Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): UEFA B Assessment Day - Attacking with 2 CM's and a withdrawn ST (Start Time: 2019-02-03 11:05:00)

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Name:	Thomas Briggs
City:	Oxford
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Function

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Function (15 mins)

Game Model Reference/Welsh Way Principles: Create and exploit overloads / Finding the spare player

What: Function to SSG - Combination Play with a #10 & #9

Conditions: Set up with pitch geography in mind, the blues are trying to play through and around the greens. Server (yellow) plays the ball into a blue CM to start with, greens to defend with realism, managed to press the ball if necessary.

Challenges: Blue to create overloads against the green CM players. Combinations used are up to the coach, obviously its key to use the #10 and get the #9 to occupy and stretch the blue CBs

Targets: Blue are trying to score past the GK, green press the ball, win possession, any combination, manage a countdown if necessary and get it back into the servers.

Key Points: Coach the type of pass into either/both CMs, Coach the type of run/receiving skills executed by both of the blue CMs. Important that as this is happening that the #10 plays off the shoulders of both of the green CMs and shows their feet to the player in possession. The servers are to complete a minimum one pass prior to the ball coming into the practice. They can be used as a 'bounce' players with a maximum two touch

Focus on: Width and depth; Penetration; Decision Making; Quality of pass; Angles and distances; Body Position

Coaching Process: Observation; Diagnoses; Accurate Recreation; Corrective Feedback/Demo; Player Rehearsal; Play Live

Technical: How? When? Where? Why? Who? What If?

Problem 1: Green to defend tight to opposition CMs (freeing up the blue #10)

Manage the greens and paint the pictures to the blues. Manage the green to press and then give the solutions to the blues.

Solution 1: Get the players to understand the roles and responsibilities of the blues in relation to each other. Coach the type of pass from the server and the receiving skills of the two CMs. Coach the individual and the unit they operate in. On the ball/around the ball/away from the ball.

EG; As 6 and 8 split, coach #10 timing of movement, 6/8 support and timing of movement in wide areas once 10 receives the ball. If 6 goes forward, 8 to shuffle over and protect central area (defensive balance). #9 can you make a channel run to draw CB/ through ball to play in behind, or pin a CB (combination play between #9 and #10 can be fluid).

Problem 2: Manage the greens to now defend narrow and try to stop the ball into the #10.

Solution 2: The #10 now has to receive play around the two green CMs.

Manage the green two CBs to defend as they would in a match e.g. get them to defend either side of the #9 and then if you want to progress one of them can press the #10.

EG; If #10 is blocked off centrally, can he get wide to receive/ drag green CM’s. Coach quality of pass from 6/8 to either #10 if he is not tracked, or directly to #9. #9 can you hold up play, coach supporting forward runs e.g. combination between #9 and #10 or #9 and 6/8.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG (15 mins)

What: SSG 9v9; Blue: GK-2-4-1-1 v Green: GK-4-2-2

How: Full width now, players brought in to make up the 9v9, tapered lines where there are no FBs or opposition wide players. Highlighted area is the function we were working on earlier

Challenges: Blue team, execute the patterns that were covered in the function. Green team, play forward, play direct, manage a countdown for them to score within.

Hopefully the patterns and pictures from the function will continue based on what the opposition do.

Problem 1: Green to defend tight to opposition players (e.g. ST's go tight on CB's, CM's go tight on 6 & 8, CB's go tight to ST, Full backs go tight to Wide Mdf). This should free up the blue #10.

Manage the greens and paint the pictures to the blues. Manage the green to press and then give the solutions to the blues.

Solution 1: Coach them to now play through via #10. Get the players to understand the roles and responsibilities of the blues in relation to each other. Coach the individual and the unit they operate in. On the ball/around the ball/away from the ball.

Problem 2: Manage the greens to now defend sit and defend narrow and try to stop the ball into the #10 (e.g. 1 ST force play wide, other sits in for the switch of pass, CM's screen #10, back four stay compact and protect the goal)

Solution 2: Coach to play around rather than through

This is also your opportunity to demonstrate how you attack the opposition when the ball goes wide always with the roles of your #10 & #9 paramount.

You will need to affect the wide players in detail in how they receive the ball, and get information on to the two defenders and GK.

Ensure you coach the wide left player and two CMs in relation to the ball when it goes wide right and vice versa.

Maintain a focus on the units/team in the SSG and make sure the units knit together and work as one.

Detail to the #10 and #9 could be how the #10 now receives the ball from wide players and looks to thread the ball into the #9. Again there will need to be detail given to the #9 on the type of run, timing of run, receiving skills ETC

Ensure the game has a flow and mimics the 11v11 in terms of throw ins, goal kicks etc.