Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Week 8, Session 1

Technical: Passing (15 mins)

Set Up: 30 yard grid split into as many lanes as required. Grid set up as a diamond. One ball per lane. Extra balls behind the area.

Players: 4-5 players per lane. With progressions, minimum will be 5.

Description: Lots of repetitions to work on passing and mobility. Sequence is as follows: 1) Pass around the diamond. Follow pass. Focus on meeting the ball and using both feet. Change directions. 2) Short-short-long. Passers switch places. 3) Combination: pass and overlap.

Progression: Quickly progress to two balls moving in each grid.

SSG: Possession with purpose (15 mins)

Set Up: Quarter field at PG split into three horizontal zones. Middle zone is 10 yards deep. Two small goals on each end line.

Players: Two teams of 8 players (plus one sub if GKs are involved). 6v6 in one half, 1v1 in middle zone and target players on the end lines.

Description: Team in possession (blue) look to complete three passes and play through their middle player. Objective is to transition to the other half. If, blue can play their target player immediately, they can look to score on either of the goals. In the meantime, their teammates transition to the other half to keep possession (try to get numbers up). If target player cannot be played, then blue can connect three passes to then go to goal.

Progression: Add an extra defender in the attacking zone.

Questions:

How can we get the ball efficiently to our middle player? To our target player? How can we create options if our target player is not an option?