Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Overlapping Fullback Session

Warm-up (15 mins)

Pairs juggling challenges on arrival

Organization:

1) Players divided into two groups

2) Players on inside of area have a ball

3) Players on outside do not have a ball

Instructions:

1. Players on the inside dribble around the inside of the area, they must travel through the yellow square in the middle before playing to an outside player

2. The player in the middle passes to an outside player who gives them a return pass, the player on the inside must then dribble back through the square in the middle and find a new player to pass the ball to

3. After a set period of time switch players.

Coaching Points:

- Quality of movement

Progression:

- give & go's

- wall passes

- aerial control

Fully-opposed (20 mins)

Organization:

Same as previous activity

Instructions:

Defender is now live on C's first touch. Play 2v1, attacking players try to score on large goal w/GK. Defending player(s) if they steal the ball can score in the counter goal.

Coaching Points:

- Checks before receiving ball

- Quality of driven pass (low and hard)

- Commit defender on dribble

- Commit defender centrally to open up two options either side

- Dribble with ball closest to support, outside of the foot flick pass to play them in

- Communication (Hold, Through) of overlapping player

- Shape and timing of run

- Quality of pass through (weight, direction)

- Recognizing when to make the overlapping run (player on ball driving infield) and when to support underneath ball.

- Transition upon winning/losing the ball

Progressions:

- A passes to B and then sets off around C's cone and joins the play as a recovering defender to make it a 2v2.