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Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Possession - focus on first touch (Pre-Season 3)

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David Kenney
Name: David Kenney
City: Austin
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Guiding Questions:

1) How do you keep an open body shape when receiving?

2) How do you know which foot to recieve on?

3) What are trying to do by moving without the ball?

4) What is forcing the issue mean?

5) How do you know when to penetrate the defense or retain possession?

Common Language

Force the issue - trying to penetrate a defense when the pass is not available. Not being patient

Receive on back foot/across your body - Two phrases for same idea. Allowing the ball to come to the foot that allows you to see most of the field. Genearlly the ball will travel across players body to the back foot.

open body shape - Receiving the ball in a position the the player's shoulders and body is open to a majority of the field (not turning back to field to receive)

retain vs penetrate - Keep possession vs. trying break through the defense and go to goal.

head up - Look up to see whats in front of ball

change the angle - Movement off the ball to create better passing lanes

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Warm-up

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Learning Objectives

Technical Technical
Player will be able demonstrate open body shape while recieving on the back foot to help take a good first touch. Player will be able to demonstrate ability to vizualize and play accurate passes to feet.
Technical Tactical
Players will be able to anticipate the next pass and move to create wider passing lanes and angles.

Technical Warm-up (10 mins)

3 v 1 Possession squares. Player who gave away the possession will become the defender.

Focus on helping keep posession both on and off the ball.

Coaching points:

-Recieve on the back foot with open body shape

-Play your passes away from pressure.

-Move to create space and good angles for a pass.

-Stay active and anticipate your teammates pass.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Phase 2

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Phase 2 (20 mins)

Objective: 4v2 possession where you are trying to find a penetrating pass between the 2 defenders.

60 sec rounds.

Every split pass is worth a point. Attacking team with most points between different grids wins, defensive unit with the least points win. Teams that don't win have coaches choice of exercise. (burbees, planks, etc.)

Switch defenders after every 60 secs.

If teams are struggeling make the grids bigger to have the more room.

Coaching Points:

-Recieve on the back foot with open body shape

-Play away from pressure.

-Create good passing lanes/angles

-Dont force the issue. (if not on, retain)

-Disguise your passes

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Phase 3

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Phase 3 (20 mins)

Objective: 4v2 possession in a box. Once the attacking team plays a penetrating pass they can then advance out of their box and play 4v2 to goal, against 2 center backs. (defenders in the box do not defend outside of their box to keep it numbers up)

Coaching Points:

-Recieve on the back foot with open body shape

-Dont force the issue. (If not on, retain)

-Create good passing lanes/angles

-Possess the ball be creative going forward on and off the ball.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 4

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Screen 4 (25 mins)

7v7 + 1 neutral midfielder (or as numbers allow) Coaches always dictate the foramtion to teams (1-3-2-1 vs 1-3-2-1)

The idea is to play with a neutral center midfielder, so that the team in possession of the ball will always have numbers up and can focus on maintaining possession through the midfield while still trying to score.

Coach focuses on good first touch on back foot, moving to create good angles and not forcing the issue (IF NOT ON, RETAIN)

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