Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): THEY Phase 1 - Counter Press

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Alec Taylor
Name: Alec Taylor
City: SAN FRANCISCO
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Topic Intro - Warm Up

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Topic Intro - Warm Up
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Topic Intro - Warm Up

Organization:

1v2 Tag

Gold player runs through far blue gate for 3pts

Maroon players tags Gold player for 1pt

Alternate sides which Gold run from after every rep (Maroon players get reps from below and above ball)

Switch Gold to the taggers

Workload:

10-15 mins

Coaching Points:

1st Defender: delay runner - angle, distance and speed of approach from goal side and force player towards the recovery run from 2nd defender

2nd Defender: quickly recover to location runner is expected to arrive - angle, distance and speed of approach from above the 1st attacker (runner). 

Group Concept: Trap and Collapse 

Regression(s): 

1v1 Face on Tag



Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Concept Development - SSG

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Concept Development - SSG

Organization: Diagram shows moment gold has scored a point and the game moment is created

2v2 Flying Changes - dribble ball through opponent's blue gate for 1pt. 

Ball is triggered with team anytime the ball leaves field in their defensive half

The pair of players who's team triggers the ball then rotate off field and back to their corner 

Workload:

30-35 mins with progression to 3v3 or 4v4 and a water break 

Coaching Points:

1st Defender: encourage dribble - angle, distance and speed of approach from goal side to force player towards the recovery run from 2nd defender

2nd Defender: quickly recover to location ball is expected to arrive - angle, distance and speed of approach from above the 1st attacker (runner).

Group Concept: trap, collapse and regain possession

Progression(s): 

3v3 Flying changes - one player from Gold and Maroon remain on the field through all transitions


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Game Moment - SSG

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Game Moment - SSG

Organization:

2v5 transitions to 4v5

Ball is triggered to the two Gold attackers any time ball leaves field

Gold play 2v5 to goal (expect the turnover - transition THEY to WE)

When Maroon win ball they score on two mini goals

When Maroon win ball two gold players join game to create 4v5 - deny forward pass, recover and collapse on ball

Workload:

30-35 mins

Coaching Points:

1st Defender:

encourage dribble to delay - angle, distance and speed of approach from goal side to force player towards the recovery run from 2nd defender and deny forward passing lanes (to the mini goals)

2nd Defender:

quickly recover from above ball to location ball is expected to arrive - angle, distance and speed of counter press run f

Group Concept:

Funnel, trap, collapse, regain ball possession and go score 

Regression/Progression(s):

2v4 to 4v4

3v5 to 5v5


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Game Moment - Phase Play

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Game Moment - Phase Play

Organization: 

5v7 - vary the ball trigger points

Gold Defend the end zone and attack to goal (in defense Gold #8 and #10 are restricted to below green line)

Maroon control ball in to end zone and defend goal

Workload:

15-20 mins (start here on Day 3)

Coaching Points:

Define positional roles at least 2 lines in the team and apply learned concepts from SSG - game moments

Progression(s):

Remove restriction

Increase or decrease players or lines in either team


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