Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Attacking Zone 14 with CM movement and combination

Function: Effect 9 & 10

Phase: eg. (Playing out of defense/role of the #6, attack zone-14, etc)

What effect can the red CF (#9) have on occupying the 2-CB's for blue (#4 )?

How much does the red CF (#9) stretch the 2-CB's for blue (#4 ) to allow pockets for the operating runs of red midfielders (#10, #8 & #7)

Which variations of movement can red CF (#9) to create pockets of space?

How can red CF (#9) move to allow red ACM (#10)?

If Red 9 receives the ball, can he turn and shoot? Or can Red 9 turn and set up a teammate with a short pass? Which teammates would he be looking to pass to? Can a player get behind the defense in order to receive a pass from the Red 9? Look for the movement of Red 7 cutting in, or Red 10.

Role of Red 10

Can the red 10 play between Blue DM and the 2 CB's to receive the ball? If not, can he rotate positions with the red 10?

Can red 9 & 10 manipulate the blue CB's to create pockets for red 8 to run into the space?

If Red 9 moves to receive the ball, acts as a trigger for Red 10 to sprint into position to receive pass from Red 9, or if marked, to back off and take a defender in order to create space for Red 9 to turn and shoot or lay off to another player?

If Red 10 receives the ball, can Red 10 turn and shoot? or look to play someone else in? If so? who? Red 11 making a run into zone 14? Red 9 looking to get behind the defense?

If Red 10 cannot turn, can he lay the ball off to another player? Red 8? Red 11, Red 7 or Red 9?

Once the ball has been laid off, can Red10 move quickly into space to receive a return pass?

Role of red 9 & 10

Communication is key between Red 9 & 10, who must look to create space not only for themselves but also each other. If marked, can the players switch positions to create confusion in the defence in order to create space? Or back off in order tocreate space to allow Red 8 to enter zone 14.

What are the trigger points for Red 9 & 10 movement? As the point the ball is played into one of them, can the other move to create further space to receive the ball or to create space to allow the player receiving the ball to turn and shoot or pass?

Communication, quick, short accurate passes are the key to opening Zone 14.

Split players into two teams - 6 blue and 7 red players in each team; CB (#4) red to feed the balls to start the attack, one blue to play in goal;

Use 45-yards and mark zone 14 on the pitch area using cones;

Create mini goals 45-yard line. Blue team to be instructed to try to score in either coned goal within 8 seconds of obtaining possession.

Play always resumes with the CB (#4) red

Coaching takes place with the red team.

Organizations: eg. (Field dimensions- Number of Players- Cones- Bibs- ).

Split players into two teams - 6 blue and 7 red players in each team; CB (#4) red to feed the balls to start the attack, one blue to play in goal;

Use 45-yards and mark zone 14 on the pitch area using cones;

Create mini goals 45-yard line. Blue team to be instructed to try to score in either coned goal within 8 seconds of

Create mini goals 45-yar

Focus areas: eg. (Emphasis was on us pressing with high intensity from our shape, closing the lines between defense, midfield & attack & moving in relation to the ball)..

Red team to play the ball into Zone 14 to create as many scoring opportunities as possible.

Key factors: eg. (movement & cues of opponents, angles of closing down).

Spacing and recognition of teammates.  

Ball rotation

Player rotation

Playing on the half-turn

Learning Outcomes: eg. (Post practice review, comments, thoughts)

Function: Effect 7 & 11

Phase: eg. (Playing out of defense/role of the #6, attack zone-14, etc)

Role Red 7 & 11

Can Red 7 & 11 remain high and wide in order to occupy the LB and RB - thus creating more space for Red 9 & 10?

What if Blue LB & RB remain narrow in defense? What would happen in a real match? Would Red 7 & 11 remain high and wide, or come in narrow as well? With Blue LB and RB playing narrower what other opportunities are created for Red 7 & 11? Can they use the space they have created to hit the touch line and cross the ball in?

Assuming Blue LB and RB mark high and wide Red 7 & 11, can Red 7 & 11 create space to receive a pass off Red 8, in order to play the ball into a red player within Zone 14? or behind Defence?

Organizations: eg. (Field dimensions- Number of Players- Cones- Bibs- ).

Focus areas: eg. (Emphasis was on us pressing with high intensity from our shape, closing the lines between defense, midfield & attack & moving in relation to the ball)..

Key factors: eg. (movement & cues of opponents, angles of closing down).

Learning Outcomes: eg. (Post practice review, comments, thoughts)