Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Fullbacks playing into central midfield

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Name:	Tom Hunt
City:	Verona
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Objective: Increase variety of passes for #2 and #3 to play into #6 or #8 on build up phase.
Attacking TTP’s: Create diagonal passing lines, Utilize space and triangulate to create passing options
Defending TTP’s: Make it compact, Always press in identified situations,
Who: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #8
What: Entry pass from full backs into central midfield on build up phase.
Where: Defensive third
When: Team has possession in build up phase
Why: More variety to build up allows controlled possession through thirds of the field.
Key Coaching Points: Weight of pass, body shape to receive and lead into next pass, disguise/angle to passes, high tempo.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1

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Warm up (15 mins)

Pairs passing on arrival, dynamic stretches and 3v1 rondos

Activity 1 (5 mins)

2v1 in 3 connected boxes. Each box is 15x15.

Black team looking to play through thirds, in particular looking for connection to middle third.

Scoring: Black team get a point for moving ball all the way through each third in same possession.

White team score by intercepting and dribbling out of box.

Play 3x3 minute rounds and change roles.

Key points are quality of pass, body shape to receive, movement of middle box players, angled pass from outside boxes into middle box.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1.1

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Activity 1.1 (10 mins)

Same set up as before but add extra defender in middle.

Adjust scoring so black team get 1 point for into middle third and back to starting third, therefore simply retaining possession. 3 points for connecting through all thirds and progressing ball forward.

Key points to remind of are angled passes into central box and body shape, timing of run to receive in middle box.

Play 3x4 min rounds.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2.0

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Orientation (15 mins)

7v5 on half 7v7 field. Possessions start from black team gk.

Instruct white team to press high and force play wide so ball gets to #2 and/or #3 frequently. If white team regain possession, look to attack big goal as in a regular game.

Black team have numbers advantage and looking to play from #1 to #2 or #3, and must connect with #6 or #8 before getting to shaded area.

Play 2x7 minute rounds with quick time in between to adjust white team's press if needed.

Learning (20 mins)

Once white team are working at expected level and creating high press and forcing ball wide, work closer with black team to play through into midfield and then forward.

Key points for #2 to not just look at a straight ball down the line, but to look at #6 or #8 depending on their movements. Technical points to push are tempo of play, body shape when receiving and quality of pass to your teammate.

As success comes for black team, can add extra defender for white team.

Play 2x7 minute rounds, with time for drink break, changing of roles and direct instruction on key points.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2.1

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Activity 2.1

Same set up as before but if black team getting success, as well as adding extra white team defender, challenge them to work across from #2, into #6 or #8 and out to #3 on opposite side.

Key player actions are #2 to look inside as option when receiving ball, #6 coming toward the ball to either receive or to create space for #8 to rate in to. #3 to be anticipating if controlled possession is gained then they can be aggressive in pushing forward.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3.0

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Activity 3 (20 mins)

Implementation

8v7 now. Change direction now so black team are attacking the main big goal and white team have 3 counter goals as well to score in.

Challenge black team to now build up in regular game setting towards a central goal, despite adding in #9 and their wider run, still looking to go from wide at #2 and #3 into central midfield with #6 or #8 as entry point pass. From there, players have creative freedom and choices to make for best path to goal.

Play 3x6 minute rounds and keep scores at all times.

Key points to reiterate are body shape, quality of first touch and pass into next player, body shape and movements of #6 and #8 to receive angled pass and play forward/switch.

End session with free play scrimmage, reminding players that nothing wrong with #2 or #3 playing straighter ball forward down the line, if that is the right choice, but it shouldn't also be the default every time we build out, so looking for variety in scrimmage of how build up phase is executed.

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