Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Sustaining possession to play into Zone 2

Breaking Lines through Half Spaces (25 mins)

Organization: 40Wx 45L - 17 players 

Conditions of play: Ball starts from either end line. Red team building to try to score in the small nets, white team trying to score on the big net. Can only transfer the ball through zones after completing 3 passes, and attacking player can drop down into the middle zone unopposed and must connect with a player from the zone the ball has just come from in the shaded area who can then join a 4v5 attack to score a goal with 8 seconds to get a shot off/score a point. Shaded area can only stay in for max 3 seconds. Progression is to add opposition in the shaded area when a player steps in. 

Coaching Points: 

• Timing of movement down & Supporting the forward pass
• Body position (On the half turn) 
• Quality of movement above the ball (stretching the back line to create space in front) 
• Angles to show (Not in straight lines, finding optimal angles).