Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Finding passing channels to penetrate a line of defence - JSSL U13 Elite Girls (Start Time: 2017-01-25 20:45:00)

Technical Practice (15 mins)

Key Factors

- Find the right angle to ensure the gap between defenders is big enough for the pass to go through

- Punch the pass through the gap with speed, power and accuracy

- Movement to receive between players, making the angle as large as possible

Organisation

- Split the pitch into four lateral channels

- The players are in two teams of 6

- One team in channels 1 and 3. The other team in channels 2 and 4.

- Each team has a ball that they play through the gaps or around the side of the other team with, unopposed

- When receiving a pass, at least one pass must be made in the channel before playing through to the other half of the team

Progression:

- Each team can intercept the oppositions ball and play with two balls. First team to keep two balls for 20 seconds.

Conditioned Game (15 mins)

Key Factors

- Patience to maintain possession in 4v2 until attackers can find a passing channel

- Speed, power and accuracy of pass on recognising the opportunity to play through (through ball or onto back foot)

Organisation

- Two teams of 6

- Split the pitch into two halves

- Each team will have a goalkeeper and three midfielders in their defensive half and two attackers in the oppositions half

- All players are restricted to their half (progress to one midfielder joining the attack once the ball has entered the opposition half, but must retreat to own half on loss of possession)