Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): U17 session plan/ baseline video

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Payton Ross

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Name:	Payton Ross
City:	Sherwood park
Country:	Canada
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1

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Screen 1 (10 mins)

Set Up: you need 2 colors off pinnies they will act as the X's and O's markers and you will need to set up the game board using cones and a start line for the players.

Instructions: one team is the X's nd the other is the O's. the goal of the game is to create a line of 3 in a row. 1 at a time players from each team race to the game board to place down their pinnie. unlike traditional tic-tac-toe the player can choose to EITHER place their pinnie on the board OR to take one of the other teams pinnies off the board.

start the session with this game to warm up the team, set a tone for the session and encourage decision making at game pace.

10- 15 minutes

Key Factors:

speed of play

decision making

communication

competition

Variation/Progression:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 2

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Screen 2 (30 mins)

Set Up: set up a 3 section grid and split the team into 3 separate groups each group will start in their own section of the grid

Instructions: the ball starts in one of the end sections of the grid, the team that starts with the ball pass within the grid looking for the opportunity to make a penetrating pass through the team in the middle grid to the team on the far side. ball must stay on the ground for the split pass, not played over the top.

the team in the middle is working on defensive movement and communication trying to maintain their shape and deny the split pass

if the team in the middle stops the pass the team that turned over the ball switches with the central team

PROGRESSION: team in the middle can send one player into the grid with the ball to apply pressure to for a poor pass or win the ball for their team

you can limit touches to 2-3 touches for the attacking side

20-25 minutes

Key Factors:

offense: head up/vision

decision making

ball movement

defense: communication

defensive shape and movement

pressure on the ball

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 3

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Screen 3 (35 mins)

Set Up: the playing field is split into 3 sections the middle grid should be slightly larger than the two on the end.

Instructions:

within the central grid is a possession type game, when one team gains possession of the ball they look to connect with their attacking player to go 1V1to goal in the offensive third of the field. you cannot skip the middle grid, the defensive player cannot play directly to their attacking player at the top.

every 4minutes switch the attacking and defensive players in each grid.

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Variation/Progression:

1.player who passes to the attacking player can join in on the attack and make it a 2 v 1 in the attacking third

2. player can dribble into the final third of the field and combine to progress to goal making it a 2v1

3. shots from the center grid are now allowed on top of the being allowed to pass or dribble into the final third

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