Football/Soccer Session (Advanced): Combination Play to Play Around or Through Opposition Pressure (Creating and Playing in Overloads)

Ball Mastery (Arrival Activity)

SET UP:

-Ball mastery as arrival activity.

- Challenge is for players to combine skills together in random order.

- 360 Hook

- Fake Shot Roll

- Maradona

- Reverse V

- Iniesta

KEY POINTS:

- ON TOES TO ADJUST TO BALL

- MOVE WITH BALL TO REMAIN CLOSE AND IN CONTROL

- USE OF BOTH FEET

- USE OF BODY MOVEMENTS TO ADD DISGUISE AND EXAGGERATION

POTENTIAL PROGRESSIONS:

- Combining multiple moves/turns in specific order.

- Combining multiple moves/turns in random order.

- Use of varying/different moves/turns.

1v1 Box with Targets

SET UP:

- 1v1 in central box with 2 target players.

- The player in possession can score by getting the ball from one target players to the other.

- Target player can pass between target player to score but only after pass (bounce pass) from central player.

- If player out of possession wins ball, their job is then to score in the same way, but must first reset the game by playing to a target player.

KEY POINTS:

- MOVEMENT OFF BALL (TO CREATE SPACE TO RECIEVE OR TO CREATE SPACE FOR TEAMMATE TO RECIEVE/PLAY THROUGH)

- MOVEMENT OFF BALL (TOWARDS BALL TO CREATE OVERLOADS IN SPECIFIC AREAS)

- BODY SHAPE/POSITION/ANGLE (CAN I RECIEVE TO PLAY FORWARD? IF NOT, WHAT IS MY NEXT OPTION?)

- COMBINATION PLAY (TO MOVE THE DEFENDER OUT OF POSITION OR TO PLAY AROUND DEFENSIVE PRESSURE)

- IF I CAN'T DRIBBLE PAST A DEFENDER, CAN I USE 2 QUICK PASSES TO GET AROUND INSTEAD?

- PASS COMMUNICATION (CAN I MOVE A TEAMMATE INTO SPACE/AWAY FROM PRESSURE/FORWARD WITH A PASS)

- HOW WILL THE SPEED OF A PASS AFFECT AN OPPOSITION DEFENDER?

POTENTIAL PROGRESSIONS:

- Target players able to move into central box to create overloads.

Conditioned Game

SET UP:

- 4 goal game. Team can score in 2 goals in their direction of play.

- Team select 1 player. This player is on unrestricted touches, but cannot score.

- The rest of the team is on 2 touch max but can score.

- Focus for unrestricted player is to use touches to create opportunites to penetrate. restricted players will need to move to create overloads and quick combinations.

KEY POINTS:

- UNRESTRICTED PLAYER - WHEN TO PASS? DRIBBLE?

- HOW CAN YOU USE TEAMMATES TO CREATE OVERLOADS/COMBINATIONS TO PLAY AROUND/THROUGH PRESSURE?

- RESTRICTED PLAYERS - HOW CAN YOU MOVE/POSITION TO CREATE OVERLOADS THAT PLAYER CAN USE TO COMBINE AND PLAY AROUND DEFENDERS?

- BODY SHAPE/POSITION/ANGLE (TOWARDS GOAL OR TO PLAY INTO SPACE? CAN YOU POSITION EARLY TO SAVE TIME WHEN IN POSSESSION - TO PLAY QUICKLY)

- BALL CIRCUALTION (HOW WILL THE SPEED OF PASSES AFFECT HOW THE DEFENDERS MOVE? WILL IT CREATE SPACE TO PLAY THROUGH OR WILL WE USE COMBINATIONS TO PLAY AROUND?)

- PASS COMMUNICATION (TO MOVE TEAMMATE INTO SPACE/AWAY FROM PRESSURE/FORWARD)

- CAN I USE A TEAMMATE TO GET PAST A DEFENDER?

- IF I CAN'T DRIBBLE PAST A DEFENDER, CAN I USE 2 QUICK PASSES TO GET AROUND INSTEAD?

- HOW WILL THE SPEED OF A PASS AFFECT AN OPPOSITION DEFENDER?

- CAN I MOVE TO CREATE AN OVERLOAD (2V1/3V2)?

POTENTIAL PROGRESSIONS:

- Split pitch - must have 1 player on each half to encourage principles of play.

- Use of neutral players to create overloads and easier combinations.