Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): COMMUNICATION AND THE DIAGONAL BREAKAWAY (Start Time: 2020-07-29 18:05:00)

WARM-UP (15 mins)

WARM-UP:15-20 mins including water-breaks

SET-UP:

20m x 20m square.

1. 5 warm-up stations of: 5 big cones, ladder, 5 hurdles/passing arcs, 5 agility cones, 5 speed rings.

2. Each player is allocated a training station

3.Coach asks players to do the following depending on training station: jump, hop,zig-zag etc

4. Players change training stations after every 3 mins and each player to have a go at each station.

COACHING POINTS:

1.Start slowly and increase intensity so players can stretch their muscles and improve fitness levels.

DEFENCE SPLITTING PASS-MULTIDIMENSIOANL GAME (30 mins)

PITCH GEOGRAPHY:

20m x 20 m outside square

6 equal inside sqaures each with a player including coach.

Each team has a captain who should lead his team.

Organisation:

Possession, Passing and receiving

1.Red players in possession aim to play through the blue players, they need to try and shift the opposition in order to create a passing lane, the attacking team behind the defenders must try and move into space to receive the ball and keep possesion as shown in the diagram.

2. Defenders must communicate and work to win possession.

3. The pair that lose possession move into the middle and play continues.

COACHING POINTS:

1.Encourage players to communicate and work together to keep possession or defend as a unit.

2. Quality of pass, ball control, play with head up

3. Players motivate each other eg, We can do this together!

4.Quality decision making-when, how, where to play the pass