Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Building up the play - in the middle 3rd

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Norman Noonan

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Name:	Norman Noonan
City:	DunLaoghaire
Country:	Ireland
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Building up the play -

Introduction and Objectives - improve passing and creating space to work through midfield positions

Equipment - Bibs, balls and cones and goals (if available)

Organisation -

Warm-up -

Fundamental Practice -

Squad Practice -

Game -

Total time 60 minutes

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm-Up - co-ordinated running

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Warm-Up - co-ordinated running (10 mins)

Method: Players in opposite groups run toward each other, co-ordinated in sync, opposites start at the same time skip, stride jump, backwards, side-wards, include static stretching, add a football and pass to opposite players to introduce next practice

Coaching Points:

Can add a ball to pass and move in the group lines to introduce the fundamental pass and move theme

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Fundamental Practice - The Diamond

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Fundamental Practice - The Diamond (15 mins)

Method:

Setup each diamond with 5 players, can adjust for 6 also. pass the ball around the diamond, outside the cones, players move back off the (flat) cones, pass and move, alternate direction of play

Allow players to get a rhythm going, ball flowing around the diamond, try to use only 2 touches, movement to receive, pass and move

Coaching Points:

Passing-

Timing, pace and accuracy of pass

communicate visually or call to receiver

assess receivers stance and foot

pass to receivers back foot

Receiving-

players movement to back off the cone to receive, aware of passer, and wait until ball is moving,

open body, back foot, weight is not on the back foot

positive first touch forward in direction of play

Progressions

1-2 - 1st player to 2nd,1-2 is from 2nd player to 1st to support the 2nd player

3rd man overlap - 1st player passes to the 3rd player at next cone

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3v3

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3v3 (15 mins)

Method:

2+1 v 2+1

central active zone has 2 v2 with a supporting player in the adjacent zones

teams score by completing a pass to their player in the end zone

play restarts after scoring, pass to team out of possession

Coaching Points:

scanning both in and out of possession

individual movement to make space

see, decide and do quickly to exploit the space

dribble, skill, speed or combination play

breaking lines with passes or runs

angle of pass, angle of run

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Game

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Learning Objectives

	Technical
	Tactical
	Physical
	Psychological
	Social

Game (20 mins)

Method: 4v4 plus 4 - 2 jokers - score by passing to jokers on opposite team

3 x 6 minute games

Coaching Points:

movement without the ball

awareness, where are the players, where is the opposition

Make the pitch big to create space, and harder to defend against

Receive, open body stance, positive touch forward

communication on and off the ball

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