Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Setting Traps

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Jason Brindley

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Jason Brindley
Name: Jason Brindley
City: Oswestry
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Rondo

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Rondo (10 mins)

Focus + Session design

  • Setting Traps conditioned practice
  • Rondo 
  • 7v3 (x2) 
  • If the defenders win the ball within 6 passes, all come out
  • If the possession players make 6 passes, only player who wins the ball comes out
  • 90:30 (x5)

Coaching detail

  • Work as a team, move together
  • Quick aggressive press on a trigger or ball to wide player
  • Angled run to make play predictable
  • Anticipate and effect the next pass


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2v2(+2)

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2v2(+2) (15 mins)

Focus + Session design

  • 2v2(+2) 
  • 15x15 yard area
  • Score a point from getting ball from one side to the other
  • 90:30

Coaching detail

  • Start narrow to prevent split pass
  • On pass to wide player, can you jump and steal
  • Far defender to provide balance
  • Reaction on transition

Progressions/Regressions


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3v3(+2)

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3v3(+2) (15 mins)

Focus + Session design

  • 3v3(+2) 
  • If neutrals dribble through gate, 1 point
  • If possession team score in mini goal, 3 points
  • If possession team switch from one neutral to the other and dribble through the gate, 5 points

Coaching detail

  • Work as a team, move together
  • Quick aggressive press on a trigger or ball to wide player
  • Angled run to make play predictable
  • Anticipate and effect the next pass

Progressions/Regressions


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Octagon Practice

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Octagon Practice (20 mins)

Focus + Session design

  • Setting a trap conditioned practice
  • 8v4 (3 teams of 4 for competition)
  • 12 yards between each cone
  • 3min games (30sec rest) x 6
  • Possession team to score a point by getting the ball from bottom to top or top to bottom players
  • If they can play through the central zone, double points
  • Defending team to protect/overload central passes, make play go wide before locking it in and winning the ball 

Coaching detail

  • Narrow off first to protect the central area - deepest player to recognise ball over the top and start half and half
  • As ball travels wide - nearest player to produce quick sprint on the angle, engage his inside shoulder to cut off the middle and force him down the line or even better, win the ball
  • Secondary defender to start edging out to engage and win the line ball
  • Top far defender to screen pass into the furthest player which would score them a point
  • Bottom far defender to protect middle passes

  • Collectively - Defend with structure, move together when the ball moves, lock down the wide area, block inside passes, be aggressive when making contact and win the ball


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG (20 mins)

Focus + Session design

  • Conditioned SSG
  • Pitch set us as seen in image, 4 channels and an open box in the middle of the pitch
  • 44x52 yard area, channels 11 yards each
  • In possession, can we stretch the pitch and occupy all areas
  • Out of possession, protect the middle first and dictate that the ball goes wide
  • In possession, if you can play through the middle zone that scores a point, if you can play through central zone and score that counts for 3

Coaching detail

  • Defending team to protect the middle
  • Important that the out of possession wingers are goal side of opposition winger so can apply pressure on first touch (judging distances for starting position) 
  • Important that he presses inside shoulder to cut off the middle of the pitch
  • Desire and determination in defending 1v1, don's just lunge in, timing is important, use body to get in between player and ball. 
  • CM to screen pass into 9
  • Far winger to come inside to engage central player should they be able to open the play
  • 9 to stay with CBs to stop backwards pass or switches, can you be in a position to effect both

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