Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): G10 Black - Attacking Play

Pattern to finish (20 mins)

Organization:

Instructions: Diagram looks more complicated than it is (:

Passing Pattern: Follow your pass. Working in pattern play + Finishing of a cross.

Coaching Points:

Crossing Technique

Shooting technique - laces or inside curl

Finding thru Ball to Finish (20 mins)

THE SESSION:

- 2 x teams of 5 players. Depending on numbers and game play could add 1 neutral to help attacking team with possession and increase penetrating runs. 

-  All players, except goalkeepers, begin in middle zone and team in possession attempt to make 3 passes before playing pass into end zone. Attacking player must time run to run on and finish. 

- Player has 4 seconds to score and defending team cannot recover to begin with. Timing of runs as offside line is active when 3 passes are made.

*If not much success make 3 teams and have 1 rotating or 4 team, 2 Pitches

PROGRESSIONS:

- Allow recovering defender

- Create higher offside lines

- Manipulate overload

KEY MESSAGES/POINTS:

- Speed of play

- Players should look to play accurate and weighted passes quickly in order to combine and penetrate into the final third to create goal scoring opportunities.

 - Different combinations

- Team in possession to use wall passes, penetrating passes, 1-2's, overlaps, underlaps and switches of play to combine.

- Width and depth to make pitch big

- In possession, the team need movement and shape to unbalance the opposition and link up to combine, with support around, ahead and behind the ball.