Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Purposeful Posession
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Luke Woods
Profile Summary
| Name: | Luke Woods |
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| City: | Wigan |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |
Description
Session objectives – Possession
•Working on keeping the ball.
•Agility to be able to dodge their opponent when playing the first session.
•Awareness being able to see where the target player is.
Target – 7-10 year olds
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Learning Objectives
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Technical Dropping their shoulder to deceive their opponent. |
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Tactical Positioning their body correctly so the opponent cannot retrieve their tail. |
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Physical Constant movement to avoid their opponents and also to try and grab their opponents tail. |
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Psychological Staying composed and attacking at the correct times and also not giving up if their opponent grabs their tail they must make sure they try to get the ball to get a point. |
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Social Fun game which gets them talking to each other as they will enjoy it. |
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Learning Objectives
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Technical Making sure they have the correct weight on their passes. Make sure they keep their head up looking for a pass and so they are aware of where the target player is. |
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Tactical Making the pitch as big as possible by spreading out when their team is in possession. Making the pitch as small as possible when they are defending by pinning the attacking team into a corner, so they cannot play out. Playing in triangles to be able to have multiple options when on the ball. |
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Physical Constant pressure on their first touch creating space and movement off the ball. Pressing the opposition when out of possession and creating the space to be able to make the pass to the target player. |
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Psychological Staying composed and attacking at the correct times. Finding the right pass and not making risky passes which may lose possession. |
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Social Communicating with team mates and target players to make sure you know when to make a pass, where to make it and if you have a defender behind you. Knowing when to press as a team when defending and who you are pressing. |
Pass through the gates (25 mins)
Organisation
There are 12 players, six red and six blue these have already been chosen by making the players put the bibs on at the start of the session. There will be two target players at either end of the area they will be identified by their yellow bib which they will put on over the top of their team bib. At both ends of the area there will be two gates which will be towards the corners the gates will be marked by yellow cones. The remaining players will be inside the area. They will be playing a 5v5 game, to score a point the must pass the ball through a gate and the target player must receive the ball.
Scoring system
To score a point the players must pass the ball through a gate and the target player must receive the ball for the point to stand.
Area
Total area size 40x20 yards. Players will be working within the area apart from the two target players who will aim to work within a two yard run off from the area.
Equipment
One size four football for the game, nine other size four football to make up the ball nests, Eight yellow cones and two yellow bibs for the target players.
Coaching points
Be on your toes ready to change direction. Keep your head up look for your target player. When in possession make the pitch as big as possible, when you are defending be compact make the pitch small, so the other team cannot play out. Play quick passing, once you play a pass make a move even if you are making a dummy run to drag away a defender. Defenders body position should be side on.
Progressions
Make the game one or two touch. Make the game harder by not letting a team pass through a gate immediately after they have been through it. Teams must complete a certain number of passes before they can pass through a gate.
Regressions
Take away the gates and make it so they only have to pass the ball to the target player. Make the teams even in terms of playing abilities.
Players
Total 12 players, two target players and 5v5 inside the area.
Time
1 minute to set up, 1 minute demonstration, 23 minutes playing time.
Interventions
Drive by – I will pull a player out if I see them struggling and I will help them by asking what they think they could of done better and how to improve I will then possibly set them a challenge I want them to complete before the end of the game.
Fly by – I will keep reminding players to make the pitch as big as possible by spreading out when their team is in possession. I will also tell them to make the pitch as small as possible when they are defending by pinning the attacking team into a corner, so they cannot play out.
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Learning Objectives
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Technical Making sure they have the correct weight on their passes. Make sure they keep their head up looking for a pass and so they are aware of where their teammates are. Shooting into the corners of the goal to make it hard for the goalkeepers to save the shots. |
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Tactical Making the pitch as big as possible by spreading out when their team is in possession. Making the pitch as small as possible when they are defending by pinning the attacking team into a corner, so they cannot play out. Playing in triangles to be able to have multiple options when on the ball. Using the correct part of the foot depending on what shot they are doing. |
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Physical Constant pressure on their first touch creating space and movement off the ball. Pressing the opposition when out of possession and creating the space to be able to make the pass or shot. Being able to hold of a player when a defender is trying to push them off the ball. |
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Psychological Staying composed and attacking at the correct times. Finding the right pass and not making risky passes which may lose possession. Knowing when to shoot and what type of shot is needed to score. |
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Social Communicating with team mates to make sure you know when to make a pass, where to make it and if you have a defender behind you. Knowing when to press as a team when defending and who you are pressing. |
Match (20 mins)
Organisation
The match will be played inside the same area as we have been using throughout the session which is 40x20. It will be a 6v6 game red team vs blue. There will be a goalkeeper in each goal the teams will switch goalkeepers every 3 minutes this will give each player the same amount of time in goal. To score a goal the team must get the ball into the opponents goal. If the ball goes out of the area the the ball will start with the correct teams goalkeeper. There is not corners so if it should be a corner to blue team for example then the game will resume with the blue teams goalkeeper.
Scoring system
The ball must cross the goal line.
Area
Total area size 40x20 yards. Players will be working within the area.
Equipment
One size four football for the game, nine other size four football to make up the ball nests, eight cones for the ball nests, two goals and 10 flat markers to make up each teams box.
Coaching points
Be on your toes ready to change direction. Keep your head up look for your target player. When in possession make the pitch as big as possible, when you are defending be compact make the pitch small, so the other team cannot play out. Play quick passing, once you play a pass make a move even if you are making a dummy run to drag away a defender. Defenders body position should be side on. Try to get a yard of space to get a shot away. When shooting aim for the corners of the goal to make it more difficult for the goalkeepers to reach.
Progressions
Make the game one or two touches. Teams must complete a certain number of passes before they can attempt to score a goal. All passes must travel forward or sideways.
Regressions
Make the teams even in terms of playing ability. Make the area size bigger to accommodate players that may be struggling.
Players
Total 12 players, 6v6 inside the area.
Time
1 minute to set up, 1 minute demonstration, 18 minutes playing time.
Interventions
Drive by – I will pull a player out if I see them struggling and I will help them by asking what they think they could of done better and how to improve I will then possibly set them a challenge I want them to complete before the end of the game for example I could set a player the challenge of completing 10 passes before the end of the game.
Fly by – I will keep reminding players to make the pitch as big as possible by spreading out when their team is in possession. I will also tell them to make the pitch as small as possible when they are defending by pinning the attacking team into a corner, so they cannot play out.
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Agility game (15 mins)
Organisation
There will be 12 players, six will be given a red bib to wear and six will be given a blue bib to wear, these will be the teams for the second and third progressions. For this agility game players will be working individually in a 1v1 mini game. Players will be given a bib to tuck into their shorts/pants which will act as a tail. The aim of the game will be to score the most points. To score point players must try to get the opponents tail, once a tail has been pulled out the ball, that is placed on top of the cone, becomes live players must try to grab the ball with their hands to secure extra points. Players will be working within a yard of the ball which is placed on top of the cone. Each round will be two minutes long.
Scoring system
By grabbing the opponents tail you receive three points. The ball is worth one point. If a player gets the tail and the ball they secure a total of four points. The player with the most points at the end of the time limit is the winner.
Area
Total area size 40x20 yards. Players will be working within a yard of the ball.
Equipment
White board (to use for tallying scores), six size four footballs for the mini game, extra four footballs size four for the ball nests, six cones for the game, 8 cones for the ball nests six red bibs, six blue bibs.
Coaching points
Be on your toes ready to change direction. Keep your head up watching your opponent. Keep your back away from your opponent. Drop your shoulder and quickly go the other way to mislead your opponent.
Progressions
Set up a tournament system with World Cup as the highest, European Championship second highest game, Champions League third, Europa League fourth, Premier League fifth, Championship sixth. Players will move up if they win they move up the tournament system if they lose they move down.
Regressions
Put players with other players of a similar size to make it easier as they will have the same reach length.
Players
Total of 12 player, 2 players to each cone.
Time
1 minute to set up, 1 minute for the demonstration. 13 minutes playing time.
Interventions
Drive by – I will not use this as much on the agility game due to me pulling a player out will disrupt a game. If a player is really struggling I will use this and I will show them how to position their body correctly to avoid their opponent grabbing their tail.
Fly by – I will give players feedback and I will also keep reminding them to make sure they are watching their opponent so they can predict when they should be dodging their opponent from grabbing their tail.