Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): CV chelsea transition

Practice 1- hung cross, 8 players

PRACTICE 

SET UP 

-2 big goals

-4 small goals,

4 poles or mannequins

Action

 -players with ball (defenders) lay ball off and the drop back into box to defend the cross

player that recieves the origanal pass will play a long diagonal to the winger who has now made a run forward,winger has to try score with a lobbed cross the smaller goals,

-alternate each time so both sides getting worked

Cp

-get foot underneath ball to get the lift 

-wingers must time run 

-Cbs  long diagonal pass must be accurate

-recovering defender must get good clearance on header when defending the cross

low driven cross

PROGRESSION 1

SET UP

-change goals so there back to back to work on the low driven cross

-same routine as screen 

4v4 with wide players

SET UP

-minimum 18 players need at least 2 on each station out wide 2GK  2 red DEF and ST and 2 yellow DEF and ST all the rest wide players

-line of cones along  middle of both 18yrd boxes

-bring mannequins closer together and out wider to touchline with line of cones in middle so players are closer together 

-2 Cbs  for each team and 2 ST for each team that are central players

-lock GK in 6 yard box

ACTION

-ball starts with 1 gk where the will pay into Cbs who have now split ,once ball has passed the half way (line of cones)  both wingers on opposite sides of pitch are now live to attack wide areas,creating 4v2 

-practice working both ways to begin with

-2 ST and 2 DEF in opposite half dont get involved when attacking other goal

PROGRESSION

-defending wide players  are now live also they have to chase the winger and try close down the cross ,once ball is won back quick transition the 2 wide players now leave the feild and other teams  wide players enter once passes half way line again ,repeat sequence bpth ways

should be fast pace so thats its a 4v2 each time if slow with build up will end up 4v4

-Introduce gk pass straight to striker -set back to Cb an long diagonal we worked on earlier

Cp

-wingers dont get alot of touches so must influence the game