Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): GU13B-Wk19A-Attacking Principles-Penetration/Mobility/Width

Techincal Warm Up- Foot Skills (10 mins)

Technical Foot Skill Warm Up

Warmup leaders lead their teammates through a series of techincal footskill drills.

1) Push Pull With Laces-Player pushes ball forward with laces of right foot and pulls back with sole of right foot and repeats with left

2) V with inside of foot-Player pushes ball diagonally cross body with inside of right foot and pulls back with sole of right foot and repeats with left

3) V with outside of foot-Player pushes ball diagonally away from body with outside of right foot and pulls back with sole of right foot and repeats with left

4) Triangle right foot - Player nudges ball forward diagonally across body with left foot. Uses right foot to pull the ball back with the sole and tap ball back to left foot with inside fo right foot and continues repeating.

5) Triangle left foot - Player nudges ball forward diagonally across body with right foot. Uses left foot to pull the ball back with the sole and tap ball back to right foot with inside of left foot and continues repeating.

6) The "U" - Player starts with ball in front of them under the sole of their right foot, pulls ball back, taps it over to their left foot with the instep of right foot, rolls the ball out away from bofy with the sole of left foot and puls back and taps ball back to right foot with instep of left and continues

7) The "X"- Player taps ball diagonally cross body with the laces of right foot and pulls the ball back to centre with the sole of their right foot then taps the ball diagonally cross body with laces of left foot and pulls back to centre with sole of left foot and repeats

8) Brazilian toe taps - Player taps the top of the ball with right foot then left foot, left foot continues to opposite side of ball and right foot tucks behind left leg to tap the top of ball. Then player taps the top of the ball with left foot then right foot, right foot continues to opposite side of ball and left foot tucks behind right leg to tap the top of ball. Player repeats cycle.

Penetration- Over The Gap (15 mins)

Setup: Play area 40x30 divided into 4 zones 10 yds long and 30 yds wide. 4 players of each team in end zones and 3 of each team in middle as shown

2 Wide players (keepers) are able to travel up and down the side to

provide 1-touch support, they cannot transefer the ball from one

zone to other.

Activity: Players on the outside areas must possess and play 4 passes in their zone and then attempt to play through line of defenders into teammates in centre area C to gain 1 pt. Once the ball travels through, the receiving group must then do the same in order to get it back through to teammates in A.

* If opposition (black) intercepts ball, they must now attempt to play four passes within their area and then attempt to play through white teams lines to their teammates

When Ball is in area A, Black team B can send one defender in to pressure. If ball is in C, Black team can send one player from D to pressure.**NOTE: Defender cannot leave there zone to pressure until the ball is received in that zone.

If Black is in posession in area D, white can send one defender from C to pressure. If ball is in area B, white can send one player from A to pressure. **NOTE: Defender cannot leave there zone to pressure until the ball is received in that zone.

If pressuring defender wins the ball and gains posession, immediately turns to either of their color groups and plays a pass through.

Key Points

1. Quality of passes across the line to allow players to have head

up and find seam to play through.

2. timing of pass to break the line effectively

3. Movement patterns and timing of runs by players in middle 3rd

to get on the ball (and immediately play within their zone)