Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Week 27 - FTU U10's - Counter Attacking. Attacking transition. (Start Time: 2023-02-27 17:00:00)

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Name:
Steve Kewin
City:
Connah's Quay
Country:
United Kingdom
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Adult Member
Sport:
Football/Soccer
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Key Aims of Session:

  • Counter attacking, Attacking transition
  • Technical - can they move the ball forward quickly, weight of passes, good touches on the ball at pace, finishing technique.
  • Tactical - decision making, wingers playing wide once ball won, Striker looking for back post runs
  • Physical - Distance covered, energy levels
  • Social - Picking teams, encouragement, goal counting 
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Set up

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Set up
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Set up

Session Organisation:

  • Set up 60 x 40 pitch with goals at each end,
  • Mark Halfway line with flats
  • Bibs 10 x Orange, 5 x Blue, 5 x Red.
  • Balls - 1 per player
  • cone out a row of 25yards apart down pitch for pre-warm up

Coaching Points:

  • Begin with discussion around principles of counter attack
  • A counter-attack is a fast and direct attack that occurs from a moment of transition. Transition is when one team wins the ball from the other mid-game. Counter-attacks consist of minimal passes. They aim to create a goal-scoring opportunity before the opposition can recover their defensive shape

  • Key Points - Win the Ball - Minimal passes - Fast transition up the pitch - Score before the opposition can recover into shape
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Pre-warm up

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Pre-warm up
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Pre-warm up (10 mins)

Session Organisation:

  • Players to group into 3's
  • 1 ball per 3 players
  • 2 players to start at 1, 1 player to start at 2.
  • Player at 1 starts with ball, dribbles towards 2 carrying out this weeks Welsh way Move - Stop & Go
  • Player at 2 to shout score out of 10 for technique, then ask for pass
  • Player 1 to play ball to 2
  • Player 2 to repeat

Coaching Points:

  • control on ball, 1st touch receiving the ball, ensure shouting of score and asking for pass to which foot

Progression:

  • Coach to blow whistle, signals a change of direction - checking touches are not too far away.
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG 1

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG 1
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SSG 1 (15 mins)

Session Organisation:

  • remind players of the principles of counter attacking
  • Instruct to be playing this in the SSG

Coaching Points:

  • Observe habits, decisions, and patterns of play
  • Coach A & B, to position to see and instruct each team 
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Drill

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Drill
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Technical Drill (15 mins)

Session Organisation:

  • Set 2 teams onto pitch into attacking setup 1 1 Diamond
  • coach A to play into Defender on Orange team, defender can take 2 touch to play forward, team to work ball on counter attack (unopposed, yellow team not to engauge) with 1 touch football (regression, allow 2 touch)
  • Once Orange team have attacked, red team to jump onto pitch,
  • Once Orange team attacked, Coach B to play into Yellow defender and yellow team to attack.
  • Blue team to jump onto pitch, Orange team to take place of Blue, Yellow will replace red and so on.

Coaching Points:

  • Observe weight of passing, decision making, and 1 touch finishing
  • Players to keep count of team goals, Score at end.
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill Drill

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Skill Drill (25 mins)

Session Organization:

  • Move 1 goal forward to create a 45 x 40 pitch
  • Players to be split into 4 teams of 5, 
  • Team 1 & 2 to start
  • Team 3 & 4 to carry out 2 touch passing Rondo 4 v 1 behind goal
  • Goal keepers to remain in goal

 

  • Coach to play ball into Team 1, to start attack on team 2
  • team 2 to win ball and initiate counter attack (unopposed) once team 1 have lost ball must jog to back line, to become counter attacking team.
  • Team 2 to counter opposition goal (regression only allow 3 to defend) (progression restrict touches)
  • If team 1 creates chance and shoots but misses target, entire team to sprint around back of goal to back of other goal. (See red arrow)

 

Coaching Points:

  • Observe body shape of defenders, timing of tackle and 1st touch to allow pass forward. Observe movement and energy of players to play 1 touch up pitch, is it fast enough?
  • Observe communication
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG 2

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SSG 2 (25 mins)

Session Organisation:

  • Back to SSG
  • Look for counter attacking principles.

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