Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Wide play combination

Option 1 overlapping (10 mins)

Pattern of play 1

Wide player runs defending full back inside giving space for attacking full back to get forwaard and exploit ( as shown above)

Coaching points

1 both forwards movement is away from play, creating more space for the wide area to be exploited, by taking both centre backs with them

2 Timing of the run from the wide player, his movement must be with a purpose as to get the full back to thing hes getting the ball paassed to him..

3 Full back will be ready to get forward and on the ball being transfered to aplayer in a position to make the pass he will set off upon the movement of the wide plyer.

Weight of pass from the attacker playing the ball into that area.

4 opposite wide player effecting the furtherest full back creating holes along the back four.

Weakness if we lose possesion (10 mins)

Weakness if we lose possesion

As you can see from the senario the weakness is the counter attack into the area our full back has left

Coaching points :

Looking at the arrows, getting nearest centre back to become more full back, other centre back to move across, opposite full back to become furthest centre back and opposite wide player to try and fill in at full back ( as shown above )