Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Creating a Goal Scoring Opportunity Through the CDM

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Drew Munro
Name: Drew Munro
City: Mississauga
Country: Canada
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Initial Game

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Initial Game
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Initial Game (15 mins)

Coaching Points


Break a line (pass, dribbling, or running with the ball, fakes, and feints) with the most disruption caused to the other team

Create a clear goal-scoring opportunity

When out of possession Holding Midfielder should be looking to support the player on the ball creating options to play between lines and between two players (scanning, body position, spacing, communication)

Timing of the run, angle of the run (straight or arc decision)

Instructions

Play in a 40v30 area, with 3x3 targets in the corners

7v7 plus 2 neutral players

A goal is scored by playing the ball to a player in the target zone or dribbling into the zone under control

Set a goal with Red and White to win the ball and score in 6 seconds. If teams lose the ball to recover the ball in 6 seconds

Coach neutral Holding Midfielders (Black)

Coach starts the game by playing the ball into a Holding Midfielder (Black)

If a goal is scored, the ball is played in from the target by the team who scored

If the ball goes out of play, a kick in restarts play

Subin 2 players every 5 minutes, change Holding Midfielders every 10 minutes

Progressions


Can the Holding Midfielder play 1-touch?

Reduce to 1-Holding Midfielder

To score teams must pass through the Holding Midfielder


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity

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Activity (25 mins)

Coaching Points


Break a line (pass, dribbling, or running with the ball, fakes, and feints) with the most disruption caused to the other team

Create a clear goal-scoring opportunity

When out of possession Holding Midfielder should be looking to support the player on the ball creating options to play between lines and between two players (scanning, body position, spacing, communication)

Timing of the run, angle of the run (straight or arc decision)

Instructions

Play between the 18 yard boxes, half pitch

8v6. White set up in a 2-3-3 formation, Red set up in 1-4-1 formation

Red instructed to prevent goals against by being compact. Blue instructed to score in 6 seconds, recover the ball in 6 seconds

Coach Blue

Ball is played into F with a lofted pass from half by CB, thereby creating the need for forward movement and support by M immediately

If a goal is scored, the ball is played in from half by CB

If the ball goes out of play, the ball is played in from half by CB

Rotate Holding Midfielder every 5 minutes

Subin 4 players every 5 minutes

Progressions


Can the Holding Midfielder play 1-touch?

Can the Holding Midfielder

-          create a through ball

-          break the defensive line with the ball

-          play a1-2 through the defence

-          shoot from a lay off from the F first time

-          play through wide F and get on the end of the cross

Create confusion with a direct or arc run


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