Football/Soccer Session (Advanced): Jaret Petras Mercy Session Changing the Point of Attack

warm up (20 mins)

Organization:

In a grid 35yds x 25yds, three players are in white and three players are in blue on the inside of the grid, with two white targets on opposite sides from each other and two blue targets on opposite sides from each other on the outside of the field.

Instructions:

The target players can move freely along their sideline. white team tries to keep possession and find Red target players on the outside.blue team attempts to do the same. to score points they must get it from one server to the next on the opposite side if the other team steals they do the same with there coulor target players.

Coaching Points:

Coaching Points:

· Inside players receiving ball across body to see all options, if possible.

· Get players to open up hips to field (left and right) to be able to find target player on the

opposite side as quickly as possible.

· Communication – Always be giving your teammates information (“Man on, time, turn”).

· Simplicity, play the way you are facing.

· Visual cues of target players (head up, eye contact, lateral movement) and inside players

(head up, eye contact, movement into

space, movement of body).

Progressions:

add in another player as a nutral on who will help the defending team win the ball back then he will play into the color he won the ball for then switch teams.

the players must now play side to side and then to one of the opposite teams target players to score a point.

scenario 2 (20 mins)

Organization:

11v11 full field

1-3-5-2 (my Team) vs 1-4-4-2

Coaching Points:

· players receiving ball across body to see all options, if possible.

· Get players to open up hips to field (left and right) to be able to find target player on the

opposite side as quickly as possible.

· Communication – Always be giving your teammates information (“Man on, time, turn”).

· Simplicity, play the way you are facing.

· Visual cues of target players (head up, eye contact, lateral movement) and inside players

(head up, eye contact, movement into

space, movement of body).

.use pockets of posession or combinations to draw defenders in

.team movement to the ball to to draw players in to areas to free up space on the opposite flanks

team shape (40 mins)

Organization:

full field 11v11

Coaching Points:

-Observe if earlier points made are being applied within a normal

game.

-Observe how effective team is at changing point of attack when

opposing team presses and shifts to the strong side.

-Team to maintain width legnth & depth with in formation frame work of the way we want to play.