Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Transition Session

WARM UP

Area 30m x 10m

Players in pairs

1. Player A dribbles forward to the blue cones. He stops the ball on the line.

This is the trigger for player B to move forward and dribble the ball to the yellow cones

As player B is doing this Player A runs BACKWARDS, keeping his eye on the ball/player at all times

Once player B stops the ball on the yellow line he then backs away and player A dribbles forward.

Repeat

Progression

2. Can the player who is BACK TRACKING hold the other player up?

Then can he tackle him in the middle zone? Before he gets to the yellow cones?

3. Player A dribbles to blue cones. Stops the ball. then runs to baseline, turns and chases pLayer B

Player B stops the ball at the yellow cones, races to baseline and chases Player A

Repeat

SSG (20 mins)

3 zones 2- 20y x 40yds areas with a neutral zone 5y wide x 40y..

Objective: Transition from attacking to defending. High intensity game.

Green Team starts with the ball in the neutral zone, only allow 5 seconds in the zone to move ball forward. Coach has balls in the neutral zone. Place balls at each goal end.

Green team attacks Blue. If Green scores, the play begins from the neutral zone again. Green has 5 seconds to transition and attack Red. If Green continues to score; they transition from one goal to the other.

If Green team attacks blue and misses or ball goes out of bounce, Blue gets the ball in their defensive area. Now blue has to beat green to transition into neutral zone. Green continues to pressure to regain possession before Blue moves into the neutral zone. If blue reaches neutral zone, they attack Red. If blue looses the ball and green regains possession before blue reaches the neutral zone, green attacks blue to score.

Transition continues from one team to the other.