Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Attacking Principles

Turning warm up (25 mins)

Turning Warm Up (25 min)

Juggling (5 min)

RWB (5 min)

Coerver Turning

Mastery of the ball is the very heart of the game. The skill to make the ball do what we want it to do, to be able to place it exactly where you want it to go, to be comfortable with it in our possession, these are the foundations of the game and the basic building blocks for future successful players.

Players work in 2s, dribbling the ball to the middle line, making as many touches as possible on the ball.

When they meet each other in the middle, they perform a turn and go back from where they have started, so they can start again.

- To improve mastery of feints.

- Timing of feint.

- Body shape/desguise.

- Over ball for balance, low/quick step to side.

- Part of foot used - inside/outside/sole.

- Perform turns, such as Inside & outside, drag back, Cruyff, Maradona`s Turn, etc...

Dynamic 4v4 Possession SSG (20 mins)

Learning Objectives

Developing passing, receiving and possession in a small sided game.

Description

Use two neutral players who will join whichever team has possession of the ball.

The team in possession places the 2 external players wide to the sidelines. The aim here is to use the full width of the pitch to maintain possession.

The defending team may enter the pitch to prevent the opposition (plus nuetrals) from advancing up the pitch and creating opportunities to score.

Variation

Play with limited touches, use one neutral

Coaching Points

1- Create space, losing your marker to receive the pass.

2- Players should look to use the wide players wherever possiblento stretch the pitch and drag the defenders away creating vast amount of space to exploit.

3- Passes must be of high speed and arrive directly at the players feet.

4- Timing of the runs must be coordinated to the pass.

5- The wide players must make themselves available at all times.

Technical/Tactical

Cover

Support

Decisions

Physical

Agility

speed

Strenght

Psychological/Social

Communication

Confidence

Concentration

Dealing with Success/Failure