Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Team shape

Set-up

Set-up

Practice game, based around how the team set-ups up on a match day in terms of formation and tactics.

Will need to be flexible according to number of available players

Coaching points

Reiteration of how we play, with key principles:

- players arranged in ideally 3 rows

- formation is to congest the middle area of the pitch as standard, espeically out of possession and ball in opposing teams defensive area

- TALK to each other to help your team mates where you have a better view than them

- out of possession keep shape - dont' cross over team mates either sideways or back/front

- players on row behind other players to occupy the channel to block gaps the opposition may try to play into

- soft press, let the team have controlled position in their own third and be ready to press heavily when they try to play out