Futsal Session (Academy Sessions): combination game

Improve playing with a numerical advantage (10 mins)

Session Objective: Improve playing with a numerical advantage

Organisation:

Group of four players,on opposite sides of pitch .Goalkeeper A serves ball to player B who receives ball in front and attacks goalkeeper C 1v1.After a save or miss,Goalkeeper C feeds ball to pink player D who attacks Goalkeeper A goal.Player B has made recovery run to defend.Continue in this format to add players until game reaches 5 v 5.Then start again.

Key Factors:

Positive attitude to attacking

Recovery runs to defend/delay

Combine with other players to both attack and defend

Communication

Look to go forward

Defending in a basic box/defending in a zonal system.Wave practice. (20 mins)

Session Objective:To improve defending in a basic box/defending in a zonal system.

Organisation:

Yellows in defensive box.White goalkeeper feeds player and whites attack.They attack yellows who are in defensive box.Pink team at same time have created a defensive box awaiting counter attack and stay in the top half.

When whites score/lose possession yellows immediately counterattack goal defended by Pink.Whites then organise themselves in box in bottom half of pitch.When whites lose ball,pink attack yellow and so on, creating attacking waves up and down pitch.

At first encourageteams to stay in designated area to develop compactness.Then take out the area for natural progression.Flat discs could also be used initially to establish starting points.

Key Factors:

Try to maintain the three defensive lines

Cut off passing lanes

Work as a team and stay zonal, not individual

Close down quickly to force opposition back

Concentrate and communicate

work in unison

React quickly to counterattack.