Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Playing out from the back in a 4-2-3-1

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Lee Caldwell
Name: Lee Caldwell
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Liverpool Ladies FC

Taken from youth to pro soccer emails.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill session

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Skill session (25 mins)

How to play

Yellows try to play down the gaunlet. When they pass through a section the defenders within that section are frozen within that section.

If defending team at any point win the ball then the game becomes unlocked and is a game situation until the ball goes dead. Then you would reset the gaunlet.

Attacking team can use the blues in the safe zone for overloads. They can also send players forward into the next zone to overload the next section.

Progression

Allow defending team to pick how many players they put in each section of the gaunlet.

Coaching Points

Awareness & Recognition

Dispersal (positioning)

Movement to receive

Receiving body position

Receiving skills (to play forward if possible)

Decision making on the ball

Pass selection

Weight, angle, feet/space and quality of pass

Speed of play

Support ahead/behind ball

Timing, angles, reasons for movements

Movements of the ball to get on ball or to create space for others

Combinations of playing out

Link players, linking through sections

Use of overloads to aid playing out

End product


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Phase of play

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Phase of play (30 mins)

How to play

Yellow team look to play out and by hitting the target player or scoring in one of the wide goals they gain a goal.

Red team look to press or drop deep. Manage this team to get out the outcomes you want. They get goal by scoring in the yellows goal.

Progression

Allow red team ownership of their game plan. Do they want to drop and create block or press high.

Coaching Points - Reinforce points from skill session

Awareness & recognition of opportunity to play out. Looking for weak side of opponents (have they pressed high or dropped deep?).

Dispersal: precisely where players should be and why/how/when?

Roles and responsibilities.

Options of playing out and how to affect opposition to aid this.

Goalkeeper

Start position/comfortable possession

Early assessment of opposition

Feed - Fast - Flat - Front foot

Serve - support - speak

Decision making - (play out or in behind)

Weight - Type - Angle of pass

Communication

Security

Defenders

Triggers off goalkeeper

Dispersal - Explode out

Positioning on and off the ball

Movement to receive

Receiving skills

Decision making - Release/Run

Combination with midfield unit

Security when playing out


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 11v11

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11v11 (35 mins)

How to play

Normal 11 v 11 rules apply.

Yellow team will play out in a 1-4-2-3-1.

Red team will be set up in a 1-4-3-3.

This may fall into a 1-4-1-4-1 if defending deep.

Progression

Allow red team ownership of their system. They can change their system and they want to decide on how they play in terms of pressing or blocks or counter attack.

Giving yellows different situations of playing out.

Coaching Points

Midfielders

Dispersal - depth - width - height

Movements off the ball to receive

Movements to break lines with/with out ball

Receiving skills

Decision making - release/run

Rotation of midfield three to aid playing out

3rd man running

Switching points of attack

Security when playing out

Wide Forwards

Positioning

Decision making

Movements to get on ball/without ball

Attacking inside/outside shoulders

Working with/against flight of ball

Receiving skills

Isolating full back 1v1

Combinations with full backs, midfielders and forwards

Security and defensive roles

Forwards

Positioning

Movements in relation to the ball

Occupying two centre backs

Use of space or come to feet

Receiving skills

Decision making

Combination play

End product


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