Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Individual Marking September 2018 (Start Time: 2018-09-15 08:10:00)

General Warm Up

General Warm Up (7 Minutes)

Physical / Active Warm Up

12 players in 18 yard box (warm-up area)

Players must stay within 18 yard box during warm-up.

Coach yells out desired warm-up action and players perform while moving about the circle.

Include:

Slow jog / hip open / hip closed / Shuffle / Karaoke / Sprint Forward and then Backwards / Sprint Forward

After 4 minutes -- coach introduces 6 balls to exercise and provide balls to 6 random players. Players dribble with ball in circle while looking for open player to pass ball to. All players moving -- look for open players and avoid balls bouncing into each other

Move to Cognitive portion of warm-up.

Equipment Required:

6 soccer balls

Technical Warm Up -- Marking

Technical Warm Up (5 minutes)

5v5 game-like technical activity where the team that controls the ball passes the ball forward or backward with the objective to pass the ball to one of the 2 neutral players (12 players in total).

Opposing team objective is to mark players and disrupt the progression of the ball to either of the neutral players.

Game is played within 18 yard box -- with 5 yard neutral zone marked out at each end.

Neutral players must stay within 5 yard neutral zone -- other players must not enter 5 yard neutral zone

Once Team has moved the ball to one of the neutral players (who is able to control the pass) that team wins a point.

Once point won, the neutral player starts play again, by initiating pass to the team that just scored the point.

The opposing team, attempts to win the ball away, and once won, the team attempts to pass the ball (either forward or backward) to one of the neutral players.

The team that reaches 5 points first, wins the game/round. If time remains, start game again.

Game is initiated by one neutral player passing ball out to team of their choice.

If ball goes out of bounds, the coach passes ball in to one of the neutral players (coaches choice)

Change out neutral player every 2 minutes.

Equipment:

8 cones

5 blue pinnies

2 yellow pinnies for neutral players

6 spare soccer balls by coach.

Analytical -- Individual Marking Skill and Technique (20 mins)

Individual Marking Skill and Technique

Objective: To effectively mark players with the objective to slow down, prevent forward movement and take away passing options.

Set-Up

Set up field measuring 20 yards by 25 yards marked with cones

Goal required at one end

2 target 5-yard wide "run-through" areas on opposite end (marked in alternate cone colour (green)

Mark a 5 yard deep zone with yellow cones out from end of attacking side of field.

Place several balls on one sidelines from which balls will be initially served into field by alternate striker.

Split team into two with two full lines of both defensive and offensive players

Each Line has:

1 Goal Keeper

2 Central Defenders

1 Striker

2 Midfielders

Equipment Required:

1 net

4 blue pinnies

6 red pinnies (attacking team)

1 yellow and 1 green pinnie

10 red cones; 4 green cones; 2 yellow cones

10 soccer balls

Playing:

Server (alternate stiker) serves ball to one of the two midfielders. That midfielder only works with the striker to attempt to score on goal. Remaining midfielder moves back to 5 yard wide zone at end of pitch. This mid-field player can be used to pass back to but is not allowed to move outside of this zone.

The two central defenders work together to effectively mark the striker and offensive midfielder from scoring on their goalkeeper.

If central defenders steal ball away from offensive unit, they break and attempt to dribble ball through two target areas on opposite end of field mounting a counter attack.

Play stops if:

Ball goes outside of field

Offensive team scores

After counter attempt is made by defensive team.

Goalie catches ball.

Once sequence is complete, second line of both offensive and defensive players comes on and activity is repeated.

Progression:

Second midfielder added in to offensive push to score creating a 3 on 2 situation (able to come outside of 5-yard end zone).

Coaching Points:

Individual Defending Principles -- Pressure/Close down attaching player; Delay/Slow down attacking player; shut down passing options

Goal Side / Ball Side

Tight Marking near the ball / Loose Marking away from the ball

See the player you're marking as well as the ball

Triggers for intercepting ball - weak pass / location of pass

Cool Down

Cool Down (10 Minutes)

A series of activities in order to cool down players following session.

Session led by 2 players identified by coach.

Cool Down to be done as a team -- in line formation to continue to build team bonds

Activities are done within 44 yard x 50 yard playing field -- moving across field (from side line back to sideline).

All activities completed at a slow pace in order to bring heart rate down as well as allowing sufficient time to complete stretching activities.

Cool Down activities include:

Start with Light Jog

Hamstring stretch/sweep

Forward groin Lunge

Open and Close gates targeting groin

Butt kicks

Shuffle left followed by shuffle right

Karaoke

Hamstring Kick

Slow walk shaking out muscles