Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): 16: U16s: Ball retention: Possession football with a midfield 2. (Start Time: 2022-03-14 19:30:00)

E1: Rondo a (15 mins)

Time: 15 Minutes

Set Up:

-30x25 grid.

-Players split into 2 teams of 4 with 2 players (yellow) common players

-Common players are MC

Exercise:

-Red team, on the outside start with possession on one side.

-They aim to get the ball to the other red on the opposite side.

-If successful they then look to move the ball back to the end the play started from.

-Red team use the common players and side players to achieve this.

-If blue team win possession they look to keep the ball and move outside the grid while red come into the grid to win the ball back.

-If blue get the ball outside they score, if red win ball back they move back out in possession and start again.

-Red team score every time the ball move the ball from end to end.

-Play 4 minutes and switch teams from other grid over.

Note:

-When rotating teams, move red to inside, blue to outside on next grid, team from inside other grid comes and plays outside versus red.

Key Points: 

-Finding the spare player to retain the ball.

-Players to ID the time for the key pass to score.

E3: SSG (30 mins)

Time: 30 Minutes

Set Up:

_half pitch

-Red team in a 4-2-2

-Blue team in a 2-2-3-1

Exercise:

-Play 11v11 rules in a 30 minute game.

Key Points:

-A large focus on how the MC pairings look to gain possession and supplement attacks and their positional play within the game.