Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Specific Practice - Practice Design Task - Attacking In The Final 3rd

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Declan Doherty

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Name:	Declan Doherty
City:	State College
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

Organization (Practice Layout & Transition)

Both the Specific practice and Small Sided Game (SSG) will be played using a whole half. Two corners will be tapered off on the red teams defensive end.

Equipment:

Flat markers will divide the pitch into 3 zones: left, middle, right
Cones will taper off the 2 corners of the field in the reds defensive half.
Mannequins are set up on each side as a visual marker for the blue team.

Red team will be coached (focused team).

Blue team will be managed.

Red team plays a 2-3-3

Blue team plays a 4-2-1

Red teams focus is on breaking the lines.

Blue will be given instructions to create problems for the red team.

Welsh Way Principles:

Play Around- use width

Play Through- create overloads to play through

Play Over- invite the team to press to allow space for 11, 9, and/or 7 to run into space when a ball is played over the top.

Walkthrough to open session:

Ball starts with the keeper
Keeper plays the ball into an attacking midfielder.
The attacking midfielder drops the ball to the holding mid.
As the ball is traveling, the 9 is making a run between the center back and an outside back.
The holding midfielder will play the ball through to the 9 for a chance on goal.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Specific Practice

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Specific Practice

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Problem 1: Blue team stays compact and defends the center of the pitch.

Solution 1: Play Around

11 and 7 stay in the wide channels (hug the line)
When there is pressure in the middle, the midfielders reset and find the 11 or 7
When the ball goes out to the wide players, the team must shift to give support.

Ex: ball goes to the 11. The 10 drops slightly to support. The 9 makes a curling run between the 2 and 4. And the 8 runs into the space created by the 9

Ex 2: ball goes to the 7. The 8 makes an overlapping run to create an overload. If the 3 follows the 8, 7 drives inside. If the 3 sticks with the 7, the 7 plays the ball through to the 8.

Problem 2: Blue Team is holding a high line/pressing high.

Solution 2: Play Through or Over

Any attacking player can reset the ball to the holding midfielders or GK
As the ball is resetting, this triggers the 11, 9, and 7 to make curved runs between the defenders.

Ex: 10 drops the ball to 5. 11 makes a run between 2 and 4. 9 makes a run between 4 and 5. 7 makes a run between 5 and 3. 5 plays a ball over the top to one of the attacking players.

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

If 1v1 on the outside, can the 11 or 7 take the defender on in the dribble?

Targets: both teams will score on the large goals.