depending on numbers or goal of practice.

Targets:
- 1 pt for a goal
- 1 extra pt for transferring ball through 3 zones on the pitch
- 2 pts if wide player/central player scores goal, goal scored by cross etc.. (determined by goal of practice, game prep etc..)

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