Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): MARYFIELD, COUNTER ATTCKING SESSION RECEIVE ON BACK FOO T TO PLAY FORWARD SCOTT ALLISON norwich u10s

Screen 1

SET UP

size 25x  40 yds

6 or more  players

-2  goals

-4 cones

-1mannequin or pole offset from middle of pitch about 15yds from end where start

ACTION  

RED 

1-passes from corner to middle player who has now checked off the mannequin

2-middle player has open up and recieves  ball on back foot to play forward

3-good first touch out of feet and touch forward to break line of mannequin  and tries to score in goal there facing with the inside of the foot to replicate a pass through to a forward

4-after took strike at goal must make recovery run to defend against the blue 

BLUE

1-as the reds make first pass the blue must attack the opposite goal with pace most likely the empty space as harder to defend and take  big first touch so u can advance up the pitch quick,,blues can only score once past the mannequin,if red gets back in blue must be creative on the ball

If red defender wins the ball the can attack goal agian

ROTATION

player who passed is now in the middle for shot,once shot join the same line again 

PREGRESSION !  swap sides opening up and going on other foot 

PROGRESSION 2-swap the roles so red now defends

CP-use arms as barriers to sheild opponent off,dont be afraid of contact

-use the goal as a striker,dont smash balls towards it,try to pass ball into net

-first touch when peeled off manequin should be out your feet and keep head up 

-its hard running but must recover quick to defend 

counter attack wave game

Practice 2 

SET UP

30x60

5v5 outfield with 2 gk

split into 4 zones 

balls in the goals for starting with gk

ACTION

ball starts with Gk

he plays to the CB who has angled off like previous drill

the CB and CM both play 2v1 against the striker

once the have move into the midfield zone the striker cant tackle them

they now look to play a pass out wide to one of the wide midfielders,both widce midfielders are now live and so is the striker,so it will be a 3v2 overload i n the attacking zone

Wide players dont tackle each other

CB and CM cant go past halfway line 

wide players must recover back to the mannequin quickly 

GK CAN PLAY STRAIGHT INTO CM IF ITS ON 

CP

build up phase players must come off differnt angles and break lines to wide players with good long passes

first touch should be on back foot and play in front and get head up

PROGRESSION 1 

The Cm can now push forward to 2nd line of cones to create a diamond,if advanced alwways try to cover any counter attack and screen any passes

Practice 3 

6v6

free game no restrictions but principoles sgtay the same