Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): UEFA B Session 5- Breaking Lines in Attacking Half

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Brett Laffien

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Name:	Brett Laffien
City:	Vero Beach
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

Organization (Practice Layout & Transition)

Both the Specific practice and Small Sided Game (SSG) will be played using a whole half. Two corners will be tapered off on the red teams defensive end.

Equipment:

Flat markers will divide the pitch into 3 zones: left, middle, right
Cones will taper off the 2 corners of the field in the reds defensive half.
Mannequins are set up on each side as a visual marker for the blue team.

Red team will be coached (focused team).

Blue team will be managed.

Red team plays a 2-3-3

Blue team plays a 4-2-1

Red teams focus is on breaking the lines.

Blue will be given instructions to create problems for the red team.

Welsh Way Principles:

Play Around- use width

Play Through- create overloads to play through

Play Over- invite the team to press to allow space for 11, 9, and/or 7 to run into space when a ball is played over the top.

Walkthrough to open session:

Ball starts with the keeper
Keeper plays the ball into an attacking midfielder.
The attacking midfielder drops the ball to the holding mid.
As the ball is traveling, the 9 is making a run between the center back and an outside back.
The holding midfielder will play the ball through to the 9 for a chance on goal.

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

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Specific Practice

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Problem 1: Blue team stays compact and defends the center of the pitch.

Solution 1: Play Around

11 and 7 stay in the wide channels (hug the line)
When there is pressure in the middle, the midfielders reset and find the 11 or 7
When the ball goes out to the wide players, the team must shift to give support.

Ex: ball goes to the 11. The 10 drops slightly to support. The 9 makes a curling run between the 2 and 4. And the 8 runs into the space created by the 9

Ex 2: ball goes to the 7. The 8 makes an overlapping run to create an overload. If the 3 follows the 8, 7 drives inside. If the 3 sticks with the 7, the 7 plays the ball through to the 8.

Problem 2: Blue Team is holding a high line/pressing high.

Solution 2: Play Through or Over

Any attacking player can reset the ball to the holding midfielders or GK
As the ball is resetting, this triggers the 11, 9, and 7 to make curved runs between the defenders.

Ex: 10 drops the ball to 5. 11 makes a run between 2 and 4. 9 makes a run between 4 and 5. 7 makes a run between 5 and 3. 5 plays a ball over the top to one of the attacking players.

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

If 1v1 on the outside, can the 11 or 7 take the defender on in the dribble?

Targets: both teams will score on the large goals.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

The same problems will be created by the blue team.

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

Can the red team recognize when to play around, through, or over? What are the trigger?

What do you do when its congested in the middle?

What do you do when the opponent is pushing high?

How do you create opportunities to play through the middle?