Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): u8 Training Session: Attacking, Defending & Transitions

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Jamie Garside
Name: Jamie Garside
City: Lancaster
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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A u8 session focused on attacking, defending and transitional play. A main focus on passing, receiving and space finding.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up: Dribbling & Ball Work

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up: Dribbling & Ball Work
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Warm Up: Dribbling & Ball Work

Each player has a ball and works around the space, moving through the gates and hoops, and counting points as they do. Play a competition to get through as many gates as possible in 1 minute. Progression would be to dribble using the weaker foot only, and performing skills through each gate or hoop. Progression further would bring the cones on each side into play. Each side/cone is given a football team name. At any time, coach can shout a team name and everyone has to dribble to the line and stop the ball.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Attack & Defend with Transitions

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Attack & Defend with Transitions

Full size 5 a side goal on one side of the pitch and a row of cones at half way. Two 3v3 or 4v4 teams attack, defend and transition. In the example, the red team attacks the goal and tries to score. If they score they win a point and the ball starts with the keeper and the defending team (blue). If the blue team win the ball, their goal is to attempt to get to the halfway line and stop the ball on the line of cones. If they do this successfully, they win a point and immediately switch sides. The blue team immediately attacks the goal, and the red team turn into defenders of the goal, trying to win the ball and stop it on the line of cones. This works on attacking/defending, passing/moving and transitions.

 

Progression could be to limit touches (2 or 3 touch).


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): End Goal Pass & Receive

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End Goal Pass & Receive

3v3 or 4v4 where the aim of the game is to pass and receive the ball in the end goal. The end goals are the long spaces behind the line of red cones. A goal is scored when a successful pass is completed. Once a successful pass is scored, the ball starts with the defending team to attack and try to find a pass into the opposite end goal.

 

Progression of this game would be transitions and pressing, so when a successful pass is scored, the scoring team can immediately turn and work the ball back to the opposite end to score again. The defending team switches sides and can try to win the ball back closer to the end goal.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Match

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Match

A 5v5 or 7v7 match to finish.


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