Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Combination play - Overlap

Main Activity 1

Main Theme (20 mins)

Organization:

3 12x20 yard channels

Players set up as shown

Instructions:

- Play starts when attacking player (B) in the middle checks away from the passing player (A). Player A plays a short-short pass with Player B before playing long to Player (C).

- Player C now dribbles into the field and looks to attack Player A who enters the field as a defender (2v1)

- Player B will look to overlap Player C as they attack to try to stop the ball on the endline for a point.

Coaching Points:

- Player C look to dribble at the defender to get him to commit

- Player B timing of the overlap

- Visual cues to develop the play

- Player C dribbling with the correct foot

- Player C passing with the correct foot and surface

- Player C adding, disguising or performing moves to unbalance defender

Progressions:

1. Allow a wall pass. Cues when to wall, overlap and dribble.

Conditioned game

Conditioned Game (20 mins)

Organization:

Full Field

6v6 with GKs

Channels on the wide areas as shown

Instructions:

- Players play regular game

- As the ball gets wide, attacking player must come into the center of the field, and passer must look to overlap into the channel.

- Once in the channel and the pass is played back to the overlapping player, opposing defender cannot defend in the attacking half.

Coaching Points:

- Wide player look to dribble centrally to create width and attract defenders

- Timing of the overlap

- Visual cues to develop the play (first touch inside)

- Wide player dribbling with the correct foot

- Wide player passing with the correct foot and surface

- Wide player adding, disguising or performing moves to unbalance defender based on how the pressure is from the defender

Progressions:

- Opposing defender can now defend in the channels.

- Unconditioned game.