Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): U13 Girls Training - Sunday June 3 - Playing into Wide Areas

SSG Possession - Activity (15 mins)

Organization:

Area - Playing within large grid - 25 x 25; larger inside grid - 15 x 15 and smaller inside grid 5 x5;  Play 5 v 3 with one Blue player in middle square

Activity:

1. Blue players on the outside look to maintain ball possession; when the opportunity presents itself need to play through central player and switch the ball

2. Red players look to win the ball and try to stop Blue from playing into the middle player; when Red wins the ball, they now play 3 v 1 against Blue player in the middle

3. Once Blue player wins the ball, reset ball to Blue players on the outside and restart the activity

Progressions: 

1. Can play direct to central player in the middle

Key Possession Principles:

1. Communication/Eye Contact

2. Movement/Angles to receive the ball & get into space - create width/depth

3. Patient in possession - Play forward - quick to switch the play/transition - when to pass/dribble

4. Support the man

5. Support the ball

POP - Playing into the MF to the Flank

Organization

half field with wide areas channelled out

two goals at half line

Cones lined in a diagonal

Rules

play starts at the two CB at half line, MF make movements in grid to recieve the ball

Once the ball is played into the MF they look to try to play into the flank area, if not on play back to CB.

Channel - 1v0 for FB up until flags, after flags defender can enter

IF outside Mid comes into flank - 2v1 can occur.

Coaching Points

MF -

can you find space, check in and check out

distance and angles

find the space in behind the lines of defense

Link with other MF

(can you penetrate through the middle??)

FB -

recieving the ball in the wide areas

body shape to recieve

first touch into space

1v1 opportunity

create odd man opportunities