Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Build Up playing out from the back (session)

Highest player passing practice (15 mins)

Set up: 12x12m grid, even numbers in the central cones, 2 start in the center,1 ball in play

Instruction:

2 players start in the middle. Ball gets played into the highest player who sets to the lowest who plays it out of the grid to a team mate standing in-between the central cones. Player passing outside the gris leaves and the player playing into the grid enters. The highest player from start becomes the lowest and they rotate in that order. 

Objective: 

increase passing accuracy and playing in tight spaces. Increase communication in-between teammates at the start of training. Encourage multi directional passing

Progressions: Decrease grid size, make 1 touch

Regressions: increase grid size and target cones 

9v7 SSG Game (25 mins)

Organisation

- 2 x 12 min halves 

-  2 mini goals, or gates to score

- Blue team forward  press to regain the ball and score in the big goal

- Red team attempt to play out from the back retaining possession and playing the ball through the mini goals. Practicing the passing patterns from the previous drill.

- Play 6x4' games

- Rotate players from red to blue team

Coaching Cues 

- Are we compact and stay compact not comprimising our position on the pitch 

- Can we break the lines through the central areas

- Can we force the pressing team out of position by keeping the ball

- Can we press with the opponents Back to you, heavy touch, long or slow pass, bouncing ball/ball in the air

- Do we have depth to cover pressuring player

Attackers Objective

Win the ball back as close to goal as possible

Movement into good shooting positions

Follow in on the GK

Play back to retain possession

Close down players on the ball and passing lanes

Play the way we face, no turning into players

Defenders Objective

Move quickly into position on a stoppage

Movement into space when in possession Even if it means moving backwards

Play the way we face

Take advantage of overloads

maintain possession

patient on the ball

FB follow the line of play up the field. 

Progressions

Red team cant score until ball has been  switched 

Blue team gets 5 points if the win the ball back and score within 4 touches

Blue team have 10 seconds to score once possession is won back