Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Function to phase( Exploiting the half space)

Option 1 Wide player receives in half space (5 mins)

Set Up (As above)

Blues have goalkeeper, right back, centre back, right midfielder and central midfielder v

Reds have striker, wide left, left back, central midfielder and left side midfielder.

Total Number of players: 9 plus goalkeeper.

Aims:

Red are lookinf to exploit the half space and attack the goal

Forward effective runs

Duration

4 minutes work/ 2 minutes rest

Total 6 minutes

Movements

Deep midfielder has possession , then the movement is as above:

Full back over laps.

Nearest central midfielder makes movement toward middle of pitch making blue defender come out of the passing lane.

Wide player drifts inside and receives pass, turns and dribbles then has a 2v1 against the centre back.

Coaching Points.

Timing of run forward.Decision of when the make runs

Weight of pass.

Anlge of run

Option 3 Striker receives in half space (10 mins)

Progression

Red still looking to exploit half space and score goal

Duration

4 minutes work/ 2 minutes rest x2

Then last 4 minutes use all 3 patterns as previous

Coaching Points.

Weight of pass. , very important

Timing of both runs forward.

How striker receives pass, (correct foot) and awareness.

Movements

Ball played into striker, then the movement is as above:

Midfielder runs forward to create option for pass from striker.

Full back makes run fowards and under laps wide player, creating 3v2 overload .

Reflection

Reflection

Players Used: Llangwnydd 1st team

DESCRIPTION. What happened...

Using 17 players and 1 goalkeeper.

Session was enjoyables and players were energetic and enthusiastic wanting to score goals.

The patterns that we worked on showed when we took it into the phase. Although other patterns occured during the session

Feelings....

Before: I felt the session would go well as its an attacking session and the fact that the emphasis was on scoring would excite players

During: Session was running smoothly. During the phase different patterns occured and this showed imagination and decision making from the players.

After: I felt the session worked and there was a lot of success.

EVALUATION.

Good.. Players movement and quality of passes was very good. Angle of runs were good, but could have been better.

Bad... Nothing.

Analysis... How I influenced session.

By giving ideas and freedom for players to make forward runs.

Sowing several patterns but then letting players use imagination and expressing themselves.

Conclusion..

Session worked well. The focus on key players with the function helped the understanding..

Action Plan.

Next time i deliver the session to the same group I will try to include both wide attacking players.

Limitations.

The session didnt have any limitations.