Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): RDS Regional Teams - Week 4 - Receiving With / Without Pressure

Rondos (Transition - Attack) (10 mins)

Organization:

As shown. 2 teams

Instructions:

- Coach plays new ball into area.

- Defending team sends 2 defenders to try to win the ball and play back to their own team for a point.

- Attacking team attempts to complete 5 passes consecutively for a point.

- If ball exits playing area, coach plays new ball into opposite team's area.

Coaching Points:

- Initial shape to keep ball.

- 1st Attacker: Read pressure / split vs. play sideways.

- 2nd Attacker: Pinch / Find split.

- Weight of pass

- Movement to come closer to combine quicker (when split is on).

Technical / Opposed (Triangles) (25 mins)

Organization:

- As shown. Half with balls in area. Half w/o balls in triangles.

Instructions:

- Players with the balls look to pass to players in a triangle and replace the player they passed to.

- Players that receive in a triangle look to exit a different side than the ball entered and play a pass as quickly as possible to another player in a triangle.

- Players receive a point each time they receive a pass.

- Should a player play a bad pass or their ball goes out of bounds, their score goes back to 0.

- Once defenders are added (holding a pinnie), defenders look to steal a ball from any attacker and score in a PUG goal.

- Should defender win the ball and attempt to score ending with the ball going out of play or a goal is scored, the defender gives his pinnie to the original attacking player and the two switch roles.

Coaching Points:

- Eye contact / quality of pass.

- Body position to receive, receive with back foot, first touch out of feet, head up to play.

- Ability to look up and play next pass as quickly as possible.

- Ability to disguise 1st touch (different surface, etc.)

- Head up as ball travels (reading pressure / checking shoulder or space).

- Recognition to get first touch out of feet or not based on pressure (high vs. low pressure)

- Composure in possession (once defenders are added).

Progressions:

- Add passive pressure after playing pass.

- Add defenders who attempt to score in PUG goals.

Game (30 mins)

Organization:

- As shown.

- 7v7

Instructions:

- Normal game.

Coaching Points:

- Movement of #8, #9 and #2/#3 as ball travels into #5 / #6 in buildout phase.

- Decision making of #5 / #6

Progressions: