Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): FAW B session 1: Create & Exploit overload (Start Time: 2025-04-16 17:30:00)

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Rui Gomes

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Rui Gomes
Name: Rui Gomes
City: Miami
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition)

Specific Practice: 7vs6 in half of the pitch with 3 channels and an attacking third line to set reference for the teams. Blue team is scoring on big goal and Red team is scoring on the mini goals. Unidirectional attacking set of plays with Blue team having possession of the ball with the center back resetting all plays from the midfield circle. Objective for the Blue team is attacking the big goal by overloading the wide channels and do combination of play between FBs and WGs in order to attack free spaces behind defensive full backs. Red team will attack the small sided goals in the midfield as soon as possible.

Small sided game: 8vs8 in half of the pitch; Field is going to be divided by an attacking third line to set reference for the teams as well, and have a set of cones right outside of the field parallel to big box line; each one of the teams are scoring in one big goal. Blue with be starting as the attacking team by setting the play from the GK to the FBs. Objective for the Blue team is attacking the big goal by overloading the wide channels and do combination of play in order to attack free spaces behind defensive full backs. Red team will attack the big goal in the midfield as soon as possible (within 5sec.).

Coach is using a walkthrough demonstration at the beginning of the session and then coaching on the flow (i.e., concurrent) of the session. Additionally, coach will stop the session (i.e., coaching process) and demonstrate adequate behaviors from either in and out of possession in order to facilitate the process of overloading wide channels more efficiently by presenting solutions for the problems defensive team demonstrates.

What is coach looking for?

  • When and how to exploit a numerical advantage
  • Find the spare player
  • Player movement to create the overload in wide areas
  • Interchange positions
  • Commit the opponent
  • Ball speed

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Specific Practice

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Learning Objectives

Technical
Technical
Technical
Tactical
Technical
Physical
Technical
Psychological
Technical
Social

Specific Practice (30 mins)

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions): 

Progression: Having #6 pressing high on FBs

Regression: Limiting only one red in the wide channels

Conditions
No corners, throw-ins, nor free kicks; ball is resetting from coach when ball gets off bounce

Targets/Scoring
1pt - Offensive team scores on big goal
2pts - Offensive team scores on big goal from an overload combination of play in wide channels
1pts - Defensive team scores in the midfield mini goals

2pts - Defensive team scores in the midfield mini goals within 5 sec.

What is coach looking for?

  • Find the spare player
  • Player movement to create the overload in the wide areas
  • Commit the opponent
  • Ball speed

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Small Sided Game

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Learning Objectives

Technical
Technical
Technical
Tactical
Technical
Physical
Technical
Psychological
Technical
Social

Small Sided Game (30 mins)

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions): 

Progression: Asking the FB to press WG higher and have a cover CM or CB player to cover the space in the back

Regression: Having one of the red center midfielders press high on the GK or FB; remove one red player from the game

Conditions
Regular corners, throw-ins, or free kicks; ball is resetting when and where it gets off bounce

Targets/Scoring
1pt - Team scores on big goal
2pts - Team scores on big goal after creating an overload in wide areas

What is coach looking for?

  • Find the spare player
  • Player movement to create the overload in wide areas
  • Commit the opponent
  • Ball speed

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