Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Session 1 C License
FAI - Coach Education
Ed Dowling
Description
Session involves 14 players
Begins with a generalized warmup, moves into a technical possession practice including progressions and then into a phase of play possession practice
Emphasis placed on quality of possession and positional understanding in phase of play
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Technical Warmup:Rondos (15 mins)
Organization: Area: 10x10yds (x2)
5 v 2 per area.
- Possession practice to circulate possession and encourage good technique done in 2 minute rounds.
- Player who loses possession: change with player to your left if possession lost.
- Footballs at the side of the playing area to enable quick restarts
- Includes GK to work on footwork
Round 1: 2 touch max. Can make pass in one touch but have extra touch if required.
Round 2: 1 touch max. Increase in tempo of ball circulation. Players to count number of passes achieved.
Round 3: 2 touch max to consolidate and prepare for next possession practice.
Football Actions:
Back foot to receive
Open body shape to receive
Weight, accuracy and selection of pass
Communication
Progression:
5 v 2 transitional Rondo. 2 players(red) go and defend in blue players(5) area.
If red players win the ball back in the press, look to transition ball(T2A) back to their team and rejoin their side. 2 blue players will then transition to defend(T2D) in a counterpress in the red side to continue the game.
Football Actions:
Quick Transitions(T2D & T2A)
Intensity in the press
Time: 15 mins
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Phase of Play (25 mins)
Organization: 6v8(incl GK) attacking through the midfield in the opponents half setup in half pitch
Red team start in a 2-3-1 formation
Blue team in a 1-4-1-2
Coach will start play at the half way line
6 Attackers(Red) start in possession in the opponents half with the aim of playing through the midfield to create scoring opportunities.
7 Defenders(Blue), including 1 Green GK, hold compact shape and look to disrupt attack. If blue team recovers the ball T2A and try score in either of 2 mini goals
Coaching points:
- Width and Depth
- Good angles of support and distances between players
- Opposite movements between midfielders
- Quality of passing
- Open body shape and receive on the back foot to play forward
- Players understand objective and aim of session.
- Understand width and depth
- Understand how to attack through the midfield
- Understand how to create numerical mismatch in midfield by advancing ball side centre back high and wide into the midfield.
Time:
25 mins
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Dynamic Cool down
Organization: Players go through sequence of low intensity dynamic stretches across a 20x10 area
2 lines of players, exercise out and jog back along negative space.
Players follow one another and stay in their queues
Coaching Points:
Dynamic movements
Concentration
Movements done in correct form at low intensity
Time: 8 mins
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Screen 5 (10 mins)
Method:
Coaching Points:
Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
Pause
Stop
Dynamic Warm Up (10 mins)
Organization: Players jogging unstructured in a 20x20 area
Coach goes through sequence of football specific dynamic exercises to warm up entire body ready for football activity.
Dynamic Exercises: Range of exercises for hamstrings, quads, groins, hips done in a dynamic fashion. Include fun reaction exercises to test players awareness and reactions
Football Actions:
Football specific dynamic movements
Change of direction
Change of pace
React to coaches call
Gather in groups(Teamwork)
Progression: Coach can include ball near the end of the session to encourage one and two touch passing in preparation for football specific exercise
Time: 12 mins