Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Coach mobility in a small sided game.

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Ayodeji Ogunlade

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Name:	Ayodeji Ogunlade
City:	Hamilton, New Jersey
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

1. The technical practice focuses on developing players' technical ability to use movement to create space and receive the ball.

2. The main activity encourages players to have awareness and use movements to create space and receive the ball while under pressure.

3. The small sided game develops players movement to create space through width, depth and rotations to receive the ball in game situation.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Practice

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Technical Practice

Organization:

Set up 4 triangles as shown.

12 Players.

Balls.

Cones.

Instructions:

The technical practice / warmup starts with a hand ball game to introduce the players to the session.

The technical practice is set up with the red team starting as targets / GK's. 2 target players are placed at either side of the triangle with the other two playing as GKs / targets on the opposite sides.

The yellow team try to combine and play from one target player to the opposite target player to score a point while the blue team try combine from one GK / target to the opposite GK / target.

Both teams play with one ball each to create interference / traffic inside the area and also to improve awareness, quick thinking and movements off the ball.

The only condition in this technical activity is that; In possession once a player has pass the ball, they must leave that triangle and move into another triangle thereby creating an open triangle for a team mate to enter.

Teams switches roles / targets on coach's call.

Coaching Points:

1. Quality of pass (weight, accuracy, disguise, firm, timing, spin e.t.c.).

2. Movement and support.

3. Awareness.

4. Body shape to receive i.e. side on / half-turn.

5. Communication.

Progressions:

Everytime the yellow team pass the ball into a red target, they get a point.

Everytime the blue team pass into a red GK/target, they get a point as well.

Touch restriction.

Regression:

Make the area smaller.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main Activity

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Main Activity

Organization:

Same set up as before.

Instructions:

Both teams compete with one ball.

The main activity is set up with the red team playing as targets / GK's. 2 target players are placed at either side of the triangle with the other two playing as GKs / targets on the opposite sides.

The yellow team try to combine and play from one target player to the opposite target player to score a point while the blue team try combine from one GK / target to the opposite GK / target.

Conditions:

In possession once a player has pass the ball, they must leave that triangle and move into another triangle thereby creating an open triangle for a team mate to enter.

If a player dribbles into a new triangle, the player inside that triangle must leave that triangle if neccessary and look to move into an open one or the player could also move into an open space inside the same triangle to provide support for the player on the ball.

Teams switches roles / targets on coach's call.

Coaching Points/Questions:

1. Movement to receive - It's important that players understand why they are moving. Players are moving off the ball to either receive the ball themselves or to create space for a team mate to receive the ball.

2. Clever movements - Players must be clever to move away from the ball to defender with them and then checks into a space to receive the ball. Players must also be clever to make a 2 yard movement away from the defender to create a passing lane to receive the ball.

3. Rotation to create space - As players are now working in units to create space, if on player moves away from the ball then another player should be able to recognise and exploit the space left to receive the ball. Rotation can be as simple as exchanging positions.

Progressions:

The team playing into GKs must now finish on goal.

Touch restriction for the team in possession.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Small Sided Game

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Small Sided Game

Organization:

Set up 5v5 plus GKs as shown.

Instructions:

Blues set up in a 1-2-2-1 formation.

Yellows set up in a 1-2-1-2 formation.

Free play with no restrictions.

Coaching Points/Questions:

1. Rotation - Rotation to create space to receive or to also create space for your team mate to receive the ball, doing this will unbalance the defender(s) and the defending team.

2. Width and depth - Players should make the pitch big by going high and wide. Forwards should stretch the pitch which will create space in the middle for players to come into.

3. Quick passing combinations - Combination can only be performed if there is good movement off the ball. Players should be able to play 1 or 2 touches and understand where the space is after they have made the pass so that they can look to receive the ball back.

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