Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Training block

Overview

OBJECTIVE:

*SEASON PREP

TOURNAMENT OBSERVATIONS:

*POTB against High press

*Transition from mid block to High press- Triggers to press

*Defending set pieces- Attack first ball, stay with man until ball leaves box

*Creating attacks- FB triggers to join, 6 & CB recycling options

*Pattern recognition- Plan A, Plan B, Plan C

Monday

Loading/intensity: Moderate

Technical: Settling out the air, basic passing & receiving, crossing & finishing

Tactical:  Pattern recognition building out back-Playing through middle third-Finishing from wide/central channels

Physical: Accel/Decel

Mindset: Focus- Pattern review, trigger cues

S&C: Techniques- Start & stop, load & explode

Tuesday

Loading/intensity: High

Technical: Receiving on half turn, passing & receiving on both feet

Tactical: Pattern recognition/Decision making when building out back/Pressing triggers

Physical: Multi directional 1st-3rd step

Mindset: Composure, confidence, *Fire & ice*

S&C: Landing mechanics, SL strength

Wednesday

Loading/intensity: Low-Moderate

Technical: Receiving under pressure, relieving pressure, crossing & finishing techniques

Tactical: Decision making depending on angle of pressure, timing of off ball movement & runs

Physical: Leg loading, *spring step* when checking in/out

Mindset: Confidence- 'I want the ball' Review & reset when crossing/finishing

S&C: Upper body Strength, Lower body stability 

Thursday

Loading/intensity: High

Technical: Weight of pass- driven, lofted, Dribbling/Running with ball, 1v1 moves

Tactical: 2v1/1v2 decision making/attacking & defensive principles

Physical: High speed running, athletic stance

Mindset: Pack mentality when pressing, stress test in possession

S&C: Conditioning- Aerobic capacity

Loading/intensity: Low-Moderate

Technical: Receiving under pressure, relieving pressure

Tactical: Defensive responsibilities

Physical: Moving take off, landing, 

Mindset: Pessimist- 'the ball is going in the goal if I don't stop it'

S&C: Prehab- Injury prevention

Tuesday

Technical: Check shoulders, receive on half turn

Lines- 3's

1 minute rounds

1. Partner holds up fingers 1 to 5- Call out number before receiving, reset in the middle, check same side to receive and play on both feet

2. Direct with arms- Left, right, pressure on back

3. Direct with movement- 1,2 to reset and allow other player to move into space

Tactical: Play out the back/High press & finish

1. 3 channel game

2. Half field- 1 team Play out of back to target goals/1 team High press, finish on goal

3. Full field 

3 channel game organisation

Objective: 

Teams in possession- Reds + GK's playing to blues & visa versa (Roles exchange when ball gets played across)

Team out of possession- Yellows pressing & covering to win ball back and score

Set up & rules:

-Teams in possession are trying to break lines to team on other side, must play one pass before playing back

-Team out of possession attack side they win ball off, if they create a goalscoring opportunity they swap with team they regained possession from 

*Restarts are always to opposite side from team that has lost possession, then they start their press*

*Example is based on Reds building out and blues as their attacking options, yellows pressing*

Progressions:

1. 3 channel game- Must play through wide channels/Central channel, receiving team can check in, can play in air

2. Half field- Add/take away target goals

Can set up 3 fields, 2 in opposing boxes and one across width of middle third if necessary

Thursday

Technical: Half turn to closed hips- recovery run to 2v1

Channels: 3 work, 1 rest

Rotate each round: 1 feeder/defender, 1 receiver/1st attacker, 1 2nd attacker, 1 resting

1. Through ball on floor

2. Lofted pass

3. Add 2nd defender

Organisation & Set up *Example in shaded channel*

Phase 1

-'Blue 1' checks out to receive on half turn

-'Red D' plays pass, 'Blue 1' closes hips to protect ball and plays back to 'Red D' (pass 1 & 2)

-'Blue 1' resets back in middle and the two players repeat sequence both sides until..

-'Red D' plays 'through ball' down middle of channel (pass 3)

Phase 2

-Once pass is played, 'Blue 1' runs to collect ball whilst 'Red D' presses as defender, 'Blue 2' makes recovery run to be option back for 'Blue 1'

-'Blue 1' & 'Blue 2' now work together in a 2v1 progress ball to 'D 1's starting line'

-If 'D 1' steals ball, they try to dribble across other end line

Tactical: Switching point of attack

Organisation & Set up

3 teams

-In possession (REDS)

-Options for switching point of attack: Must have 1+ player in each box, allowed link up player out of box (BLUES)

-Out of possession: Pressing in possession team and covering spaces to other boxes (YELLOWS)

Rules

-Team in possession can not play out of box until all players are in box

-Team out of possession can press with 2 players to start, to progress they can press with as many as the want

-Once team plays out of box, (REDS) they must move to occupy all remaining boxes (BLUE set up in example)

-If the team out of possession wins ball, they play to options in boxes, team that loses ball now press and cover