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Matt Carter
Name: Matt Carter
City: Leicester
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

What:

  • Building the attack from our defensive third by using our defensive line to generate the build up

Where:

  • Defensive Third

Who:

  • Center backs, left/right back, defensive center midfielder, center midfielder, left/right wingers

When:

  • When the center back or left/right back receives the ball from the goalie from a goal kick to start the build up

Why:

  • Being able to disorganize the opponent in teaching the players how to beat a high pressing team to generate build-up into the opponent's middle third
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm-Up

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm-Up
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Warm-Up

Organization:

  • Use the width of the defensive third - 50-60 yards by 30 yards in length
  • Setup 4 lines of defensive players behind the goal line, each line representing a position, i.e., right/left back, center backs
  • Setup 2 lines of the attacking players on the side line, each being center striker
  • Create an end zone 5 yards in depth at the end of the 30 yards

Instructions:

  • 4v2 + goalie game. Goalie starts each possession with the ball and builds the attack by playing it wide
  • Center strikers are to press high and disrupt the build-up
  • Defensive team (focus team) is allowed to score a point by entering the ball with possession into the end zone
  • Any side outs are resets of play with new players coming in from all lines. If team has more than one goalie, swap goalie as well
  • Center strikers if they possess the ball can score at the large goal

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Our focus team is the defenders building the attack
  • Defenders need to space out and create passing options to triangulate passes
  • Attackers (center strikers) must press high, especially against the center backs if the ball is played into the middle. Attackers stay compact if defenders are playing into wide areas
  • How does the center back know to advance up the field?
  • When do the right and left backs know to take space?

KPis/Technical:

  • KPIs - successful pass out to right/left back
  • Technical - for the right and left backs, important to take a wide outer foot touch. Weighted passes, keep the ball on the ground when building from the back. Goalie - inside foot receive, two-touch, and then pass out of pressure

Regressions/Progressions:

  • N/A
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main Activity

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Main Activity

Organization:

  • Setup a boxed area that takes up the offensive third around the 18-yard box, i.e., 30 by 65 yards
  • Attacking players (opponent) line up as a 2-4 configuration where 2 center strikers stay high. Center attacking mid and center mid stay central in the back of the 18-yard box along with the right/left wingers
  • Defending team (focus team) plays a backline of 4 with 2 center midfield players (center defensive mid and center mid), left/right wingers + goalie

Instructions:

  • The defending team always starts the ball with the goalie at play
  • 8v6+goalie game
  • Attacking team scores at goal, defending team can score at either mini goal to build-up attack

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Our focus team is the defenders building the attack
  • Defenders need to space out and create passing options to triangulate passes
  • Attackers (center strikers) must press high, especially against the center backs if the ball is played into the middle. Attackers stay compact if defenders are playing into wide areas
  • How does the center back know to advance up the field?
  • When do the right and left backs know to take space?

KPis/Technical:

  • KPIs - successful pass out to right/left back
  • Technical - for the right and left backs, important to take a wide outer foot touch. Weighted passes, keep the ball on the ground when building from the back. Goalie - inside foot receive, two-touch, and then pass out of pressure

Regressions/Progressions:

  • Remove a defender from the opponent - regression
  • Add a center player as a defender for the opponent - progression
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Conditioned Game

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Conditioned Game

Organization:

  • Pull up goal towards end of midfield circle, use width of field overall, cone off the goal kick line for pulled up goal

Instructions:

  • 8v7 game with goalies

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Our focus team is the defenders building the attack
  • Defenders need to space out and create passing options to triangulate passes
  • Attackers (center strikers) must press high, especially against the center backs if the ball is played into the middle. Attackers stay compact if defenders are playing into wide areas
  • How does the center back know to advance up the field?
  • When do the right and left backs know to take space?

KPis/Technical:

  • KPIs - successful pass out to right/left back
  • Technical - for the right and left backs, important to take a wide outer foot touch. Weighted passes, keep the ball on the ground when building from the back. Goalie - inside foot receive, two-touch, and then pass out of pressure

Regressions/Progressions:

  • N/A

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