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Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Exploiting wide areas against a 3-5-2

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Anthony Williams
Name: Anthony Williams
City: Maesteg
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Exploiting wide areas against a 3-5-2

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Exploiting wide areas against a 3-5-2

Exploiting wide areas in a 4-4-2 v 3-5-2

Objective

Looking to exploit both wide areas in a 4-4-2 v 3-5-2 system

Working with the blues.

Duration

3 x 8 mins

Total 29 mins

Work/rest

Work 8 mins / rest 3 mins.

Coaching points.

Weight of pass,

timing of run into areas .

movement to create the space for others

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Option 1

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Option 1 (10 mins)

Looking to exploit wide area for full back to get in

How we will do this

1 Midfielder will make movement inside to take wide midfield defender with him

2 Both forwards will try and play close together to get all 3 centre backs to be very narrow.

3 Full back will make run depending on the timing of the pass from full back to centre back.

Centre back will look to play a longer pass missing out the midfield area to the full back with a longer diagonal pass.

4 both central midfielders will then get forward beyond defenders to support attack

Opposite wide midfileder will make run into box and far post for any cross over hit.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Option 2

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Option 2 (10 mins)

Option 2

If centre backs stay wider

Build up play will be slower with the ball transfered across the back 4.

The full back will pick the ball up around the half way after our wide midfielder has taken the defender narrow.

This gives the opportunity for the full back to run at the centre back 1v1.

Coaching points

Full backs pace and direction of dribble.

2 the centre forwards run between defenders allowing the pass to be played into his feet.

The angle of the centre forwards run

The weight of the pass from the full back.

4 the runs of both central midfielders, hopefully one getting penalty spot and one on edge for any second balls.

Opposite wide player in th ebox for deeper cross.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Weak areas if we lose possesion

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Weak areas if we lose possesion (10 mins)

Weakness

Area to exploit

The area that will be exploited if we lose possesion is the space where our full back has left

Coaching points

Centre back moves accross to full back area . other centre back moves across opposite full back becomes furthest centre back and opposite wide player gets back to become full back

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