Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Breaking the Lines with Forward Movement and Penetrating Passes (Passing/Mobility) (Start Time: 2025-04-09 05:40:00)

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Aaron Jones

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Name:	Aaron Jones
City:	CRANBOURNE NORTH
Country:	Australia
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

Session Objectives:

Technical:

1) In this session I aim to - help improve players technical approach to receiving passes. Particularly focusing on how players receive a pass in relation to where the defender is (peel away or get in front)
2) In this session I aim to - help improve players ability to vary their type of movements. Particularly in an attacking transition (Double movements, overlaps, underlaps etc.)

Tactical:
1) In this session I aim to - help improve players ability to recognise how to use patterns of play and coordinated movements in an overload to penetrate opposition quickly.

BP Principles:
Penetration
Action - Passing

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing/Mobility Activation (Breaking the Lines)

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Passing/Mobility Activation (Breaking the Lines) (10 mins)

Practice Layout (Equipment)

25m x 30m (x2 adjacent to each other), 3 Mannequins as a halfway line, 4 x mini goals
4-5 Spare Balls next to both mini goals
2 Coaches (Positioned on sideline to observe entire practice and have holistic to see player movements from a distance)

Rules/Directions:

Players are positioned at either end of the practice and will work simultaneously with opposite group
Player at the baseline plays a ball into player on the touch line and looks to combine with them to play a line breaking pass through the mannequins
Change types of combinations to encourage different types of movements (overlaps, underlaps, double movements 3rd man runs)

Mechanics:Focus on the following mechanics within this exercise:

Mobility (off ball movement) - overlaps, underlaps, double movements 3rd man runs
Acceleration - speed of movement away from cone or beyond mannequins
Curving the run - using a curved run to help with timing and staying onside

Observations/Demonstrations: We are observing here to identify if/how players are:

Timing runs to stay onside (in line with mannequins)
'Weighting' Passes for teammates to run on to
Accelerating quickly to get beyond defenders

Interventions: Moments to intervene may be:

Players receiving the ball in an offside position repetitively
Players not moving into a new space after playing a pass - static
(Also, intervene in the opposite situations to praise positive moments and reinforce with player demo)
Weight of pass is too heavy or too light

Progressions/Regressions:

Add 2-3 balls to increase the speed of rotations and challenge players awareness and technique under more pressure
There are 2-3 pattern variations to use so players can later emulate them in game training for extra points
Add a defender to challenge the angle of runs and passes (passive)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Positional/Mobility Game (Breaking the Lines)

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Positional/Mobility Game (Breaking the Lines) (15 mins)

Practice Layout (Equipment)

25m x 30m (x2 adjacent to each other), 3 Mannequins as a halfway line, 2 x mini goals,1 large goal
4-5 Spare Balls next to both mini goals and inside large goals for restarts
2 Coaches (Positioned on sideline to observe entire practice and have holistic to see player movements from a distance)

Rules/Directions:

Players are positioned at either end of the practice into attacking/defending teams
Players attacking (from large goals) will play out from keeper and look to combine in a 3v2 overload to score (combinations and types of movements listed in pass activation for extra points)
Encourage different types of combinations and variations of movements (overlaps, underlaps, double movements 3rd man runs)
If defenders win the ball they can counter in large goal (swap roles after 3mins)

Mechanics: Focus on the following mechanics within this exercise:

Mobility (off ball movement) - overlaps, underlaps, double movements 3rd man runs
Acceleration - speed of movement away from cone or beyond mannequins
Curving the run - using a curved run to help with timing and staying onside

Observations/Demonstrations: We are observing here to identify if/how players are:

Timing runs to stay onside (in line with mannequins)
'Weighting' Passes for teammates to run on to
Accelerating quickly to get beyond defenders

Interventions: Moments to intervene may be:

Players receiving the ball in an offside position repetitively
Players not moving into a new space after playing a pass - static
(Also, intervene in the opposite situations to praise positive moments and reinforce with player demo)
Weight of pass is too heavy or too light

Progressions/Regressions:

Add 2-3 balls to increase the speed of rotations and challenge players awareness and technique under more pressure
There are 2-3 pattern variations to use so players can later emulate them in game training for extra points
Modify to a 4v3 or different overload depending on need for progression or regression
Add a time limit to score to encourage quicker movement and more types of movement

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 6V6 Game (Breaking the Lines)

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6V6 Game (Breaking the Lines) (20 mins)

Practice Layout (Equipment)

35m x 70m 6 Mannequins to separate pitch into thirds as a halfway, 2 x large goals
6-8 Spare Balls next to or inside large goals for restarts with goalkeeper to play quick counter
2 Coaches (1 Positioned on sideline to observe entire practice and have holistic to see player movements from a distance 1 on inside to give feedback to players as game continues)

Rules/Directions:

Players are set up in a 6v6 game
The team in possession can play and move into any space of the pitch desired to score
The team out of possession can only have a maximum of 2 defenders at a time inside the defensive 3rd (red zone)
extra points for teams that score with line breaking pass, overlap, underlap etc.
Play for 2mins30secs and rotate rest team in

Mechanics: Focus on the following mechanics within this exercise:

Mobility (off ball movement) - overlaps, underlaps, double movements 3rd man runs
Acceleration - speed of movement away from cone or beyond mannequins
Curving the run - using a curved run to help with timing and staying onside

Observations/Demonstrations: We are observing here to identify if/how players are:

Timing runs to stay onside (in line with mannequins)
'Weighting' Passes for teammates to run on to
Accelerating quickly to get beyond defenders

Interventions: Moments to intervene may be:

Players receiving the ball in an offside position repetitively
Players not moving into a new space after playing a pass - static
(Also, intervene in the opposite situations to praise positive moments and reinforce with player demo)
Weight of pass is too heavy or too light

Progressions/Regressions:

Add the rest team as bouncers on the outside to give team in possession overload if needing to regress
Increase or reduce the number of players allowed to defend in the red zones
Add a time limit to score to encourage quicker movement and more types of movement

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 9V9 Game (Game Training)

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