Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): UEFA B - General Session 03

Technical (10 mins)

Set Up

• 3 x zones, 20x8 yards
• 4-5 players per zone
• Work in 2 minute blocks with quick rotation and swapping of positions
  

Drill

• Red team starts in possession of the ball, and will attempt to play the ball through the middle zone to the team on the far side (blue team) to score.
• Yellow team is defending and will send one player into the zone of the team in possession, the remaining players on the defending team stay in the central zone but attempt to block any pass through their zone to the blue team.
• Blue team is waiting for a pass into their zone from the red team, once in possession they will attempt to pass the ball back through the middle to the far side to score.
• If defending team wins the ball or forces it out of bounds, they switch with the team that lost the ball and the new team becomes defenders
• 1pt for a pass across the area to the opposite team, 3pt for every pass the crosses the middle line

• Surface of the foot to use
• Weight and accuracy of pass
• Ability to disguise pass
• Decision to play forward or into support

Skill 2 (10 mins)

• 3 attackers, 2 defenders, 2 bouncers and 1 GK
• Bouncers are only allowed to work within their zone
• Work in 2 minute blocks with quick rotation and swapping of positions

Drill

• Red team look to score as quickly as possible
• Each time you use a bouncer, you add +1 if you score during the same possession
• Bouncers are unopposed, but only have 3 seconds before they must release the ball

• Give and go
• Receive from the bouncer at a better position
• Coach to support timing and weight of the pass