Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Moving the ball to facilitate penetration

Screen 1

Explanation

-End players are positioned on ether side of the sqaures with one end player from each team starting with the ball

-Each team has two middle players , each positioned on the middle line who can move in and out of both sqaures to create combinations to get the ball through to the target player on the other side.

- Only the players in the middle zone are allowed to move from sqaure to sqaure to begin with. The target players is allowed to play the ball across though to the other side of the sqaure

- All players must be used in the combinations to start before the ball is played across.

- Points system to be used with players:

+2 for successfull passes played through the orange cones

+1 for successfull passes played through the red and orange cones

-1 for passes that hit the other team while you are trying to play the ball acorss

-2 if your pass goes out of the sqaure

- See which team finishes with the most points

Progression

- Target players are allowed to rotate into other sqaures if someone takes their spot

- Not everyone needs to touch the ball when combining to play it across

Player Habits Encouraged ,

- Shift the ball into a line of pass

- Ball speed

- Position yourself on an angle when reciving the ball so it can travel into the next line away from the defender

- Play to your teammates foot that is in space

Screen 3

- Blue aim to build up and score in the big goal , if they can get a player to reicve the ball inside the red zone and a goal is scored from it the goal counts as double.

- Blue 3,4 & 6 must stay inside the first zone

- Other blue players are free to rotate across the zones

- When red win the ball they need to score as quickly as possible in the small goals on halfway

Progression

- Remove restirictions on zones

Team Task

Can we keep controlled possession to shift the opposition until we can find a penetrating pass to an attacking player between the oppositons defensive lines.

Player Tasks/Cues

3,4,6,8,10,7,11- Can we move the ball with good ball speed to stretch the opposition defensive lines

- Cue : If the opposition defends narrow can we get the ball wide

- Cue: Once we have stretched the narrow lines of the oppostion can we look to play the ball into "pockets of space"

3,4,6- Can we drop off quickly to faciliate recyling of possession when we cant play forward

- Cue - If the oppostion have closed the lanes forward on the side that we have built up on can you drop off quickly into a line of pass to help us switch the ball.

8,10 ,7,11 - Can you scan to locate the 'pockets' of space between the defensive lines of the oppostion

Cue- As the 3,4,6 get their head up and look forward position yourself in a line of pass not blocked by a defender

8/10/7/11- Can you combine with a deeper midfielder who can play it forward into the next line

Cue-If you are under pressure and cannot face forward when reciving the ball between the defensive lines

- 8/10 can you rotate with a player in the front three or the 6 if you cant recicve the ball between the oppositions defensive lines

Cue- When the space between the oppostions defensive lines is to small to recivce the ball can you change postions with another player in front or behind the defensive lines to drag the oppostion out of postion.

- 7/11 Can you start as high and wide as possible

Cue- When a central midfield/defending player is in possession to help stretch defensive lines and create space to rotate into.

- 3,4,6,8,10 - Can you drive at the oppostion to draw them out of postion

Cue - When in time and space drive at an oppostion player to draw them out of position and create a passing lane to an attacking player between the lines