Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Playing Out From The Back - Period 1 Week 4 Session 2

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Tony Mee

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Name:	Tony Mee
City:	Doncaster
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up

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Warm Up (20 mins)

Organization:

General area

Ball per pair

How to Play

Players are roughly 5 yards apart passing back & forth (2-touch or 1-touch).

Three technical defending sequences to work on detailed below:

1. When player stops the ball, partner must run up, touch the ball, and run backwards in a defending position.

2. When player lets the ball roll through their legs he must begin to shield the ball from his partner, partner must run to the ball to get touch-tight and just force the attacker back.

3. When player begins to attack his partner, partner must jockey and "delay" attacker from getting around him.

Coaching Points:

Reaction to defending

Choice of defending style (run backwards, pressure to force backwards, jockey)

Body shape, stance and balance when defending

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Playing out of pressure

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Playing out of pressure (20 mins)

Instructions:

3 Zones

2 Teams keeping Possession on the outside zones

1 Team defending.

Blues must complete 3-5 passes to get the ball out of pressure and into the far zone without Yellow blocking off passes.

Team that lose the ball becomes the defender.

Coaching Points:

Angle of support

Recognize when to pass the ball forward

Weight of pass

Progressions:

Add second defender after 5 passes.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Player Rotation

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Player Rotation (20 mins)

To encourage positional rotation, allow the players to change areas. The immediate defender must stay with their man i.e. 1 always plays against A, 4 always plays against D.

Communication is key.

Timing is vitally important.

As A clears the space for C, D sees the run & makes the pass then switches with B.

C's run should be late and fast to try to lose 3 and receive on the move if possible.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Playing out from the back

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Playing out from the back (20 mins)

Combination play from goalkeeper/defence

Challenge - Can we keep the ball in our half without conceeding possession or feeling 'pressured'?

Run through some passing patterns:

Wide CBs receive the ball: Options include FB, CDM or CM - or 'keeper to recycle.

CDM receives the ball: Option 1: on the half turn Option 2: back to goal

Key Points

CBs to receive on half turn, front foot as to not feel under pressure. CDM needs to support play AT ALL TIMES, Goalkeeper should move in relation to the CDM (laterally).

If the CDM receives and has their back to goal, can our CBs be an option? Can our CBs and CDM create an overload.

WHAT IFS:

CDM is marked. Pull player out and CM drop in.

Start with unopposed situations to allow some success, with defenders rotating with spares. Then introduce the spare defenders as passive defenders, closing down options and allowing us to explore in-game situations. Then end on full-press situation.

Coaching points:

- Weight of pass, type of pass

- Angles, creation of space

- EVERY PLAYER MUST BE PREPARED TO RECEIVE A PASS

- Check shoulder, what is the environment telling me?

- Avoid playing with 'back to their goal'.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): RECEIVING UNDER PRESSURE (With Rotation)

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RECEIVING UNDER PRESSURE (With Rotation) (20 mins)

RECEIVING UNDER PRESSURE

Organisation & Game Set Up

30 X 20 yard pitch split into 6 10 x 10 squares.

5v5 Plus plus keepers and 1 Floating Players

Game Set Up

The aim of the game is to keep possession of the ball for 6 passes or to score a goal. Keeper can join in the pasing with the team to make an extra floater as long as he only plays in the 2 squares in front of him

Game Rules

Cannot be in the same box as a team mate for longer than 3 seconds or unless combining (ie one-two)

Can be in same box as a floating players

Try not to be in the same box for more than 6 seconds to encourage players to move and rotate with others