Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Creating Space - improve decision making

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Norman Noonan
Name: Norman Noonan
City: DunLaoghaire
Country: Ireland
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Creating Space - improve decision making

Objectives - coach players to improve decision making to create space and select pass or dribble

Equipment - Bibs, balls and cones and goals (if available)

Organisation -  40x50 area - smaller than half pitch to encourage engagement and intensity, can adjust. make wider as session progresses

Warm up, Fundamental practice progressing to Squad practice , game plus 

Warm-up

Fundamental Practice

Squad Practice

Game 

Total time 60 minutes


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

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Warm-Up - Rondos (20 mins)

5 mins - dynamic and static stretching, running in sync

Method:  

2v1 Rondos

Movement - move yourself, move the ball, move again

Blues teams v Reds team 

Intensity/Competition- score with 5 conseq. passes,  first to 5 wins OR time bound

Coaching Points:

get in the flight of the pace when the ball is moving - don't overreach

receive ball with good positive first touch to dribble forward

Progression to 1 touch passing


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Attacking - improve passing decisions 7v7 in zones

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Attacking - improve passing decisions 7v7 in zones (20 mins)

Method: 

7v7 squad practice

3 zones - defence zones have 2v1 overload for Defenders, middle zone is 3v3 plus 1

Player who passes or dribbles can move into next zone and drops back when transitioning

Score in any small goal, restart with defenders playing out

Objectives

Attackers - make the pitch big to create space,  

Make decisions quickly as the ball is moving, pass right or left,  open stance to receive the ball

Defenders - 1st defender to close down player on the ball, work as a unit - 2nd defender to cover 

create individual space my movements in opposite direct to the ball - 

receive ball open body stance, back foot, positive 1st touch in direction want to go

Communicate - in and out of possession -  vocally, visually, with body movement

head up, aware, read the situation - decide pass or dribble


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Game

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Learning Objectives

Technical
Technical
Technical
Tactical
Technical
Physical
Technical
Psychological
Technical
Social

Game (20 mins)

Method:

7v7, play out to CBs and wide to midfielders,

Play full width, half pitch

3 x 6 minute games

Play out to CBs from GK, play to wide midfielders

Coaching Points:

Attacking shape  -  create width and depth

Defending shape compact,  and behind the ball

CBs receive open body on back foot to play forward and wide to wide midfielders

Communication, awareness - full backs read the situation

Movement - create individual space with movement in opposite direction of the ball

Decisions - where are the opposition, don't play into traffic

Look to make forward passes


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