Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): W39 S32 - Win ball back ASAP

Passing Practice (15 mins)

Football Problem

Team is allowing the opposition time and space to build up in our back third

Session Objective

Improve the understanding of the players to make better decisions when denying the opposition to build up in our back third

Organisation

Passing practice 7 v 7 as shown in diagram. red team trying to promote the ball from one end to the other while the blue team defend. When the blue team wins the ball they play it to one of their end players. Once each team completes a pass to an end player they get a point

Progression

Two touch for team in posession. All players to touch the ball before they can receive a point. Once playing a pass to the outside follow your pass so the outside player can follow their pass into the grid

Game Training (25 mins)

Football Problem

Team is allowing the opposition time and space to build up in our back third

Session Objective

Improve the understanding of the players to make better decisions when denying the opposition to build up in our back third

Organisation

7 v 7 with the ball starting from the orange GK. Red team must defend in a 4, 2 formation with the blue team trying to pentrate lines and score goals. when the red team wins the ball they are to get the ball back to orange keeper that will be playing as a false 10

Progression

For every 30 seconds the red team denies the blue team to build up they will earn a goal

Team Task

red team must try to deny the opposition time and space to build up

blue team try to build up and get a shot on goal

Player Tasks

6 and 8 red to work together to screen the forward pass into the 7, 9, 10 & 11 blue

Coaches Cues

Red team 4 2 structure and sliding from side to side together