Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): SSG: Att v Def

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Cosmin Cristea

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Name:	Cosmin Cristea
City:	Sheffield
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

This is a session designed to improve decision making and chance creation in a unit (5v5). Several technical elements are worked on in this SSG practice, such as passing and recieving, defending, pressure, decision making, shooting.

In possession, the main focus is on chance creation and finishing the action, and Out of Possession we focus on pressing and regaining the ball.

This practice is asking the teams (units) to use a 3-2 structure and create width to free central areas of the pitch allowing team-mates to make off the ball movements that allow chance creation. The 3-2 structure also challenges players to initiate and perform three player combinations, this session being suitable for a mix of age categories and development phases.

Practice time: 20 min

Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition)

The playing area is a 40m x 45m with a halfway line (red)
One end has a full size goal, and the other end has 2 mini goals positioned 3m inside from the sidelines
2 teams of 5 (reds and blues) set up in a 3-2 formation
Coach sets up on the side, with footballs to serve
To start the practice, reds receive the ball and attack the full size goal, while the blues defend and apply a high press in their respective areas
If reds progress play beyond the halfway line, two of their players from phase 1 are allowed to join in their attackers making it a 4v3 in the final third.
Blues cannot bring back their two pressers to defend in the final third
Scoring system
- If reds score a goal they get 1 point
- If blues regain possession in final third and manage to score in one of the mini goals, they get 1 point
- If reds score a goal within 6 passes or less they get 3 points
- If blues win the ball back in the initial build up phase and score in one of the mini goals they get 3 points

Key coaching points and observations

IP: can we play wide and around the narrow defensive shape?
OOP: can we block central areas of the pitch by being narrow and aggressive in our press?
Quick decision making to identify gaps and break lines through passing or running
Speed of play to create and utilise overloads

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5v5 Att v Def SSG (20 mins)

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Introduce offside rule for both teams
Introduce another normal size goal on the other end and progress the game to a conditioned SSG, where the 3vs2 still applies. This way you still focus on the core theme of breaking down a defense, but you offer shooting and finishing practice to both teams in an intense game setting, as you no longer need to switch the teams around.
To regress: Introduce wide players with a limit on touches as magic players (shaded area on pitch)

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

If reds progress play beyond halfway line (red line), two red players can join from the first phase of play, triggering a 4v3.
If ball goes over the haflway line, the 2 blue players pressing in the red half cannot come into their own defensive third to defend.
If the reds score following a sequence of 6 passes or less, they get 3 goals
If blues win the ball in the opposition half and score in one of the mini goals, they get 3 points.