Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Attacking Transition: Using Space in Transition and Controlling the Air Ball

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Name:	Pawel Milczarek
City:	Cochrane
Country:	Canada
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warmup: Ball Collection

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Learning Objectives

Technical
Use of control techniques for airball

Warmup: Ball Collection (15 mins)

Organization: Divide the group into 4 even teams. All others are support players. Distribute all balls evenly into the red cone boxes on each end of the rectangle. Divide the playing surface into 4 zones.

Instructions:

All teams will try to collect balls from the opposing teams and the team with the most balls in their small red cone box at the end winds. Players cannot physically enter their own red cone box, but can only put balls in it. Support players will pass the ball back to the team that gave them the ball. Players can only retrieve one ball from opponent's boxes at a time. Players will throw-in the ball to their teammates or support players who will have to control the ball from the air. To re-enter the box they must clear that team's corner of the rectangle

Coach will demo three ways to control and air ball: chest to ground, thigh catch, cradle with foot (laces or side) with movement away from ball.

Coaching Points: 1. Remind players that the ball travels faster than they can run so they should look to pass quickly. 2. Remind players about the importance of communication (particularly with support players) to make sure they are ready for a pass. 3. Remind players that the closest ball to their box is likely in the possession of a player stealing it from them.

Progressions: None

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Whole: SSG Channels to Score

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	Tactical Transition to Attack including Dispersal
	Physical Speed of transition to Attack

Whole: SSG Channels to Score (20 mins)

Organization: 3 Red vs 3 Blue with a goalkeeper. Create three channels with cones. Pug net at the half.

Instructions:

Small Sided game with three channels. Players play 3 on 3 but there must always be one attacking player per channel, players can change channels at will. If team scores while they have two players in one channel, the goal counts against them and they are off. If ball goes out dribble-in restart from Channel 1 or 3 side. Each goal, winning team stays on. Losing teams switches with waiting players. Play restarts immediately with scoring team going attacking from the goal they just scored on. Extra players stay on the side ready to sub in immediately.
Coaching Points: 1. Encourage the winning team to immediately attack to gain an advantage while defenders switch. 2. Players should look to create space in their channel to ensure they are open for a pass to advance the ball.

Progression: 1. Require attacking team to complete a pass into each channel before they can shoot on net.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Part: Controlling the Air Ball

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Technical
Control of Air Ball: chest, soft catch with foot and thigh

Part: Controlling the Air Ball (20 mins)

Organization: Divide the group into half. Place cones around the outside of an area with sufficient space so that our players have room to catch air balls at the designated interior cones. On ball per outside cone.

Instructions: Red players will throw the ball to the Blue players. Blue players must use one touch to control the ball and one touch to pass back. Once they do that they have completed a station. Blue players are in a race to finish all stations. First player to complete all stations wins and the Blues switch with the reds.

Coaching Points: 1. Adjust feet so body is in line with flight of the ball; 2. watch the ball all the way in to make good contact; 3. be relaxed and cradle the ball - like catching an egg (thigh, foot); 4. with chest can either knock ball to the ground, or pop up to self for volley

Progression: 1. Each station is a different control technique that is required (chest, thigh, foot cradle)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Whole: Scrimmage

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	Technical Use of Air Ball Control Techniques
	Tactical Dispersal in Attacking Transition

Whole: Scrimmage (20 mins)

Organization: 5 v 5 with one goalkeeper.

Instruction: The players will be permitted to play a game with CMSA rules for U11 with our expected practice numbers. Only special condition is that players will restart from the goal they just scored on immediately and defenders must defend the opposite net.

Coaching Points: 1. Reinforce quick transition into formation. 2. Reinforce quick transition for defending into attacking by getting big as a team. 3. Ask players which part of the body was the easiest for them to catch the ball with.

Cooldown & Session Debrief: Review main points of the session during post game stretch: 1. Quick movement into formation is the key to transition. 2. Making sure that we spreading out in the our attack.

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