Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Session 1 C License

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Ed Dowling

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Name:	Ed Dowling
City:	Athlone
Country:	Ireland
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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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

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dynamic Warm Up

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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

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Warmup:Rondos

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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

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Phase of Play

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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

Learning Outcomes:

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

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dynamic Cool down

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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

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 5

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Screen 5 (10 mins)

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