Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): 4-3-3 Session

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Name:	Frank Greenawalt
City:	Riverside
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up

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Learning Objectives

	Technical General technique
	Tactical Move up the pitch as a team
	Physical Fitness
	Psychological Game awareness

Warm Up (15 mins)

Warm Up (15 min)

Juggling (5 min)

Coerver Ball Work (5 min)

Stretching (5 min)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing & Movement

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Passing & Movement (15 mins)

Passing & Movement (15 min)

Groups of 4 no pressure perform various passing combinations. (1)1-2 Pass, (2)Overlap, (3)Short/Short/Long, Wall Passes. Through balls. Etc. Progression: Switch to using hands to focus on movements.

CP: Creativity. Communication. Head up/on a swivel. Movement off passes.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dutch Triangles 1

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Dutch Triangles 1 (5 mins)

Dutch Triangles Activity 1 (7 min)

The exercise starts by Player A passing to Player B with the inside of his foot. Before Player A makes the pass, Player B should check away two or three steps behind him before moving forward to receive the pass with forward momentum. Player B receives the pass with his right foot and pushes the ball to his right behind the cone. While this is going on, Player A simply follows his pass and moves to the next cone in back of the players already waiting there in line. Player B then continues the exercise by playing the ball with his right foot to Player C, who then plays the ball to Player A to complete the triangle.

Variation 1: Change direction to play with left foot.

Variation 2: Add a second ball to reduce lag time.

Coaching Points: The ball should be played crisply at game speed, communication, quick movement, use of both feet

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dutch Triangles 2

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Dutch Triangles 2 (5 mins)

Dutch Triangle Activity 2 (7 min)

To add more interplay between the players involved in the exercise, an extra pass is added. When Player A passes to Player B, he should follow his pass to receive a ball back on the ground on a one-timed ball that has been cushioned. As Player A moves to the ball, Player B shuffles back and to his right to mimic the off-the-ball movements to create separation after a pass during the game. Once Player B has moved around his cone and towards Player C, Player A plays an angled ball to Player B to meet him in stride. Player B then hits a one-timed ball to Player C and continues on with the exercise just as Player A did.

Variation 1: Change direction

Variation 2: Add a second ball

Coaching Points: Crisp passing, communication, quick movement on and off the ball, weight of passes

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Sm Sided Game

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Sm Sided Game (15 mins)

Perseption & Awareness (15 min)

4 vs 4 + 2 with 4 neutral targets, 4 attacking players try to keep possession against 4 defenders with the help of 2 neutral players and 4 targets, Team scores a point for 7 consecutive passes without losing possession or by connecting one pass to each neutral target players, Play 3 x 4 minute games rotating neutrals and target players each round

Variation - Team wins by connecting to all four corners

COACHING POINTS Passing and receiving technique, Movement off the ball (proper angles of support), Early support (before the player is under pressure), Composure on the ball

Awareness by players off the ball (proper spacing), Communication by all

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Developing fitness

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Learning Objectives

	Technical General technique
	Tactical Move up the pitch as a team
	Physical Fitness
	Psychological Game awareness

Developing fitness (30 mins)

Expanded Sm Sided Game (15 min)

SSG (6v6), 2 min or 2 goals switch teams

Restrictions: Connect 5 passes before shooting. All players must get back in their own half to defend and all player must get into the opposing half before shooting

Coaching Points: Encourage combination play, make eye contact , move into vacated spaces

Sm Sided Game No Restrictions (15 min)

Teams must have every outfield player in their opponent’s half to score. This forces players to move up and down the field throughout.