Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Final third rotation technique and skill drill.

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Joe Jones

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Name:	Joe Jones
City:	Liverpool
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Final third rotational drills that allow players to develop the techniques in unopposed drills to take into opposed drills to develop as skills.

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Final third pass & move rotation technique drill.

Rotation 1:

Player 1 starts with possession of the ball, Player 2 makes a small movement towards player five before spinning into the space between 2 & 3, player 3 creates space for them in behind by dropping off their cone when player 2 changes direction, when player 2 receives the ball player 3 spins in behind their cone towards goal, player 2 plays a pass into the path of player 3 so that player three has a shot on goal from a central area, play with restart from player 5 with players rotating into new positions (see rotational guide).

Player rotational guide:

1-2-3-1

5-2-4-5

Possible interventions:

1 to 1 interventions:

Player 2/4's movement off the cone

Player 3's movement off the cone

Player 3/4's finishing

Group interventions:

The need for the pass from 2 to 3/4 to be played in front of them (first time finishing in stride).

Why are we making double movements? (to create the space to move into).

Reminders of pattern.

Drive by interventions:

praising passes.

praising finishing.

Pass and shot selection.

Praise for movements off cones.

Reminders for movement.

Reminders for Passes.

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Final third pass and move rotation technique drill cont.

Rotation 2:

Player 1 starts with possession of the ball, passing the ball into player 3 on their back foot, player two in transition of that pass will drop off the back of their cone and burst into the space between them and player 3 to receive a set ball, player 2 will play a ball into the path of player 4 who will have made a movement off the back of their cone to burst into the space behind the cone to receive the pass from player 2 and get a shot off, players will then reset rotating positions (see rotational guide) and play from player 5.

Players rotational guide:

1-3-2-4-1

5-4-2-3-5

Possible interventions:

1 to 1 interventions:

Player 1's pass to the back foot.

Player 3's set pass.

Player 2/3/4's movement off the cone.

Group interventions:

Why make the movement off the cones? (create space to move into).

Weight of passes. (allow players space to move onto the ball & time to pick their pass).

Drive by interventions:

Back foot reception from player 3.

weight of pass from player 3 (praise or correction).

Player 2/3/4's movement (praise or correction).

Finishing praise.

Rotation reminder.

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Final third pass and move rotation technique drill cont.

Rotation 3:

Player 1 starts with possession, player two makes a movement off the top right of their cone to change direction and drop short to play a 1-2 with player 1 who will step forward towards player 3 to receive player 2's pass, player 3 will make a double movement from the left of their cone IN FRONT of their cone to the right to move onto the through pass played by player 1 to get a shot on goal, players will then reset into position (See rotational guide) to play from player 5.

Player rotational guide:

1-2-3-1

5-2-4-5

Potential interventions:

1 to 1 interventions:

Player 2's movement off their cone.

Player 1's forward movement to receive the pass.

Player 3/4's double movement in front of their cone.

Group interventions:

Why do we make the double movements? (Create the space to move into).

Why does player 2 play the pass in front of player 1? (step into space and break defensive lines).

Why does player 3/4 make the movement in front of their cone? (practice variety of movements, vision of opposite centre half to time run and stay onside).

Drive by interventions:

weight of passes (praise or correction).

Movement off cones (praise or correction).

Shooting techniques (praise or correction).

work rate and speed of play (praise or encouragement).

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Skill final third pass and move skill drill:

Opposed attack vs defence drill.
Blue team take the rotations practices in the technique drill into an opposed setting.
Orange team look to defend an overload and keep a set defensive line.

Rules of play: Open play in the box outside the 18 yard box.A coach will occupy the 18 yard line to catch offsides.Only one Orange player can go into the 18 yard area to defend against the one blue player that broke the line to create 1 vs 1 situations.
Coaching points: Look to encourage the blue team to utilise the rotations worked on in the technique drill. Remind blue team players of double movements to create space for themselves. Observe the orange team and point out when they utilise good positioning for their team press. (Cutting off passing options, forcing players onto weaker feet, setting traps). Encourage blue players to be clinical when they break the line and punish slow orange players if they don't recover quick enough.
Progression: Go into a half pitch attack vs defence game situation with wide players and a full defensive line up including full backs and 2 more midfielders to see how players translate the skills developed into game realistic drills.
Regression: Place the two deeper midfielders at the back of the opposed box (shaded area) as unopposed players to reduce player pressure and allow the attacking side to reset without losing possession (prevent reduce in morale).
Interventions:Team interventions:Lateral ball movement to create space to break lines and allow for double movements.Utilising the area to create maximum space. What are the triggers for attacking movements? (Line breaking passes, Switches of play). How can the defence work as a unit? (recognising press opportunities, pressing at an angle to force play towards marked players, recognising when to sit off and defend as a flat line).
1 to 1 interventions:Highlighted players (^) movement to allow lateral ball movement. ( breaking the midfield line to drag his marker deep to allow the RCM to receive in space).Demonstrate situations where far side strikers can start to make the run through the gap in the defenders. Encourage deeper players to initiate the rotations practiced (communicating movements).

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