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Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): 2026 - Winter Session #12 - Beating the Press

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David Lattavo
Name: David Lattavo
City: Stouffville
Country: Canada
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm up

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm up
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Warm up (15 mins)

Warm up - 12 minutes


Continuous movement:
  • Light Jog / Side Shuffle each way / Side to side accelerations (forward and backwards)
  • High knees /Heels
Dynamic Movement:
  • High knees / Straight legs / Hip rotations in / Hip rotations out / Back leg extensions

Neuro-Prep:

  • Bounding vertically / Bounding forward / Accelerate forward two pylons accelerate back one / Lateral accelerations in-between red and yellow pylon / Lateral accelerations around red and yellow pylon
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3 team Possession

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3 team Possession (15 mins)

Organization:

25 yards by 25 yards 3 teams of 5 v 5/  6v6 /7v7, or can go 2 teams vs one team. Attacking team is looking to keep possession, make 10 passes switch point of attack. Defending team looking to stay compact and press as a unit to win back possession and look to score in one of the four Targets. 

Key Factors:

Width and mobility / Creation of space - movement into space with different types of runs / Timing of interchange / Playing the way you are facing / Playing away from pressure

Progressions:

Limit touches on ball / Create 3rd man running opportunities / Switch player in corner - allowing them to come into play. 

Red / Red / Blue -  Blue / Blue / Yellow

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): BFB

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): BFB
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BFB (30 mins)

Organization:

two teams of 5v5, Full half of indoor field. Keeper to serve balls to defenders. Defenders are looking to break through the press and score on GK. Pressing team is looking to press and take space in the oppositions defensive end. Looking to delay the build up. Once attacking team win possession, they are looking to score on GK.

Zones:1-4

Load: 15 min then switch teams

Passing Sequences:

1) GK Skip - MF bounce - Weakside escape

GK - LB, LB - LMF, LMF to RB, RB - RM/ST

  • MFs stagger: one comes short, one stays higher / Opponent’s press collapses to one side / Opposite CB & MF become the “exit.”

  • LMF checks at an angle, not straight back.  RB must be ready early with hips open. Passes 1–2 must be played at tempo

    • 2) GK → CB → Pivot Turn → Slip

    GK - RB, RB - RMF, RMF pivot between lines receives on half turn, RMF to ST

    One midfielder (pivot) stays central. Other midfielder drifts wide to create a channel. ST stays high to pin a defender.

  • RMF must time the check-in: arrive as the ball arrives. GK should disguise the initial pass to avoid triggers. ST stays off the defender’s shoulder.

    •     3) False Winger Drop → Rotation → Central Overload

    GK - LB, RMF drops diagonally into the back line to form back 3, LB - RMF, RMF - LMF/CDM, LMF/CDM - ST 

  • Rotate into a back 3 to escape the first line. One MF drops, the other stays central. ST(s) make split runs

  • RMF’s dropping movement must be late, not early. LB needs to commit a defender by dribbling forward. STs make opposite runs (one short, one long).







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    Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 5v5 game

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    5v5 game (20 mins)

    Organization:

     Full size of indoor gym. 

    1 - 2 - 2 - 1  vs  a  1 - 2 - 1 - 2

    Full OCAA Indoor Rules

    Teams will play 5 mins in each formation then switch formations.

    Look to create power play vs penalty kill

    Key Factors:

    Looking to keep the ball moving quick / Shooting from distance / Switching the point of attack

    Players looking to create space off of the ball to keep possession 

    Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Indoor Formation 1-2-2-1

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    Indoor Formation 1-2-2-1

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