Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): YDP - Build Up Play (Playing through midfield)

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Alex Aylott
Name: Alex Aylott
City: Launceston
Country: Australia
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

This session focuses on Build Up Play; particularly playing vertically through the thirds/playing through midfield.


Key Technical Elements are; 

  • Speed of play (good ball speed / firm passes / limit touches)
  • Finding passing lanes off the ball.
  • Staying underneath and in the eye sight of setting player

Key Tactical Elements are;

  • Ensuring vertical layers in possession. 
  • Purpose of the set is to find a forwards facing player.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing Practice Variation 1

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Learning Objectives

Technical Technical
- Good ball speed / firm passes / limit touches - Double movements to receive - Set must happen first time - Ensure play that is underneath set; keeps appropriate distance from setting player and supporting player "stays in the eyesight of setting player"
Technical Tactical
Purpose of a 'set' is to find a forwards facing player.

Passing Practice Variation 1 (10 mins)

Organisation / Set Up:

  • As per diagram, 6 poles set up with 4 creating a square in the middle and two on the ends.
  • Players line up on the two end poles with balls; and one player on each of the four central poles.
  • Playing pass through the variations, following their passes.
Variation 1:
  • Focuses on players passing to the higher player; who then sets it to the player underneath.
  • Once this occurs, player underneath passes to the end player and sequence continues out the other side.



Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing Practice Variation 2

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Learning Objectives

Technical Technical
- Good ball speed / firm passes / limit touches - Double movements to receive - Set must happen first time - Ensure play that is underneath set; keeps appropriate distance from setting player and supporting player "stays in the eyesight of setting player"
Technical Tactical
Purpose of a 'set' is to find a forwards facing player.

Passing Practice Variation 2 (10 mins)

Variation 2:

  • End player passes to the closest player in central square, who then makes a diagonal pass to the higher player on the other side of the square.
  • This higher player then sets to the lower player who then passes out of the area to the higher player.
  • Sequence continues.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 4v2 Rondos

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Learning Objectives

Technical Technical
Focus on speed of play; good ball speed / limit touches / passing lanes to receive

4v2 Rondos (20 mins)

Organisation / Set Up:


  • 10m by 10m square with 6 players to a square.
  • Players bibbed into groups of two with three different colours (i.e 2 green; 2 blue; 2 orange)
  • Four players in Possession; two players out of possession.
  • On the turn over, the team that turns it over becomes the defenders; whilst the defending team is now in possession. (this should happen as a transition within the play; not stop start)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Possession Game - Playing through thirds

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Learning Objectives

Technical Technical
Combine the technical skills of the passing practices and rondos into this possession practice ensuring; - good ball speed / firm passes / limit touches - finding passing lanes between defenders - first time sets - appropriate distances underneath sets supporting player "stays in the eyesight of setting player"
Technical Tactical
Purpose of a 'set' is to find a forwards facing player.

Possession Game - Playing through thirds (20 mins)

Organisation / Set Up:


  • 10m by 30m rectangle with the area divided into thirds.
  • Players divided into three teams with one colour in each of the halves (in possession) and one team out of possession.
  • Out of possession team has a player in each third.
  • The team in possession looks to maintain possession; whilst searching for an opportunity to play through the middle third and then out to the opposite end.
  • Once this occurs the practice continues with players trying to transition the other way.
  • The out of possession player in the opposite third to the ball, can not try to win the ball until the end player has taken a touch.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 9v9 - Play through the thirds

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Learning Objectives

Technical Technical
Can we bring everything we worked in throughout the session into the game at the end?

9v9 - Play through the thirds (20 mins)

Organisation / Set Up:


  • 9v9 game
  • Pitch divided into thirds.
  • Each team has a GK (end player); 2x CB; 2x FB; 3x Midfielders; 1x 9.
Contraints:
  • On restarts; teams must be set up in a 1-2-5-1 formation in each of the zones.
  • The ball must travel through each of the thirds.

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