Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Passing and Receiving - Creating chances in the final third

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Ademola Adedapo

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Ademola Adedapo
Name: Ademola Adedapo
City: Princeton
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Intro

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Intro (15 mins)

Organization:

  • 30 x 30 yards, In teams of three, players pass in continuous triangles in a clockwise direction

Instructions: 

  • Passes/players should stay in the area
  • Coach plays a new ball in when the ball goes out the area
  • Switch order to anti-clockwise
  • Coach adds another ball in circulation to each group once the players get a hang of it

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Correct body shape when receiving and passing, especially after the switch
  • Constant mobility towards potential passing lanes when moving

Regressions/Progressions:

  • With just one ball per group, players now have to move after each pass, while maintaining the same initial order (both clockwise and anti-clockwise)
  • Coach adds another ball in circulation to each group once the players get a hang of it

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main Activity

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Main Activity (25 mins)

Organization:

  • 30 x 30  yards, 5 v 2 high pressure rondos. Swap out defenders every 2 minutes

Instructions:

  • Swap with a defender if you lose the ball
  • Players can pass the ball back to the neutral player that gave them the ball to avoid losing possession

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Players should be thinking a step ahead and taking up good positions to facilitate a switch once there's an overload
  • Look to move defenders about and split them with a pass
  • Correct body shape when passing and receiving
  • Use of 1 touch passes to speed up the play
  • Players should be looking to combine and make triangles, and constantly moving towards potential passing lanes

Regressions/Progressions:

  • Add goals on each end, defenders have to score in either goal once the ball is won to swap to offense
  • Defenders can work together. The second defender picks out any attacker at random to swap with on successful combinations leading to goals

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Conditioned game

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Conditioned game (25 mins)

Organization:

  • 35 x 35 yards, 5 v 4+Gk with a big goal against 2 counter goals

Instructions:

  • Defensive teams tries to deny the offense chances, win the ball back and score in the mini goals, or dribbling through the center cones
  • Coach plays a new ball in if the ball goes of of the area

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Look to move defenders about and create 1v1s and 2v1s
  • Correct body shape when passing and receiving
  • Use of 1 touch passes to speed up the play
  • Players should be looking to combine and make triangles, and constantly moving towards potential passing lanes

Regressions/Progressions:

  • Add an extra defender in midfield to help win the ball back

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Match

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Match (20 mins)

Organization:

  • 5 v 5 with 2 mini goals

Instructions:

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