Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Attacking Organization: Ball Mastery and Possession Focused Session
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
How it works: Connect 5 passes before playing it across to opposite team for 1 point. 2 defenders can enter the grid to create a 5v2. *Adjust to make the numbers work*
When defenders win it, they try to connect a pass back to their team for an additional point.
Play 3:00 minute games.
Objective:
Create space by moving the ball to secure possession. Once we connect our 5 passes, we should be looking forward to play forward.
MENTALITY SETTING
- When you don't have the ball, we need to give everything we can to win the ball back. The better we are at defending, the best we will be as a team when we have the ball.
Questions:
- Are there differences in how we train vs how our opponents play us in games?
- Take your first touch into a space to prepare for the pass
- Connect passes away from pressure
- Play forward when we can
Coaching Points:
- Coach the first touch and body shape to receive the ball
- Help players on the ball see the passes that are available
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
Depending on numbers, you can set up 2 cross field games.
Coaching Points that can relate to games
- When the ball moves forward, we want to stay connected as a team (offsides are in play in applicable to your division)
When we are building from the goalkeeper (in games), we want to:
- Play to the area with the least amount of defenders
- Play quickly out of the back if the option is on
- Play shorter/quicker passes rather than kicking it long
Coaching Points
- Where is the quickest/easiest pass?
Questions
- Why do we pass the ball?
- When we pass the ball, what does it do to the other team?
Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
Pause
Stop
Set Up
- Balls in each corner
- Each corner has a 4x4 square
- Set up a ~20x15 grid (make it appropriate to your numbers)
- 2 taggers, the rest are being tagged
Game
Ball mastery warm up. It's a game of tag (players cannot enter the square in the corner unless they are tagged)
When a player gets tagged, they go to the nearest corner and perform the exercise (10x cruyff turn before going back in the game)
* Change the exercises throughout the season but ensure players are completing the moves correctly
Play 2:00 minute rounds and switch taggers (play 2-3 rounds)