Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 21.9.22 FTU Defending & exploiting the overload (Start Time: 2022-09-20 17:00:00)

Ball Mastery (15 mins)

Organisation

1) player to start by dribbling around cones free run. Use lots of touches, inside, outside, sole rolls

2) 3 players to each square of cones, Pass the ball clockwise and move the the next cone anti clock wise, then reverse. Look for receiving the ball on the back foot, opening body to pass to next player

Wave Practice (40 mins)

Welsh Way Principles

Understand when and how to exploit a numerical advantage against the opposition.

use 40x40 pitch

Organisation

Coach will send the ball to attacking team, Defending team to defended 2 v 3, 1 player must run around Dome (pole) to create recovering run. 

Defending team to slow play up and press wide allowing recovering player to join defence, Attackers to score in goal, defenders to win ball and play through gates

Coach will manage the Red Team to create and exploit overloads. The Blue Team will be coached to ensure realism when defending (Slowing play/protecting central area/ forcing wide). Q&A, Guided-Discovery, the Coaching Process & Terminal Feedback will be utilised as Intervention

Challenges, Conditions & Targets

Encouraging creativity by performing 1v1 skills with different types of dribbling during 3v2s & in wide areas. Encouraging Decision-Making, understanding when to share the ball or when to stay on the ball. Encouraging to commit defenders by staying on the ball and making dummy runs to open spaces or receive the ball themselves.

Key Points

Attacking

Find the spare player

Exploit the numerical advantage

Make the pitch big - Width and Depth in Attack

Fast Passes and forward movement to create 2 v 1 or 3 v 2Overlap/Underlap

Weight & accuracy of Final Pass - Can the player finishing shoot 1st time?

Committing a defender by staying on the ball to free spaces to share the ball

Decision-Making - Dribbling or sharing the ball

Dummy Runs

Runs behind the defences

defending

Press quickly

Slow up play

Protect the middle

Leave the furthest player

Decision Making - Forcing Wide (away from goal and 1v1)/ Forcing inside (Weaker foot/teammate pressing)

Body Position - Side on