Rocco Rago
| Name: | Rocco Rago |
|---|---|
| City: | Oakville |
| Country: | Canada |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |
Session Objective:

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Organisation:6v6 (No GK) - coach any player on any team
- 8 cones
- 4 pug nets
- Balls scattered on sidelines, and inside and behind nets (minimum 10)
- 6 Blue bibs; 6 Yellow bibs
Activity:
- 60 yards x 40 yards (adjust accordingly)
- 5+GK (1-2-2-1) vs 6 yellow players (3-2-1)
- coach any team, any player
- 2 pug nets at opposite ends (4 total) on the corners of playing area
- Yellow Team starts with the possession with a pass from the coach
- Yellow Team Objective: (1) to hold possession while trying to score on either pug net. When possession is lost, they must hunt as team with speed to win back possession from the opposition
- Blue Team Objective: to combine and attempt to score in one of the two pug nets
Coaching Points:
Press the ball as soon as possession is lost:
Delay Attack
- React immediately after losing possession
-Prevent forward play
- Actively press the ball carrier
-Travel as the ball travels
-Speed/angle of approach
Command style... move the pieces on the filed to make sure they cannot play forward
-When to press
pressing triggers and cues
-close down the player on the ball to promote passes into certain areas - go together
-focus on how to secure possession once they have won back possession
- counter-press quickly on the transition to defense
-focus on how to secure possession once they have won back possession
-force opponent to weaker foot
-angle of approach and keep play on one side
-play away from pressure to thereby secure possession once they have won the ball back

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Organisation:
7v7
Activity:
Full SSG
Coaching Points:
8 cones
- 2 pug nets and 1 big net
- 10 balls scattered on sidelines, and inside and behind nets (minimum 10)
- 5 Blue bibs; 1 GK kit; 6 Yellow bibs
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Initial Game
Organisation: (5+GK vs 6)
- 8 cones
- 2 pug nets and 1 big net
- 10 balls scattered on sidelines, and inside and behind nets (minimum 10)
- 5 Blue bibs; 1 GK kit; 6 Yellow bibs
Activity:
60 yards x 40 yards (adjust accordingly)
- 5+GK (1-2-2-1) vs 6 yellow players (3-2-1)
- Coaching Yellow Team/Players going towards the Big goal
- Blue team GK occupies big net; and 2 pug nets at opposite end on the corners of playing area
- Yellow Team starts with the possession with a pass from the coach
- Yellow Team Objective: (1) to hold possession while trying to score on GK (2). When possession is lost, they must hunt as team with speed to win back possession from the opposition
- Blue Team Objective: to combine and attempt to score in one of the two pug nets
Coaching Points:
Press the ball as soon as possession is lost:
Delay Attack
"If we loose the ball this high up he field with number around the ball, what should our reaction look like?"
"Front foot defending or back foot defending?"
- React immediately after losing possession
-Prevent forward play
- Actively press the ball carrier
-Travel as the ball travels
-Speed/angle of approach
-When to press
pressing triggers and cues
Compactness
-close down the player on the ball to promote passes into certain areas - go together
"show me how you would close the space down together"
-focus on how to secure possession once they have won back possession