Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Match Analysis Training Session Advanced National

Warm Up (15 mins)

Organization:

4 12X12 grids

3 players in each grid with a different color

1 ball per grid

Instructions:

Players will work on different passing combinations

- Pass and move anywhere in the grid

- Progression from 2 touches to 1 touch

- Wall Pass

- Takeovers

- Overlaps

Coaching Points:

- Always on toes, NEVER STANDING STILL!

- Encourage players to often check shoulders

- Receiving using both foot and different parts: Inside, Outside, Sole

Takeover:

+ The 2nd attacker runs directly at the 1st attacker from the opposite direction

+ The 1st attacker protects the ball from the defender by keeping it on the foot

furthest from the defender so that his body is in between the defender and the ball

+ Communication between both to time it

Overlap:

+ The first attacker plays the ball to the second attacker who dribbles in a direction away

from the overlapping space

+ The second attacker dribbles to create overlapping space and the first attacker then

becomes the player who overlaps. The ball is played into the running path of the first

attacker

Wall Pass:

+ First attacker runs right at the defender with the ball

+ The second attacker sets up level with or slightly ahead of the defender,

turned sideways, shoulders pointed to the goals

+ When the first attacker is close to-but still out of tackling range of-the

defender, he/she must read cues from the defender

+ If the defender is jockeying between the two attackers and obviously

playing the pass, the first attacker must simply dribble past the defender with

speed

+ If the defender is attending more to the first attacker, then the first attacker should

pass the ball to the wall player’s (2nd attacker) front foot

+ The 2nd attacker plays the ball with one touch into the space behind the defender

and into the running path of the first attacker who can receive and continue the attack

Progressions:

- Make it a competition: First group with 8 passes performed by every player wins

- When coach calls a color, players wearing that color must move to another grid

Main Activity 2 (20 mins)

Organization:

8v5, 1GK, 1 server

3 gates (2 wides, 1 central)

As many balls s possible

Instructions:

Progression from previous activity, white tries to score in the big goal, blue tries to score in the 3 gates. Ball starts with server, he/she has two touches, players can pressure after server's first touch

Coaching Points:

Same as previous

Encourage variations between the different options and possibilities to make play unpredictable and make attack more difficult to defend

Progressions:

Make line indicating the final third the offside line

Cool Down (5 mins)

Instruction

Cool Down + Debrief