Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Turning with back to Pressure Timing Of Movement

Outside turn with Back to Pressure (10 mins)

Organization:

1. Set up as shown (20x20yds)

2. 8 players per grid.

3. Plenty of balls.

Instructions:

1. Perform as shown. CM checks away and checks to ball at an angle.

2. Take outside touch to penetrate wide area. Wide player checks to and make a wide looping run to receive into space.

3. CM plays a pass into the wide players run. Wide player dribbles to next lines (speed dribble)

4. Continue pattern simultaneously. Follow your pass rotation.

Coaching Points:

1. Recognize where pressure is as ball is approaching (check over shoulder)​

2. Toes down and in (Outside)

3. Cushion on contact.

4. Take 1st touch away from pressure.

5. Turn body with 1st touch (one motion)

Target Possession Game (15 mins)

SetUp

25x35 area, 5v5 + neutral player, 3v3 in the middle and two targets on each end as shown above

Organization

Possession team must score by playing from one target/outside player to another.

Progressions

Outside players can enter the game but must be replaced with a player on the inside.

Coaching Points

1. Abiltiy to apply movement off the ball worked on pattern play.

2. Ball possession pricniples of Rhythm & Tempo.

Rhtyhm: Flow of ball movement.

Tempo: Speed fo ball movement.

3. Ability to apply turning with back to pressure technique when in tight areas.