Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Possession to penetrate defensive lines

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Set Up: Indoor Academy, place barriers across centre of pitch, Use goals. Players in small teams. All balls in the goals. Players at either side of goal. GK plays ball into central barriers, 1 player from either side come out to play 1v1 & attempt to score. 

KEEP SCORES TO ENSURE COMPETITION. 3 MIN GAMES.

KEY POINTS: 

• Aggression & speed to get onto the ball.
• Skills required to hold of opponent & face the goal in possession of the ball & attack goal.
• Speed & aggression to beat opponent - Dominate 1v1, protect the ball attack space
• Quality of your finish.

Defending 

• Aggressive in defending, touch tight deny space
• Be patient hold up attacker & wait to steal ball
• Can you counter & score?

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Set up: Long pitch with channels marked out in wide areas. 2 teams formation depending on numbers. Play 6 min games. 

Attacking Points: 

• In possession look to have a player in each zone to offer width & depth to create space as a team.
• Ball speed = limit touches, scan & awareness, decision making.
• Can we penetrate & play into strikers, or do we need to move the ball into wide areas to drag opposition out to create space to play through? BE PATIENT DONT FORCE IT.
• Wide players can you receive & attack the space or beat your opponent's 1v1 or opportunities to play into strikers/link up with players around you.
• CM timing of runs into opponents' box to meet balls pulled back to edge of area or hold position to receive & link up with forward players.
• Def to be high to close up space & provide opportunities when ball can't go forward to be played back & switch or to drive forward to create overloads & play penetrative passes. 
• GK to be out of box to deal with any counter balls over the top & close distance between Def & goal.

Defensive

• Press or get into block? - work as a unit not
• Deny opposition time & space on the ball.
• Be compact centrally & deny opportunities to penetrate.