Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Build Out - Attacking Overloads (Start Time: 2025-04-28 17:30:00)

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Declan Doherty
Name: Declan Doherty
City: State College
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition)

Specific Practice: 6vs5 in half of the pitch with 5 channels to set reference for the teams. Blue team is building up from the back and scoring on end zone target area and Red team is scoring on the big goal after stilling ball possession. Unidirectional attacking set of plays with Blue team having possession of the ball at all times starting with GK to either one of the CBs. Objective for the Blue team is dribbling the ball into the end zone by overloading the 2 wide channels and do combination of play between CBs and CDM in order to attack free spaces behind defensive FW and WG. Red team will attack the big goal after stilling the ball as soon as possible.

Small sided game: 8vs8 in half of the pitch; Field is going to be divided by 5 channels and a defensive third line to set reference for both teams; each one of the teams are scoring in a big goal. Blue team will be starting as the attacking team by setting the play from the GK to the CBs. Objective for the Blue team is attacking the midfield big goal by overloading the wide channels when building from the back and do combination of play with FBs, CBs, and CDM in order to attack free spaces behind defensive WGs. Red team will attack the big goal as soon as possible (within 5sec.).

Coach is using a walkthrough demonstration at the beginning of the session and then coaching on the flow (i.e., concurrent) of the session. Additionally, coach will stop the session (i.e., coaching process) and demonstrate adequate behaviors from either in and out of possession in order to facilitate the process of overloading wide channels more efficiently by presenting solutions for the problems attackers from defensive team demonstrates.

What is coach looking for?

  • When and how to exploit a numerical advantage
  • Find the spare player
  • Player movement to create the overload in wide areas
  • Interchange positions
  • Commit the opponent
  • Ball speed

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Specific Practice

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Learning Objectives

Technical
Technical
Technical
Tactical
Technical
Physical
Technical
Psychological
Technical
Social

Specific Practice (30 mins)

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions): 

Progression: Blues scoring in end zone by passing the ball instead of just dribbling

Regression: Decrease defensive third; centralize blue#6 movements

Conditions
No corners, throw-ins, nor free kicks; ball is resetting from Yellow GK when ball gets off bounce

Targets/Scoring
1pt - Blue team scores by dribbling to end zone
2pts - Blue team scores by dribbling to end zone from an overload combination of play in wide channels
1pts - Red team scores in the big goal

2pts - Red team scores in the big goal within 5 sec.

What is coach looking for?

  • Find the spare player
  • Player movement to create the overload in the wide areas
  • Interchange positions (CB/FB/CDM)
  • Ball speed

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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Learning Objectives

Technical
Technical
Technical
Tactical
Technical
Physical
Technical
Psychological
Technical
Social

SSG (30 mins)

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions): 

Progression: Blues attacking/scoring in midfield goal only after building up successfully from the back

Regression: Scoring without limitations

Conditions
Full rules of the game apply: regular offsides, corner kicks, throw-ins, or free kicks; ball is resetting when and where it gets off bounce

Targets/Scoring
1pt - Blue team scores on midfield big goal; Red team scores on big goal after stilling ball
2pts - Blue team scores on midfield goal after building up from the back by overloading wide areas; Red team scores a goal after disrupting an overload in the wide areas

What is coach looking for?

  • Find the spare player
  • Player movement to create the overload in the wide areas
  • Interchange positions (CB/FB/CDM)
  • Ball speed


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