Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): UEFA B LICENSE - CREATING OVERLOADS USING 3 MAN MIDFIELD AND WINGERS (Start Time: 2013-12-15 14:20:00)

OVERLOADS - GENERAL SET UP (15 mins)

PURPOSE:

TO COACH A TEAM (LIGHT BLUE) TO CREATE OVERLOADS, IN AN ATTACKING AREA, USING A 3 MAN MIDFIELD AND WINGERS WITH PURPOSE OF CREATING SCORING/CROSSING OPPORTUNITIES

ORGANISATION:

2 X TEAMS - 9V8 PLAYERS (INC 2 KEEPERS)

FORMATIONS - TEAM OF 9 (LIGHT BLUE) 2-3-3, TEAM OF 8 (ROYAL BLUE) 3-3-1

CORNER FLAGS TO INDICATE A HALFWAY LINE (ZONE)

3/4 PITCH.....PITCH WIDTH SHORTENED BY A METRE APPROX

BALLS A PLENTY

KEY RULE - ALL PLAYERS CAN PLAY ANYWHERE ON THE PITCH! LIGHT BLUE MIDFIELD CAN THEY CREATE OVERLOADS USING CLEVER RUNS/TRIGGERS AND CREATE SPACE FOR WINGERS TO CREATE OVERLOADS IN CENTRAL AREA KEY FOR WINGERS IS TO USE FEINTS TO DROP INTO 4/5 MAN MIDFIELD TO MAKE OVERLOADS AND PULL DEFENDERS OUT OF POSITION

PROGRESSION

9V9 - ADD 1 PLAYER TO ROYAL BLUE TO MAKE 3-3-2

MAKE PITCH FULL WIDTH

ADD 3 ZONES RATHER THAN 2 ZONES (SO 3V3 BATTLE IN MIDFIELD) WHERE WINGERS DROP INTO MIDDLE ZONE TO CREATE 4V3 OR 5V3

ADD FULL BACKS TO BLUE TO USE RED ZONE ONLY (OVERLAPS)

KEY COACHING POINTS

AS SOON AS THE TEAM BEING COACHED (LIGHT BLUE) GAINS POSSESSION, THE TEAM NEEDS TO CREATE SPACE, TO MAKE THE PITCH AS BIG AS POSSIBLE WITH WIDTH AND FORWARD PENETRATION.

TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE WIDE PLAY, AS PLAYER WILL NEED TO PULL WIDE AND THE BALL PASSED TO THEM ASAP

ONCE THE BALL IS IN THE WIDE AREA, CAN THE TEAM CREATE AN ATTACKING OVERLOAD, WHERE THEY GET MORE ATTACKERS THAN DEFENDERS IN WIDE/CENTRAL AREAS

THE PLAYERS NOT INVOLBED IN THE ATTACKING OVERLOAD IN CENTRAL OR WIDE AREAS ARE TO PULL AWAY FORWARDS AND TOWARDS THE OPPOSITE FLANK TO ATTRACT DEFENDERS AND CREATE MORE SPACE

AT LEAST ONE PLAYER FROM CENTRAL MIDFIELD TO HELP ATTACK IN CENTRAL AREAS, 2 MAXIMUM

CAN THE PLAYERS CREATING THE ATTACKING OVERLOAD EXPLOIT THE SITUATON, EITHER THROUGH INDIVIDUAL PLAY (1V1), BY CREATING A 2V1 OR AN OVER/UNDER LAP SITUATION OR THROUGH CLEVER COMBINATION PLAY I.E THE 2ND MAN MIDFIELD RUN.

A POSTIVE OUTCOME TO THE OVERLOAD WHEREVER POSSIBLE.....A SHOT ON GOAL OR A CROSS INTO THE BOX FROM AN ADVANCED WIDE POSITION.

MOVEMENT OF PLAYERS IN THE KEY ATTACKING AREA IN THE BOX..ZONE 14. NEAR POST, FAR POST AND TO BACK UP THE PLAY ON EDGE OF THE AREA

MAKE SURE THERE IS A DEFENSIVE BALANCE TO THE ATTACK IN CASE THE BALL IS CLEARED DURING TRANSITION, TO STOP A COUNTER ATTACK OPPORTUNITY OR IF PATIENCE IS NEEDED AND POSSESSION IS RETAINED LOOKING FOR A SWITCH OF PLAY.

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OVERLOADS - OPTION 1

OPTION 1

2 CDS AND CDM HAVE DROPPED PRETENDING TO RECIEVE BALL

IN THIS OPTION WE ASSUME OPPOSING 3 PLAYERS WILL PRESS AND GO MAN FOR MAN KEEPER HAS AN OPTION OF A THROW TO ONE OF 3 PLAYERS (SHADED) TO START CREATING AN INSTANT OVERLOAD

OVERLOADS - ATTACKING HALF

CREATING AN OVERLOAD IN AN ATTACKING HALF

THE WINGER HAS THE BALL AND HAS LOTS OF OPTIONS HERE:

1) PLAY IT TO THE ACM WHO HAS CREATED A 2V1 VS THE OPPOSING DEFENDER, WHO CAN THEN TURN OUT AND PLAY TO CM, WHO HAS CREATED A 2V1 OVERLOAD WITH WINGER ON RIGHT HAND SIDE, OR PASS TO CDM, WHO CAN THEN PASS TO CM AND CREATE OVERLOAD ON RIGHT HAND SIDE AS PREVIOUS, OR SLIP DISGUISE PASS INTO CF IF RUN IS TIMED

2) DRIBBLE AND COMMIT THE DEFENDER IN A 1V1 SCENARIO, CREATE COMBINATION PLAY WITH ACM TO GET TO THE BYLINE AND CREATE A CROSS

3) USE ACM RUN FORWARD HIMSELF TO FEED THROUGH BALL INTO CF OR A CROSS INTO CF

4) IF NO OPTION, PASS TO CDM AND BE PATIENT AND STRETCH PLAY TO CREATE OVERLOAD IN MIDDLE OF PARK/OUT WIDE RIGHT OR FEED CM/ACM TO CREATE A SHOOTING OPPORTUNITY IN ZONE 14

5) THE SAME SCENARIOS WILL HAPPEN IF/WHEN THE BALL REACHES THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WINGER, KEY IS FOR THE CF TO BE CLEVER AND PULL HIMSELF AWAY FROM WHERE BALL IS TO CREATE SPACE FOR OTHERS