Football/Soccer Session (Advanced): Creating 2v1s (Start Time: 2016-02-23 06:00:00)

Warm-up (15 mins)

Set-up:

10x15 yard grid with an attacker and defender in the grid, a target player at the far end of the grid, and a start player. Everyone else lines up behind the start player.

Description:

The start player and the attacker try get the ball to the target player using different variations. The defender is passive. Once the ball reaches the target player, they dribble back to the start and everyone else moves on one spot. Rotation: Start-Def-Att-Target-Start.

Progressions:

1. Attacker opens-up, defender stays, start plays attacker, attacker plays target.

2. Start plays attacker. attacker back to start then open-up, defender steps to start. start plays attacker, attacker plays target.

3. Start plays attacker, attacker back to start then open-up, defender follows attacker. start plays target.

4. Start plays attacker, attacker plays start and opens-up, defender chooses, start makes best decision to find target based off defender.

3.

Expanded Small-Sided (30 mins)

Set-up:

60x40 yard field with big goals. 3 zones 20x40yards. 2 teams of 9 plus gks. 3 players from each team in each zone.

Description:

Teams play 9v9 but must stay in zones defensively. In attack, they must play through the zones. As the ball moves from one zone to the next one player from the previous zone can join to create numbers up.

Progressions:

1. 1v2 pass into next zone.

2. 1v3 pass into next zone.

3. 2v3 pass into next zone.

4. 1v2 pass or dribble into next zone.

5. 1v3 pass or dribble into next zone.

6. 2v3 pass or dribble into next zone.