Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): General practice in possession-Breaking lines

Breaking lines (20 mins)

General practice in possession, coaching the RED team but also managing the BLUE team

Welsh way principles - Breaking lines

Can we play through, around and over

Area Size 18mtr x 12 mtr with a half way line

4 x 3 min with time set aside for terminal feedback in the breaks.

The Session Details

4v4 in the middle with 3 common players (Yellow) in the middle

Team in possession try and play through the opposition and score by transfering the ball from one end yellow player to the other. If they are sucsessfull they can maintaing possession of the ball. Teams in possession can use the yellow common players that creates a 7v4.

Key points

The coach is to work with one team only, for this example I'm coaching the RED team in possession.

1. Make the pitch big (Width and Depth)

2. Try to play through, around and over

3. Can we move the ball quicker

4. Can we entice the defender to create more space to go forward

5. Look to play forward

6. Recieve on the half turn, on the back foot, check shoulders

Blue Team will be managed to be realistic in their press

1. Defend narrow

2. Force out wide

3. Protect the middle

4. Prefent split passes

Conditions, Challenges and Targets RED team

1. Players try to break the lines of the BLUE team with a split pass for each they will score 3 points and by going around they will score 1 point.

2. Can't play long, outside common player to the other outside common player.

3. Outside players limited to 3 touch but must pass in 3 sec

Defensive team BLUE

1. Restrict touches

2. Restrict time

3. Extra point if they fail to pass through the middle