Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): General - SSG / Out of possession 6 (Start Time: 2020-12-28 10:30:00)

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Darren Brown

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Name:	Darren Brown
City:	Abergavenny
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): General session - Defend the switch - Out of possession - 35mins

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General session - Defend the switch - Out of possession - 35mins (35 mins)

Welsh way principles.

Understand when and how to stop the switch of play based on pressure applied by the defending team

Pitch size and organisation.

60 x 40 yrd pitch ( shaded area is 60 x 7 yrds wide and marked with flat markers. this is the wide area the reds need to switch from and too)

6 vs 6 players

4 Mini goals

Ball around area

Bibs and cones

Explanation.

Head coach - Coach the blue team in defending the switch

Assistant coach - Manage the red team ( set problems for the blues to deal with, with the session principles in mind )

The red team are in possession and must switch from one zone to the other in every attack, they will look to score in either of the mini goals.

They must look to make the pitch big by maintaining width, exploit the space and ball speed is key.

When the blue team gain possession monitor there playing time to score a goal, maximising the time working on the session topic but not loosing the realism in the practice.

When a goal is scored or the ball go dead, either coach will serve a ball back in to play from random places, this will change the angle of approach and cause the blue teams different problems to solve.

Progression.

Limit the touches they need not want, this will help keep a good tempo

The blue teams objectives are to stop the red team from scoring

Key points for the blue team.

Stay narrow and compact

Stop the switch of play

Force wide

Pressure on the ball

Keep play predictable

Leave the furthest player.

Key points for the red team

Make the pitch big,

Maintain width.

Exploit the space.

decision making when to switch.

Challenges, conditions & Targets:

RED TEAM - Quick passing and transition

BLUE TEAM - Defending team need to fill only 2 out of the 3 zones at all times , leaving the furthest player on his own.

Coaching positions.

Head coach could start on position A and assistant coach could start at position B. Although through the practice they will rotate around the pitch to positions C & D.

The head coach may also enter the field of play to get another view of the game to offer concurrent feedback on both positive and negative things.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG, Defend the switch, Out of possession - 25 mins.

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Learning Objectives

	Technical
	Tactical Keep relative distance between the defenders, look to keep shape in relation to the oppositions movement.
	Physical Intense session, lots of side to side, working hard
	Psychological Focus hard on the individual jobs each player has to do and also within the unit defensivley
	Social Loads of talking and communication to be able to keep the shape narrow and compact

SSG, Defend the switch, Out of possession - 25 mins. (25 mins)

Welsh way principles.

Understand when and how to stop the switch of play.

Pitch size and organisation

Half pitch required 60 x 58 yrds ( with 2 channels 7 x 60 yrds marked with flat makers (shaded), this is the widest points to complete the switch.

2 - 11 a side goal

9 vs 9 players including GKs + floater, floater plays for the team in possession.

Ball pits around area

Head coach - Coaching the blue side, defend the switch of play

Assistant coach - Managing the red team, looking to create problems for the blue to solve.

Red team to use the floater to put pressure on the blues to defend as a unit and not to brake there defensive shape as they are outnumbered, this will encourage the blue team to defend the space as a unit by staying narrow and compact

Reds team must use both wide areas in each attack to be able to score.

Blue team to stay compact and again defend 2 zones at all times leaving the furthest attacker on his own.

If blue team win the ball they will look to break lines, playing through, over or around them to try and score. Blues time will be monitored so as to gain the most out of the session of defending the switch, but for realism they will be allowed to try and score quickly.

For the first part of the practise when a goal is scored or the ball goes dead, play will start with the attacking teams (red) goalkeeper every time.

Progression.

Later in the practise when a ball is scored or the ball goes dead, the head coach will call which goalkeeper play starts from, this will at time allow the blue team to be more attacking and bring in some extra realism.

Head coach - blue team objectives.

Pressure on the ball

Protect middle

Force wide

Keep play predictable

Narrow compact

Assistant coach - red team objectives.

Make the pitch big

maintain width

decision making when to switch

who can switch

exploit the space

Ball speed

Challenges, conditions and targets

Reds get 3 points for a goal.

Blues get 3 points for a goal and 1 point for every time they stop a switch of play.

Can the red team manage to switch play twice?

Limit players to touches they need not want to keep tempo higher.

Coaching position.

The head coach may start at position A and assistant at position B during the practise coaching positions will change and rotate so will also be in positions C & D.

This will obtain various angles to see the session, understand distances between players and to gather an all round feel for the practise.