Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Breaking the Lines with Forward Movement and Penetrating Passes (Passing/Mobility) (Start Time: 2025-04-09 05:40:00)
FAW Coach Ed
Aaron Jones
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
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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
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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
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9V9 Game (Game Training) (25 mins)
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Passing/Mobility Activation (Breaking the Lines) (10 mins)
Practice Layout (Equipment)
Rules/Directions:
Mechanics:Focus on the following mechanics within this exercise:
Observations/Demonstrations: We are observing here to identify if/how players are:
Interventions: Moments to intervene may be:
Progressions/Regressions: