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Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): U14-U17 Week 8

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Michal Misiewicz
Name: Michal Misiewicz
City: Airdrie
Country: Canada
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Technical: Passing & Combinations
Tactical: DO in zone 1 Emergency defending and denying shots

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

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Warm Up: Combination Play (15 mins)

Set Up:

- 30*25 grid 

- Create teams of 4 players in 

Instructions:

Unshaded Pitch - Unopposed

  • Passing pattern to encourage some combination plays and patterns to break teams. 
  • Encourage them to be adjust and create space and passing lanes/angles for one another.

Shaded Pitch:

  • Play 2v2 in the middle zone with three neutral players as shown in the diagram. The aim is to maintain possession and attempt to get the ball from one side to the other and they are able to pass the ball back to the outside player or use the middle neutral player. The team in possession has a 3v2 in the middle of the grid.
  • When the defending team wins the ball back, they will reset the pass to an outside player and then attempt to get it to the other side.

*This can be done with a 2v1 situation keeping everything the same.

Progression:

- take away the neutral player to make it more difficult as a 2v2 in the middle

Coaching Points:

  • Accurate passes
  • Immediate support (pass & move)
  • Player awareness on and off the ball
  • Move the ball quickly, looking for the spare player
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Analytical: 4v4+2 Transition Game

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Analytical: 4v4+2 Transition Game (20 mins)

Set Up: 

  • 2 nets playing in a 40x40 grid
  • 12 players - 4v4+2 (2xGK's).

Instructions:

  • 4v4 games in the middle with two neutral players on the sides. The point of the game is to score and remain on the field. If your team gets scored on, you are out and two players go in goal while the other two are on the side as neutrals. 
  • lots of opportunities to cross, score and 1v1 situations. Encourage the players to shoot on sight of goal to encourange emergency defending in zone 1.

Coaching Points:

  • Immediate Recovery – Sprint back quickly, close the space, and get between the attacker and goal.

  • Body Shape – Side-on stance, knees bent, low center of gravity to react quickly, avoid committing too early.

  • Delay First – Slow the attacker down, don’t dive in — force them away from goal or onto weaker foot.

  • Deny Penetration – Protect the space between ball and goal, stay compact, show them outside.

  • Block Shots/Crosses – Get in line with the ball, use body to block and reduce angles.

  • Last-Ditch Mindset – If beaten, recover immediately, track runner, and never give up on the play.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Analytical: Defending Zone 4

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Analytical: Defending Zone 4 (20 mins)

Set Up:

  • Split the field in three parts
  • Create three teams of 4 

Instructions:

The shaded area is the safe zone/transition area. The yellow team will attack the red team and if they score they will run back into the safe/transition zone and attempt to attack the blue team. If the attacking yellow team kicks the ball out of bounce, the red team becomes the attacking team starting in the safe/transition zone. If the defending team wins the ball, they must dribble the ball into the safe/transition zone and switch with the team who lost the ball becoming the defending team. 

Progression:

- Make it a 3v3 with one of the attacking player always in the shaded zone. This player can be switched on the fly as the game happens.

Coaching Points:

  • Immediate Recovery - Sprint back quickly, close the space, and get between the attacker and goal.

  • Body Shape - Side-on stance, knees bent, low center of gravity to react quickly, avoid committing too early.

  • Deny Penetration - Protect the space between ball and goal, stay compact, show them outside.

  • Block Shots/Crosses - Get in line with the ball, use body to block and reduce angles.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG - Denying Shots

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SSG - Denying Shots (25 mins)

Set Up:

  • 40x40 area
  • 14 players - 7 vs 7 (Four players and a GK on the field with two bounce players on the end-line

Instructions: 

2 teams are playing a small sided game whereby two players on your team are on the attacking half end-line. Teams will play 4v4 in the middle space and can use their team player on the end line to support them in attacking the goal.

Rotate every 2-3 minutes.

Modify: 

  • 2 points for a goal scored from an end-line pass and one point for a normal goal
  • To increase the attacking and shooting, you can add one or two players to be neutral players in the middle of the field.

Coaching Points:

  • Nearest player presses
  • 2nd/3rd player covers/gives balance
  • 'High to low' & 'Fast to slow' on approach to the attacker
  • Show wide/away from goal

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