Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Defensive Transition Games

Warm Up (15 mins)

THE SESSION:

Academy Protocol warm up +

First touch - one touch

First touch accross and play around

First touch diagonal (LHS + RHS)

Volleys left foot right foot

Two touch thighs

controlling touch

Headers

PROGRESSIONS:

KEY MESSAGES/POINTS:

Possession: Possession 3 v 3 + 2 + WP (20 mins)

THE SESSION: Directional Possession: Creating overloads playing forward

2 v 2 + 1 (One group may have 1 x neutral)

grid size = 12 m x 18m

(2 adjacent grids)

Footballs

Phases

Coach starts and plays into the #6.

#6 can not be challenged in the white zone, but can step in and join the attack

#6 plays for team in possesion.

Team defending the 2 x small goals can score in the large goal, but only after a wall pass with the #6

Keep score

W:R

4:1 x 3

Coaching Points

3 looks

Movement to receive (pass and move again)

Get into a passing lane

Draw a line with ball

Wall passers communicate and move to initiate the pass

Strong passes Vertical pass with 3rd man runs

Light switch transition

PROGRESSIONS:

6 can be challenged in white area

Transition to defend game (20 mins)

THE SESSION: Transition to defend

Red defend the two goals in the red zone.

Blue the same in blue zone. Team IP can not score unless all their team in in the attcking half.

If the team IP scores and the defending team has not transitioned to their defemsive half goals count x 2.

5 v 5

Field size = 40 m x half field.

PROGRESSIONS:

Add or remove defender depending on sucess

KEY MESSAGES/POINTS:

Light switch transition

Reform the central block

Delay deflect destroy

Press in wide areas and passes inside the block.

Anticipate oppourtunities to defend away from the ball