Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): RDP Older Group Day 1-Small Group Tactics (2v1, 3v2)

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Jeremy Williams

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Name:	Jeremy Williams
City:	Palo Alto, CA
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Key Learning Outcomes:

Take advantage of 2v1 situations and learn to recognize the moments in the game when players can combine to take advantage of overloads. Identify moments (movement into the attacking 1/3) when 2v1's be a wise tactic.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dynamic warm-up

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Dynamic warm-up (10 mins)

Organization:

Players dived into 4 lines as shown

20 yard area with tall cone marking middle

Instructions:

First player in line performs dynamic warm-up movement, next player in line copues movement and leaves when first player reaches the midpoint. First player peels off in th opposite direction from the line directly accross from them and returns to their line. Process reapeats for each skill.

Coaching Points:

-Specific to dynamic warm-up skill

-Stay in unison

-Coordinate movement with the player to your right and left

Progressions:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Y-Pasing

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Y-Pasing (15 mins)

Organization:

4 Cones in a Y shape

about 10 yards apart (distance depends on learning outcomes)

Instructions:

1) Player A initiates play by first touch off of the central cone, player A passes to the back foot of player B, Player B takes a first touch to break the line of the cone and passes to the player they are facing. Player A follows their pass and must check their shoulder to find which cone has the open player (should be which ever player didnt recieve the ball from the previous rotation)

Coaching Points:

1) Quality of check

2) Communication

3) Quality of pass

4) Direction and weight of return pass

5) Quick movement to receive the ball back again

Progressions:

Add combinations as needed-

For example:

Player A passes to Player B

Player B sets back for Player A,

Player A then passes to Player C,

Player C passes back to Player B,

Player B plays into space for Player C,

The rotation always remains the same.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Semi/Fully Opposed

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Semi/Fully Opposed (25 mins)

Organization:

-Two lines of equal numbers.

-10 x 15 Yard Area.

Instructions:

• All players start in a line in the center (See diagram on left)

• Player A takes a touch to either side which is the cue for all other players to move,

-player B middle player, moves opposite of player A's touch,

-player C, most advanced player, moves the same direction as player A's first touch.

• Player A, then plays a pass to the back foot of player B

• On C's first touch A becomes a passive defender and applies pressure to C.

• C beats A by combining with B using a give and go

• Rotation: A to B, B to C, C to A.

Coaching Points:

1) Quality of check

2) Communication

3) Quality of pass

4) Recieving with the back foot

5) Drive at defender's front foot

6) Keep ball close, touch on every step

7) Play late as possible with outside foot

8) Direction and weight of return pass

9) Quick movement to receive the ball back again

Progression:

- Defender is live. Play 2v1 to endlines. Keep score and play a league table format.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Fully Opposed 2v1

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Fully Opposed 2v1 (20 mins)

Organization:

Instructions:

Same as previous activity, except now the Defender is fully live. Defender at first can score two points if they are able to win the ball in their attacking half (encourage defender to win ball in the far half)

Coaching Points:

1) locking ankle, opening up foot on pass.

2) Opening up of hips prior to and/or while receiving.

3) Use of front/forward/far foot.

4) Play across your teammates body and away from pressure.

5) Weight and angle of pass.

6) Eyes up and looking over field.

7) Orientation of first touch.

8) Changing speed to check and the supporting run.

9) Changing speed after pass

10) Time runs to avoid offsides.

11) Defending posture. Take away one ooption. Keep ball in front of you. Keep play in fornt of you.

Progression:

High Press-- Ball played straight down line and defender close

- Defender plays the ball anywhere.

- Include a delayed second defender who is initiated once first

- Add a second grid for an additional 1v1 or 2v1

Coaching Points:

- locking ankle, opening up foot on pass.

- turning of hips while receiving.

- Use of front/forward/far foot.

- Play across your teammates body and awayfrom pressure.

- Speed of play.

- Ready body posture, hips open to field, and support angle.

- Weight and angle of pass.

- Eyes up and looking over field.

- Orientation of first touch.

- Communication.

- Changing speed to check and the supporting run.

- Changing speed after pass

- Clear lane for your teamate

- Create a clear passing line.

- Reading ball pressure (ball to goal vs. ball to teammate open and closed.

- Hide the ball when pressure is high.

- Use of fakes.

- Time runs to avoid offsides.

- Defending posture. Take away one ooption. Keep ball in front of you. Keep playinfornt of you.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Fully Opposed Game

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Fully Opposed Game (20 mins)

Organization

• 30 x 40 yard area set up as shown (Dependig upon age and ability)

• Players divided into team teams of 6 and 2 neutral players in the middle zone

• Fild set up as shown

• Extra soccer balls behind the goals

Instructions

-Both teams play with 3 defenders and a GK in the defensive 1/2 and 2 attackers in the attackig 1/2

-All play starts with the GK

-In order to progress into the attacking 1/2 the team must play through a neutral player, the player making the pass may continue into the attackig 1/2 to create a 3v3 situation.

Coaching Points

1) Accuracy, weight of passes

2) Movemnt off the ball, body positon to break lines

3) speed of play

4) distribution by GK to enable quick attack

5) Patience in posession to create chanes (how do we create chances?)

6) Quickness in transitions to catch the opposing team out of shape an quicky createing chances

7) Possible combinations to creating scoring chances (Wall Pass, Overlap, 3rd man runs)

Progressions/Regressions

P-Any player (but only one) can enter the attacking 1/2 after playing through neutral player

P-Attacking team can skip the neutral players and play directly to attacking players

R-One neutral and one player from Defending 1/2 can enter attacking 1/2

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Scrimmage

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Scrimmage (30 mins)

Age appropriate scrimmage-Wathcing for the possibilities or the creation of 2v1 situations. Specfiically look to encourage the creation of 2v1 situations.

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