Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Overloads and movement

Reseller-Club: Premier Users' Club

Russell Shaw, Adult Member

Profile Summary

Name:	Russell Shaw
City:	ottawa
Country:	Canada
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

Interface Language

Share this Session

Link Session

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Combination Play

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Save Image:

Combination Play (10 mins)

Combination Play:

INSTEAD OF CONTINOUS HAVE THE PLAYERS FINISH ON THE GOAL

At least six players (ball starts at end with multiple groups) and grid about 15 yards wide by 30 yards long. First pass must go in front of Player B.

Overlap:

Player A plays across to Player B

Player B moves his first touch diagonal and forward

Player A overlaps Player B

Player B plays out to opposite end

Dribble disguise:

Player A plays across to Player B

Player B moves his first touch diagonal and forward

Player A overlaps Player B

Player B receives on outside foot and works a fake a circle or a twist to go opposite way

Player B plays out to opposite end

Reverse pass:

Player A plays across to Player B

Player B moves his first touch diagonal and forward

Player A overlaps Player B

Player B reverses ball into path of Player A

Player A plays out to end

Coaching points:

Pass in front, receive on back foot, move first touch diagonal and forward, eyes to ball to pass and receive, eyes up in between, names and eye contact before pass, weight and direction of pass, maintain width, timing of run on disguised dribble, hide laces on disguise

Duration: 60 minutes.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Fulham Passing & Receiving Combination Play

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Save Image:

Fulham Passing & Receiving Combination Play (15 mins)

Passing & Receiving Combination Play:

INSTEAD OF CONTINOUS HAVE THE PLAYERS FINISH ON THE GOAL

Grid is 10 yards wide by 20 yards long

Player A plays across to Player B's back foot and follows pass to overlap Player B. B receives and plays to Player C and continues run to create space for the overlapping A. Player C sets a pass to Player A, who then switches the ball to either Player D or E and the drill begins again from the other side.

Coaching Points:

Receive on back foot

Movement of Player C (check to show shoulder check back foot)

Weight of pass -- set pass as opposed to switch

Timing of overlap

Progressions:

One touch and speed of play

Switching middle players on the move

After receiving the set pass from C, Player A plays a diagonal return pass to Player B in the gap, who then switches the play to either Player D or E

Have an additional ball going around the outside of the box having players show off the cone sholder -- check, receive on back foot and play (only if numbers permit -- need minimum of 13 for this)

Duration: 20 minutes.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Jail Game Opposed

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Save Image:

Jail Game Opposed (15 mins)

Passing Breakout with Opposition

A plays across to B and overlaps underlaps or diaganol run in behind

B and A attack defender and makes a decision to pass or beat him

Strike on goal to finish, if defender wins the ball then one of the attackers becomes defender

Progression:

Add a second defender in a second grid, now the two attackers have to beat two defender at seperate intervals to get to goal

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 4

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Save Image:

Screen 4 (15 mins)

Overloaded Transistions

Set Up:

2 goals aprox 50' apart

2 equal teams

2 keepers

Balls at each end

2 lines either side of the net

One team will send out a player on breakaway who must shoot at the top of the 18.

After the shot the defending team will start out against the shooter and go 2 vs 1 to goal to shoot. After the shot the defending team will send out to players to join the 1 to counter 3 vs 2 to goal.

The game restarts with the opposite team starting on the breakaway.

Coaching Points:

-Commit the defender

-Mobility and types of runs

-Timeing of runs to stay onsides

-Speed in attack

-looking for opportunities to shoot whenever you can