Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Playing into the final third while creating width and angles.

Screen 1

OBJECTIVE - Can players find an option for the player in possession while also opening the field and not being at the same angle as a team mate.

Can the team in possession break to final third and finish on goal while working the ball in areas that are not compact?

SET UP - Field Split up into 6 zones vertically.

1 main goal for the team you are working with to score in.

2 mini goals wide apart for the defending team to score in giving them a target.

AIM - Blue team with the wide players, midfield 3 and striker try to break from zone 2 into zone 3 by opening the field and creating correct angles for a pass. Only one player can occupy each vertical zone meaning a player is going to be at a different angle to recieve. Can players scan the field and realize who is better to go in the closer zone and who should be moving away. Can number 6 drop deeper to recieve in their zone and potentially rotate zones with the striker meaning they go further away from the ball while staying high and the midfield players being able to play confidently out of a compacted area.

Red team are allowed in any zone and can win the ball back as quickly as possible. Can they try and score in one of the 2 mini goals out wide of the field.

COACHING POINTS - Rotation.

Scanning the field.

Decision making in understanding what a striker should do in the situatuon and what the midfield 3 should do in the situation to create space and a correct angle to recieve.

Switching the play quickly, but also efficiently.

Breaking into the third zone and getting a goal.