Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): 13/14 Reflection week 25/03/19 (Start Time: 2019-03-26 19:30:00)

Pass and Move (10 mins)

Pass and move circuit

Ball starts on outside.

Outside player passes to player on inside who immediately passes back to outside.

All players follow pass so outside players goes in to middle,middle player goes to back of outside.

Progressions

Must leave to left or right (makes them think)

1 touch

2 touch

Left foot only

Right foot only

Multi touch

receiver in middle does turn

Long Passing - Piggy in the Middle (15 mins)

Long Passing

Set up

Depending upon quality of players will depend upon set up of pitch.

Higher quality = smaller end zone and larger length

Lower quality = larger end zone and shorter length

Object of game is to make a long pass from one zone to the other.

If the players get the ball or the ball isnt received by the opposition the player that made mistakes team goes in to the middle. EG if a receiving player doesnt control the ball and it leaves zone then there team goes in to the middle.

Coaching points

What type of pass.

Driven

Lofted

Curled

on the floor

in the air

There is an opportunity to coach players in the middle to keep the unit tight however remember this session is about long passing so long passing technique needs to be coached first.

Although the session is about Long passing - first touch, control and movement off the ball shouldnt be ignored but priority must go to the passing technique

SSG (25 min) (25 mins)

5 or 6 aside game

Lock players in to 2 zones to force shape and defensive opportunities.

Dont be afraid to stop and engineer positioning etc