Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Playing the ball out of the back to the center backs

Warm-up/Rondo (15 mins)

1st Phase, Dynamic Warm-up and rondo.

Objective: To welcome the players and create routine. Encourage the players to take initiative for the activity.

Organization: As shown, set up the SAQ activity, try to limit lines and use a ball with the activity. The player start by dribbling to the cone and then pass the ball to the next line. Pattern repaets. For the rondo, play 4v0, with a player sitting out. If a player on the inside makes a mistake, sub that player out. In the 5v1, switch the middle player every time there's a mistake.

Key words: Open your hips, take your touch away from pressure and use both feet. Keep your feet moving.

Guided questions: 1.Where do I take my next touch? 2.Why do we get wide? 3. Why do we let the ball go across our body?

Answers: 1.Into space or away from pressure. 2. In order to support the player on the ball and spread the defense. 3. As the ball goes across our body and we use our back-foot, we can take a much better touch into space or away from pressure.

Game Application (20 mins)

3rd Phase, game application

Objective: Playing the ball out of the back to the center backs

Organization: In a reduced 11v11 field play 8v8. The Blue team will play in a 1-3-1-3 formation and the Red team will play in a 0-3-3-2 formation. Balls start from the GK. Red score on the big goal, blue can score on the counter goals.

Key words: Pass, dribble and get wide, help.

Guided questions: 1. How can we unbalance the defense? 2. Why should our midfielder

support the attack? 3. What do we need to do to get the ball into the opponent’s half?

Answers: 1. Spread out and vary your runs in the midfield - 2. To give the defenders passing

options and to move the ball forward. - 3. We can pass it forward, we can dribble it forward but if we

cannot go forward then possess the ball and be patient with it.