Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): OPDL '07G 14/09/22

Creating Space to Shoot

Organisation:

• All players are restricted to their zones.
• The two neutral players work with the team in possession.
  
• The team attacking will attempt to lose their marker and shoot on goal. 
• The team defending will attempt to stop their opponent scoring and then attempt to score in any of the two target goals in
  order to reverse team roles.
  

• Quality Passing - Accuracy, Weight & Timing
• Width & Depth
• Movement
• Awareness - Scanning
• Communication
• Timing/type of runs

• Pressure - how and who?
• Cover & Balance
• Compact
• Delay - patience

• Communication
• Quick reaction to counter/counter-press

5v5+2 Game

Organisation:

• This is a conditioned small-sided-game in which thepitch is split into two halves. Players are split into twoteams of five players with two neutral players, who playin wide areas. The neutral players are marked with aletter ‘C’ in the diagream. 
• To score a goal, the attacking team (Team B) has tohave all of their players (apart from the GK) in theopposition half. 
• The wide players are restricted to three touches. 
• The attacking team receives two points if they are ableto score from a cross from a wide player.

• The attacking team receives three points if they are ableto score off a first-time cross from a wide player with afirst-time finish.  Challenge the crossing players to cross in a variety ofways - inswinging crosses, cut-backs, whipped crossesetc.