Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): W24 S52 - BPO Win ball back ASAP

Positioning game (20 mins)

Football Problem

We fail to quickly shut down our opposition in our final 3rd in central areas which is causing us to concede to many goals

Session Objective

The objective in this session is to improve the teams ability to quickly shut down the middle area in our final 3rd reducing the oppositions ability to create goal scoring opportunities

Organisation

2 grids 35x35 3v3+4 The overload is bounce players on the outside. Blue start with the ball and for ever succesful 10 passes they receive a point. They can use the bounce players as often as they like to help hold posession. when red wins the ball they are to try and complete 10 passes for a point. Each team in BPO is to try and win the ball asap

Progression

limit touches and keep the ball moving and try and create disorganised defending. Bounce players one touch only

Team Task

BPO team to stay tight and compact to replicate playing in central areas and try win the ball back asap. BP team hold posession by accurate effective passing and movement off the ball

Player Tasks

Each player must move 3 paces anywhere after passing ball in the big grid. One player in BPO to call the team movement eg: left, right, push, retreat

Coaches Cues

Shape of BPO. Ability to be patient in winning the ball but not allowing them to progress the ball to the opposite player. Movement off the ball, keep the ball moving, passing accuracy.

training game (20 mins)

Football Problem

We fail to quickly shut down our opposition in our final 3rd in central areas which is causing us to concede to many goals

Session Objective

The objective in this session is to improve the teams ability to quickly shut down the middle area in our final 3rd reducing the oppositions ability to create goal scoring opportunities

Organisation

10 v 10 set up as shown. Goals can only be scored inside the 6 yard box with the foot or anywhere on the feild with any other part of their body.

Teams will be mixed.

the red boxes are for the team in BP to try and play a bounce pass in to receive an extra point and the BPO team needs to deny this as we want the ball closed down in these areas. same is for the danger box at each end. Every time the BPO team can send the ball backyards from that zone and press forward they receive a point

Progression

Take the danger zone out and see if they can still block the danger area of force play back

Team Task

Good communication to stay tight and stop blue from entering the danger area. Move up when red play a negative pass

Player Tasks

6& 8 to sheild the area from both sides and directly through the middle. 3&4 to stay tight band compact to protect our central area

Coaches Cues

Team communication, space between 3,4,6,& 8 ability to play out from the back once we win