Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Transition Into Possession Quickly From Midfield (Start Time: 2025-09-22 10:30:00)

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Name:
Ben Webster
City:
Rugeley
Country:
United Kingdom
Membership:
Adult Member
Sport:
Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Ball Activation

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Ball Activation
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Ball Activation

1 Dribble + Follow

2 Pass + Follow

3 Dribble +Jockey 

4 Diamond Pass Pattern


Coaching points

  • Locked ankle big touch dribble 
  • Small touch to improve technique
  • Lock down quickly then jockey back to half way
  • Quality of pass
  • Ball speed 
  • Movement off the ball- towards/ side of/away from. 
  • Instruction and detail of how to receive (back foot to play forward).
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Functional Practice 1

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Functional Practice 1

3v3+2 

Set up

  • 3v3 inside a 30x30 area with 4 mini goals
  • 2 target players 
  • Pinks keep possession and/or switch the play through middle of the pitch 
  • Oranges steal quickly and transition to get a opportunity to attack one of the four mini goals. 
  • Each team gets 3 mins in each role.
  • team with most goals win

Coaching points

  • Primary player is the '10' on orange/ Unit is 10/8/4 
  • Can they use the defensive 'Albion' press they work on last session to regain the ball quickly.
  • Body shape (side on) to help set the trap to win the ball quickly. 
  • Can they win the ball within 10 seconds of the ball coming in from the sideline. 

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Functional Practice 2

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Functional Practice 2

Waves

Set up

  • 2v2 inside a 30x40 area with 2 goals 
  • 2 Gk's
  • Oranges attack first to attempt to score as soon as they have shot 2 blues attack going the other way. 
  • As soon as each team shoots the other team can attack going the other way. 
  • An Attack can unto 45 seconds, defending team can win the ball and score again once the balls been won. 
  • First team to 10 wins the round best of 3 rounds. 

Coaching points

  • Transition quickly to give defence no time to score. 
  • Can the defensive hold the attacks win the ball and then score again.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Phase of Play

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Phase of Play

3v3 Transition Phase

Set up

  • 3v3 inside a 15x15 area
  • 3 mini goals past half way. 
  • Pinks keep possession in the box 
  • Oranges steal quickly and transition out of the box to get a opportunity to attack the 11 aside goal using the rest of the team shape.
  • After 10 attacks the teams will swap.
  • The team with most goals win

Coaching points

  • Can they use the defensive 3 press as a unit to regain the ball quickly to transition fast.
  • can they play through to the attacking third effectively to stop the defensive unit (pink) get set up correctly


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): MSG

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