Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): U12 Academy Session 14 - Playing Out From The Back

Building From The Back - Set Up (30 mins)

Organisation:

-Half Pitch

-3 Goals on Halfway / Middle Goal can be removed and Replaced with a Target Player if Spare Players

-Coached Team - Reds - 7 Players

-Opposition Team - Blues - 4 Players to Start

-Supply of Balls in the Main Goal

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Aim:

-Coached Team: Score in one of the 3 goals on the halfway line starting from their Goalkeeper

-Opposition Team: Stop the Coached Team Scoring - Try to win the Ball and Score in the Main Goal

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Rules:

-Ball always starts from the Goalkeeper

-Opposition Team have 8 seconds to have a shot if they win the ball back

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Coaching Points:

-Correct Positioning of the Coached Team:

-CB's Split, FB's High & Wide, CM's Start High then One Drops and One Moves Higher

-Use the GK to Switch the Play

-Move the Ball Quickly - Limit Touches

-SWITCH OF PLAY IS IMPORTANT - NEEDS TO BE DONE QUICKLY

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Midfielders Coaching Point:

-One drops in and other moves high.

-If ball is switched, then they switch places - do not stand still - easy to be marked

Movements / Patterns

Option 1:

-CB receives on Back Foot

-Steps Forward with the Ball into Space

-Plays Direct into a Goal / or into a Teammate who has become free because an opposition player came to close down

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Option 2:

-Furthest CM drops deep to Offer for the Ball

-Ball is Played in to CM

-Ball is transferred to Other CB or even Other FB quickly - Limit Touches

-Defenders will have been drawn in when ball was played from GK

-Other CB / FB should now be in Space and able to Score a Goal