Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Possession 3 - Penetration & Patience (Start Time: 2018-01-16 19:30:00)

Global - Rondo 1 (15 mins)

Organization

- 2x circles 15 yards in diameter

- 8 players per group

- Half of group outside the circle with balls, other half on the inside without balls.

Instructions

- Players check to a player on the outside, receive a pass and play back before finding another teammate on the outside

Coaching Points

- Body Mechanics

- Opposite movement

- Check in to ball at an angle (direction of travel)

SSG - Playing Through The Midfield (15 mins)

Organization

- 2x 20x20 grid w/ goals at each end

- The grid should be divided into three zones using cones.

- 2 teams of 4, no GKs

Instructions

- Players can only pass through 1 zone at a time. In other words, the keeper cannot pass from the goal to the attacking third, but must pass either into the defending third or midfield.

- Keepers always restart play with a distribution.

- Progression: Require a certain number of passes before allowing a goal.

Coaching Points

- Keep possession until it is possible to penetrate

- First touch on reciving the ball (away from pressure)

- Quality/Weigth of pass and accuracy

- Verbal and visual cues

- Communication

- Picking the moment to change the point of attack