Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Improve scoring goals

Less challenging

Key Factors

Balance and organization, communication and information, compact and narrow shape, pressure on the ball, What are the attackers roles and responsibilities?  change of pace, switching the point of attack, support the attack.

Organization 

Yellow 1-3 manage, scores on mini nets

Reds 3-1 coaching scores on main net.

Field size 20yds x 35 yds

Focus on red attacking shape. Start the game just as you enter the attacking third from the connecting third if the ball is won by yellow they have 10 seconds to score .

9 initiates press with support from midfield. 8 & 10 give support and width.  The 6 supports the attack and keep the defense honest and force them to stay at home.

More Challenging

Key Factors

Balance and organization, communication and information, compact and narrow shape, pressure on the ball, What are the attackers roles and responsibilities?  change of pace, switching the point of attack, support the attack.

Organization 

Yellow 1-4-3 manage, score on mini nets

Reds 2-3-3 coaching, score on main net

Field size 40yds x 35yds

Focus on red attacking shape. Start the game just as you enter the attacking third from the connecting third if the ball is won by yellow they have 10 seconds to score .

9 initiates press with support from midfield. 8 & 10 give support, while 11 & 7  give width.  The 3 & 2 support the attack and keep the defense honest and force them to stay at home.

Stage 3: solve the problem (20 mins)

Key Factors

Triggers of movement to receive and support play who has the ball?, body position and 1st touch where am i on the field? quality of the pass can we play forward penatrating passes? width and depth offered by who and where on the field? decison making when to pass, when to dribble, when to shoot? focusing on solving the problem of playing against aq compact and narrow defensive team in a low defensive block what,who,when,where,why attacking principles

Organisation

blues 1-4-3-2 managing the blues

reds 3-2-1-3 coaching the reds

Focusing on the reds and how we can play forward progressive passes to unbalance and disorganize the defendign team.

player info

4. Look to play forward passes in 6,8,10,2,3, also becoming middle man wwhen moving ball along the back line to create space and unbalnace defenders. Protection against the counter attack and recycling the ball if won in defensiv tranisition.

2. Provide outlet to 4,6 ,8,10 and support 7 with either ovrlapping run, support from behind and becoming widest player and creating width within the midfield area, also balance when attacking down opposite side, slide into field and create block against counter attack.

3. Provide outlet to 4,6 ,8,10 and support 11 with either ovrlapping run, support from behind and becoming widest player and creating width within the midfield area, also balance when attacking down opposite side, slide into field and create block against counter attack.

6. triangulate the middle of the field looking to recieve the ball on back foot and play forward into 11,7,9,10 qulality passing, quick movement of the ball and quick decisions in central mid area using 2,3 as wide players and angles of support if forward pass cannot be played. Look to switch play either side to unbalance and disorganize defending team. Protect the central areas from counter attacking and hold position to offer stability in tranisiton phases. Use 8 to move ball in tight space and draw defenders out of position before playing forward passes

8. Triangulate the middle of the field looking to recieve the ball on back foot and play forward into 11,7,9,10 qulality passing, quick movement of the ball and quick decisions in central mid area using 2,3 as wide players and angles of support if forward pass cannot be played. Look to switch play either side to unbalance and disorganize defending team. Look to support attacking players with forward thinking runs from deep with or without the ball drawing defenders out of position or creating numbers up scenarios in the attacking third. Attacking the box with delayed runs from deep, taking defenders into areas that create instabilty and confusion with the defending team. Offer support to 6 and allow runs from deep to not make the play predictable and force defenders to keep guessing who is making 3rd man runs.

10. Look to play forward passes into 9,7,11 in the attacking third behind defenders forcing back line to retreat, play infront of back 4 but behind blue midfeild. Has freedom to roam in central areas and pick up pokets of space that may create overloads in attacking areas, Desicion making key when to pass, when to dribble, when to shoot. Draw opposition out and support midfield by reconizing 3rd man runs from 8 11,7, in behind 9. body shape when recieivng key look to scan behind and relalize what is around you before receiving the ball