Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Keeping & Risking Possession (Start Time: 2015-09-22 17:30:00)

Keeping and Risking (30 mins)

Three groups – 2 of 5, 1 of 4 (or whatever numbers you have)

Keeping And Risking

GK’s included in a team as players (need to be able to use their feet)

Keep ball practice. Blues try to keep it from yellows. 5 passes equals a goal – can use red players to help keep possession but if it is played to the outside, your passing score counter returns to 0 (and you start again).

Help players recognise when to play a scoring pass and when to make sure you keep possession.

Swap outside players

Building Attacks (30 mins)

6 v 6 + 2 GK’s

Building Attacks

Yellows – Keep possession and use GK’s to help and try to get to 5 passes. When you get to the 5th pass – attack the goal which is farthest away from where the 5th pass is completed (half-way line acts as guide for players to see which goal is farthest away). Remind it isn’t essential that they attack on the 5th pass- it may take more passes to set up the opportunity to attack (6 or 7 or 8 or more)

Reds – try to win ball back and counter attack into either goal.