Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Attacking in Tight Spaces (9v9)
Premier Users' Club
Ian Dawson
Description
Attacking in Tight Spaces
Who: #9/#10/#11/#7
What: Combinations, entries and decisions in attacking 1/3
When: Possession into and in the attacking 1/3 (middle three channels - half spaces/central space)
Where: Middle/Attacking thirds
Why: To create 3+ player combinations and entries to create efficient goal scoring opportunities
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20 mins
Overview:
20W 25L - 2 goals gks (no gks- small goals)
Blues starting the attack in 2v2 situation, when they score, GK saves or ball is out of play one more red/blue enter the pitch to create 3v3. After that 1 more blue/red enter the pitch to create 4v4. Blues get ball back if a natural stoppage occurs.
Then switch with focus to red team after 5mins.
Coaching Points:
- Attack at pace
- Identify overload quickly in area of field
- Decision making when to dribble or pass the ball
- Movement to create space, on and off the ball
- Clinical/composed and sharp finishing
- Quick transition to attack/defense
- Recovery runs, get behind the ball
- Try to isolate 1 defender to create 2v1 overload
- Runs to create overload in channels
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20 mins
Objective: Penetrating into attacking third through the central and half spaces, and creating shot.
Organization: 14 players (2 GK green/yellow, x6 red x6 blue) Maximum space allowed (ideally 30/40L 20/30 W).
Process:
Green GK throw, drive ball to blue 8 or 10 (GK yellow) collects any balls going through and releases immediately to blue 8/10.
Blue look to penetrate through the offside line, to create shooting opportunity.
Red win ball and play through, into yellow for point. The reset and start process again.
W= waiting player to enter
Coaching
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25 mins
Coached Game:
Focus combinations, entries and movement with the #9/10/11/7 role players
Look to work in all previous coaching points.
Establish the tactical picture within this format.
Restarts dribble/pass within 4seconds of going out to create faster thinking in and around attacking third.
Progression: Team execute combination and shot on target=1 goal if they score =3goals
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15 mins
Rapid Fire - 1 touch
Organization:
1 plays to 3 - 3 plays to 2 - 2 plays to 3 - 3 shoots on goal (all 1 touch)
Rotation: 1 goes to 2 cone - 2 goes to 3 cone - 3 gets ball and goes to 1 cone
Waiting team starts once 3 has taken shot - immediately
Instep finishing inside area
Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
Pause
Stop
15 mins
Organization:
Instructions:
-Combination must occur to score goal**
- A takes a touch out of feet to begin game
- B is the attacker. A passes to B upon B's command
- C is the defender. C can also move on A's touch
- B is looking to score in the goals marked 1
- If C wins the ball, they are looking to score in the goals marked 2
- Play game until a goal is scored or the ball goes out of bounds
- Next ball plays immediately
- Play for 90 seconds, and then rotate roles.
Coaching Points:
- Movement to lose mark
- combinations = 1/2, overlap, give and go's, set and spin
- Scanning and using arms to feel for defender
- Decision based on speed of defender - Hold up ball, spin defender, turn and face
- Quality of pass into attacker
- change of speed and direction with and without ball
Progressions:
- go to big goals(gks) / progress to 2v2 with recovering defender (make a run around middle cone). Space 25Lx20W