Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Possession

Warm up (10 mins)

Set up: 10x10 box with 1 ball and 5 players.

Procedure: Players pass the ball with 2 touches and must keep themselves and the ball moving at all times.

Progression: 1 touch.

Coaching points:

- Make passes playable.

- Movement to recieve.

- Communication.

Drill (20 mins)

Set up: 10x10 box with 2 footballs(one on top of the central cone) and 5 players.

Procedure: Outside players pass the ball and try to keep the ball away from the defender in the middle as well as aiming to knock the the ball off the central marker. The defender has to try and protect the ball on the marker as well as trying to intercept passes from the outside players.

Progression: Add points, a point for the outside players if they can knock the ball off the central cone and a point for the defender if they manage to intercept/touch the ball.

Coaching points:

Attackers:

- Make passes playable.

- Movement to recieve.

- Communication.

- Passes to move opponent to attack the ball on the cone.

Defender:

- Block passing lines to the ball on the central marker.

- Angle body to force passing movement.

- Force attackers into mistakes.

- Steal the ball quickly if close enough to do so.

Conditioned Game (20 mins)

Set up: Small-sided pitch with 2 goals, 2 teams and good supply of footballs.]

Procedure: Teams play a normal game but if they go a goal up then they must play possession only until the opponents score a goal to level.

Progression: Free play.

Coaching points:

- Work hard to keep possession.

- Open up when in possession creating more space.

- Move the opposition and attack the space.