Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): U13G - Attacking Principles

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Name:	Steve Tsafkopoulos
City:	Burlington
Country:	Canada
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm up - Pass - Sht, Sht, Long

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Warm up - Pass - Sht, Sht, Long (15 mins)

Organization /Set up:

Set up a 30 x 30 area (approx)
Players work in groups of 3’s
Short and Long Passing

Execution:

Player 1 pases to P2 and Back to P1. - Short Passes
P1 Long Pass to 3 and becomes short Player
P2 Become switches places with P1 and moves to P3 for short Pass
Play continues

Progression-

1 or 2 touch
Use only weaker foot
How many passes can each team make in a row

Coaching Points/Key Factors:

Focus on moving and creating space and passing lanes
Proper passing technique (plant foot position, follow through, strong ankles
Pass & look for space and find angle for recieving pass
Communications - where are your team mates. Let them know where you are
Conituous for 2 min and stop for 30 second dynamic stretching
Are they checking shoulder to see where teammate is and where is the space to open
Body Postion, open for passing
Coaching points during break

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing & Recieving

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Passing & Recieving (20 mins)

Organization

Create a box approximately 3 yards by 3 yards (Poles or Cones)
Set two codes approximately 5-7 yards on either side of the box.
One player starts in the box and the other two players start at the two cones on either side of the box.

Instructions

1. A player (RED) on the side of the box passes to the working player (BLUE) as they make a check run to the ball.
2. The working player receives the pass, turns around the training stick back into the middle of the box.
3. The working player then passes the ball between the training sticks to the player on the opposite side of the box.
4. The working player makes a check run outside the box towards the player they made the pass.
5. The side player returns the ball to the working player in the middle.
6..The working player then receives the ball, turns around a different training stick and returns back into the box.
They then pass to the other player and the pattern repeats.

Switch every 1 minuteallowing

Variations

To make the drill more difficult, tighten the grid and limit the number of touches to receive and turn
To make the drill a bit easier, make the area larger

Coaching Points

Proper passing positioning
moving toward the ball to receive
Good fluid movement after the first touch - Body position on receiving the ball to direction if movement

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing Combo Through Ball

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Passing Combo Through Ball (20 mins)

Equiptment and Set up

8-9 players
4 pols
2 players at pole for Position 2
Rotation
3 moves to 1
1 Moves to 2
2 Moves to

Set up:

Player 2 begins by moving from outside to inside the tow poles (creating space)
Player 1 passes the ball to Player 2 int that space
Player 2 passes to Player 3
Player 3 plays a through ball between the poles to Player 1
Player 1 Shoots on Goal.

Progressions:

1. Player 3 dribbles into space with player 1 movting with. Player 3 passes a through ball to player 1, communicatng with Player 1 on when to release.
2. Player 2 gives a "drop pass" to Player 3, player 3 moves into space to take pass and passes a through ball to Player 1.
3. Player 2 Presses Player 3 after pass and player 3 passes through ball through poles, but with Pressure

Coacing points:

Quick passing movements
Moving into space for passing
Communication and Timing
Player 1 should be timing pass so not to be in offside position to recive ball, but move quickly enought to meet ball and take shot.
Change sides at mid point of activity time.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG - 5 v 5

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SSG - 5 v 5 (30 mins)

Organization and Set up:

2 Goals
20 x 30 yrd area
Retreat line 1/2 way
Full FIFA Rules
No Goal Keepers (or Coaches as Goal Keepers)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Cool Down

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Cool Down (5 mins)

Team cool down
Moving across field, slow jog, dynamic stretching
Static stretching during coach debrief

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