Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Build out from the back

Club Logo

FAI - Coach Education

Shane Murtagh

Profile Summary

Shane Murtagh
Name: Shane Murtagh
City: dublin
Country: Ireland
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
Build 3D sessions in seconds
Access to 1000’s of sessions
Professionalise and modernise your coaching
Used by the world’s best coaches
US$
75
per year
Join today
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1
Save Image: Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1 Create Video:

Screen 1 (15 mins)

Method: warm up. 15 minutes. Size 20x10

4v2 possession game. 

Red team keep possession for 5 or 6 passes then pass into blue area. 

2 black team players press in each zone. 

Change pressing team every 5 minutes. 

When ball goes out coach plays it back in


Coaching Points:

Move the ball quickly 

Good communication 

Good movement

Try split the 2 pressing players.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 2

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 2
Save Image: Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 2 Create Video:

Screen 2 (30 mins)

Method: build out from the back.

30 mintues

Pitch size - half pitch

Red team 1-4-3

Blue team 3-3.

Objective is for the red team to play out from the back and score on the 3 small goals at half way line. The blue team will press and if they win the ball back can score in big goal. When a goal is scored we start back with the red team goal keeper. 

Coaching Points:

Explanation phase - tactics board 2 minutes.


Oreintation phase - play game, formation, shape.


Learning phase - Coach in sequence, if i stop the game play back the phase i stopped. Coach in the flow and have a good coaching position. 


Implementation phase -  let them play and coach in the flow.


De brief - ask questions 


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 3

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 3
Save Image: Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 3 Create Video:

Screen 3 (15 mins)

Method: finish up with a game 

15 mintues

Coaching Points:

Only coach in the flow 


Build 3D sessions in seconds
Access to 1000’s of sessions
Professionalise and modernise your coaching
Used by the world’s best coaches
US$
75
per year
Join today

Animation Controls (PCs, Macs, Laptops):

Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
Pause
Stop

Back/Forward: Drag timeline button