Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Creating Midfield Overloads w Underlapping Full-backs

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David Jarman
Name: David Jarman
City: Llanidloes
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Organisation & Setup

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Organisation & Setup

Key Factors

- Drill.

- Working area (shaded) to be one quarter of a full size pitch.

- Five blues to be coached - DM, RB, CM, RW, ST.

- Four reds to be conditioned - CB, LB, CM, LW.

Organisation

- Walk through several solutions with the players unopposed OR semi-opposed. This will allow the players to gain an understanding of some of the possible ways to create the overload and subsequent underlap before active defenders are introduced.

- DM to start play.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Solution One

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Solution One

Key Factors

- Unopposed OR semi-opposed (passive defenders) patterns of play (first solution)

- The DM is to play a one-two with the CM.

- Straight after this the CM will move to drag his marker away, possibly using a double movement, from the resulting passing lane.

- Once the RB can confirm the one-two will be successful he should begin his run into and through the inside right channel. For this to be possible the ST and RW need to be intelligent in their moving of markers i.e can the ST move further inside and/or can the RW move his marker further out wide in order to split the opposition CB and LB?

- The DM will weight his pass appropriately for the RB to run on-to.

- The RB is now in a position shoot for goal, square for his ST or to recycle possession using his RW or CM.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Solution Two

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Solution Two

Key Factors

- Once the players understand how each solution works, active defenders and subsequent opposed patterns of play can be introduced.

- The CM, who starts on the outside shoulder of his marker, is to play a short pass back to the DM.

- On the same premise as the first solution, the CM will move to drag his marker out of the passing lane as soon as this happens.

- Once the DM recieves the ball back he will play a long floor pass to the RW.

- As soon as this happens he will swap positions with the RB in order to occupy the opposition LW.

- In order for the RB to create space and lose his marker, he can use a double movement to make it appear as if he will begin his run on the outside, only to come back on the inside.

- The RW will look to see if the RB has been successful in his underlap, if so, he will play a short pass either to his feet or as a through ball for him to run onto.

- The trigger for the RB to begin his run is the same time the DM makes his pass to the RW.

- Similalrly to the first solution the ST can be intelligent in his movement to drag the opposition CB away from the RB.

- The trigger for the ST can be when the RW touches or is about to touch the ball.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Solution Three

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Solution Three

Key Factors

- The DM will start by playing a short pass into the RB.

- RB will then play into CM.

- The DM will use this as a trigger to pull wide and occupy the opposition LW.

- CM to RW

- CM to make run out wide to drag his marker away from the space where the RB will run.

- The run from the CM is the trigger for the RB to begin his run.

- The RW can then play a pass into feet for the RB to collect or to lay the ball off for the RB to shoot first time.

- The trigger for the ST to move is when the RW is in possession


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