Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): counter attack clone
Premier Users' Club
(NSW) Matt Frost
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10 mins
THE SESSION: Football Sprints
- 4 x groups of 4 players
- 2 x 9 x 15m
- 10 secs rest in between sprints
- 4 mins rest between sets
- Add a ball between two
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15 mins
THE SESSION: 5 v 5 counter play into Targets
- Area 6 x 8 per defender
- 5 v 5 + 2 end targets
- Targets can play 1v1 to ensure quick play
- Before a team can score they must play into the target who bounces the ball back to one of his team
PROGRESSIONS:
- Target must lay ball off to a 3rd play - 3 person combination
- Target can step in after he lays they ball off to create an overload in numbers
KEY MESSAGES/POINTS:
- combination play
- look forward, play forward, run forward
- movement on and off the ball
- limit touches to be effective
- 3rd man runs
- open passing lanes to play forward
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15 mins
THE SESSION: Attacking Movement Patterns
- Player 1 passes to Player 2 who has moved away from cone (defender)
- Player 2 passes into run of winger (Player 3) coming in off the line
- Winger drives forward with the ball and then passes into back foot of the striker (Player 4)
- Striker to control and finish
PROGRESSION:
- 1st time finish
- Different movement patterns example - Player 3 stays wide and crosses
- Work both sides
KEY POINTS:
- Movement to receive
- Quality Pass
- Back foot receive
- Positive 1st touch
- Be clinical
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25 mins
THE SESSION: Training Game - Counter Attack
- 8 v 8 including GK's
- Use full width and depth of practice area allocation.
- 25 minutes
- Coach on the run.
PROGRESSIONS:
KEY MESSAGES/POINTS:
- Communicate, help each other.
- Think, Look and Play forward
- Flood the pitch
- can we overlap or underlap when the ball is in wide areas
- create overloads
Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
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10 mins
THE SESSION: U13 Warm Up
Set up:
- 3 lines of cones spaced 10 metres apart
- Split players into even groups (including GK's)
- The first player of each group moves forward
- The next player in line goes once first player reaches middle cone
- 2 reps of each Players will perform the following exercises:
- Walking Lunge (10m) then Lateral Squat (10m)
- Open gate (10m) into close gate (10m)
- Hamstring Raises (10m) across body (10m)
- Side step (10m) then swap direction halfway
- Carioca (10m) then swap direction halfway
- Forwards run (10m) then Backwards run (10m)
- Jog into diagonal shuffle at half way
- Alternating 1 leg skip (20m)
- Quick sharp small steps forward then back to line and then forward 75% run to end
- Jog forward (10m) then sprint at halfway (10m) 95% - 100%
- Stationary start 20m sprint 95% - 100%
Find partner and space:
- Arm on shoulder and swing leg across switch leg after 20 seconds
- Arm on shoulder and perform hamstring kicks
Players should now complete any other relevant stretches
- advise them on these to ensure appropriate technique.
Try to make it a dynamic stretch