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Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Switch Play

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Downtown United Soccer Club

Tiago Valente

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Tiago Valente
Name: Tiago Valente
City: Roselle Park
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing pattern - PEM

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing pattern - PEM
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Passing pattern - PEM

Organization/Setup:

  • Passing pattern
  • Groups of 8/9

Instructions/Achievement Criteria:

  • Follow your pass
  • #2 pass to #6 -> #6 pass to #3 ---> #2 after pass sprint to pole and change direction to yellow cone -> #3 after receives dribbles the cones and passes the ball
  • #11 pass to #8 -> #8 pass to #7

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Adjusting body shape
  • Communication verbal and non-verbal
  • Speed of the pass
  • First touch

Regressions/Progressions:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG - switch play

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG - switch play
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SSG - switch play

Organization/Setup:

  • 3+2v3
  • Directional small sided game
  • Each team attacks 3 mini goals
  • Space divided into 2 sides

Instructions/Achievement Criteria:

  • Team in possession needs to have one player on the opposite side where the ball is, defending team starts with one player on the opposite side where the ball is but can enter defending if team in possession made 3 passes
  • Neutrals play on their space and can be pressed
  • Ball starts on one side and to score on the goal on the side where the ball started needs to be 1st time finish or they can score normal goal on the mini goal on the opposite side or the central goal if they are able to switch through the neutrals to their teammate on the opposite side

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Body shape
  • 1st touch
  • creating passing lane
  • Scanning
  • short vs big
  • Create width on the opposite side

Regressions/Progressions:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Tactical game

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Tactical game

Organization/Setup:

  • 6v5+GK
  • Space divided into two boxes (sides) and two sections

Instructions/Achievement Criteria:

  • Play starts on the box 1 with blue players
  • Blue players need to make 3 passes and then to enter on the attacking section need to make a pass to the 9 or a switch to opposite side
  • Red team 2 players start defending in the box, 2 players on the defensive section (1 defender can enter in the box after 3 passes) Red team if recover the ball scores on the small goals
  • After play is over start the play on the box 2

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Body shape
  • Create passing lane
  • Give width
  • When receiving on the opposite side quick on attacking the space
  • catch and play
  • Speed and weight of the pass
  • When 7/11 receive can we make that touch right away in direction of the goal?

Regressions/Progressions:

  • Add extra player to the blue team
  • Number of touches
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Channel game

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Channel game

Organization/Setup:

  • GK+5+2V5+GK
  • Space divided into 3 channels
  • 2 neutral players play on the side channels. Neutrals can be pressed
  • Players are free to go anywhere
  • Neutrals if their team has possession on the defensive half need to stay on their side channels if their team has possession on the attacking half can be anywhere

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Adjust body shape
  • Attract and then exploit the space 
  • What are the numbers? Can we switch to create numerical superiority?
  • Weight of the pass
  • Create passing lanes

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