Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Creating Overloads

Specific exploiting overloads (10 mins)

Specific / Creating and exploiting overloads / in possession

Welsh way principle 

Understand when and how to exploit a numerical advantage against the opposition

Organisation / Area size

Area size 2 x 30m x 20m

6 x blue, 6 red bibs

Footballs designated area behind the servers (No 1)

Session Details

Start from player (1) who performs a one / two with player (2) player (1) passes to player (3) player (2) then runs around the Blue cone and takes on player (4) in a 2 v 1 to try and score. Same will happen on the right side after every set the players will move up one station. e.g 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4 and 4 goes to the back of 1 to begin the cycle again.

The coach is to work on the possession principles of the overload and will coach both sides of the pitch looking at how the use the opportunists to explore the decision making and how to exploit the overload. Might need an assistant to help with the offside rule.

If the defender wins the ball he can score in the mini goal

Challenges, Conditions and targets.

Encourage the player to be brave with the overload / numerical advantage and be creative in how they can manipulate the defensive player creating space for their teammate. Encourage the players to be creative in the 2 v 1 to come up with different ideas with the help of different interventions. Offside rule from the start.

1. Limit on touches

2. Time limit to score (Encourage realism to the practice)

3. Extra point if defender scores in the mini-goals (Keep them motivated)

Key points

In possession

1. Find the spare player

2. Exploit the numerical advantage

3. Make the pitch big width and depth

4. Fast passes and forward movement

6. Decision making (Weight of final pass to set up first-time finish)

Out of possession

1. Press Quickly

2. Protect the middle

3. Leave the furthest player

4. Block the passing lanes

5. Block the shot 

Interventions

Coaching Process

Concurrent

Walkthrough

Terminal

Final Game

Sporting Coaches,

Remember to have all your sessions go from simple to complex. The warm up should also be related to your topic. Everyone one should consider starting the periodization process for the season. Thank you.