Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): FAW B session 16: Defend the overload (Start Time: 2025-05-07 17:30:00)

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Rui Gomes

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Rui Gomes
Name: Rui Gomes
City: Miami
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition)

Specific Practice: 6vs5 in the attacking half of the pitch with 4 channels to help players identifying wide spaces. Blue team is building up from the back and scoring on 2 wide end zones (target areas) and red team is scoring on the big goal after stilling ball possession. Unidirectional attacking set of plays with blue team having possession of the ball at all times starting with GK to either one of the CBs. Objective for the blue team is dribbling/passing the ball into the end zone or mini goals by overloading the 2 wide channels and do combination of play between FBs and blue#6 in order to attack free spaces behind defensive FW and WG. Red team's mission is defending the overload of blue#6 in wide channels and attack the big goal after stilling the ball within 5sec.

Small sided game: 9vs9 in half of the pitch; Field is going to be divided by 4 channels and a defensive third line to help players positioning themselves; each one of the teams is scoring in a big goal. Blue team will be starting as the attacking team by setting the play from the GK to the CBs. Objective for the blue team is attacking the midfield big goal by overloading the wide channels when building from the back and do combination of play with FBs, CBs, and CDM in order to attack free spaces behind defensive WGs. Red team's main mission is defending the overloads in the wide channels and attacking the big goal as soon as possible (within 5sec.) after getting the ball back. 

Coach is using a walkthrough demonstration at the beginning of the session and then coaching on the flow (i.e., concurrent) of the session. Additionally, coach will stop the session (i.e., coaching process) and demonstrate adequate behaviors from either in and out of possession in order to facilitate the process of defending the overload in wide channels more efficiently.

What is coach looking for?

  • Recognize opposition movement
  • Press quickly
  • Protect the middle
  • Leave the furthest player

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Specific Practice

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Learning Objectives

Technical
Technical
Technical
Tactical
Technical
Physical
Technical
Psychological
Technical
Social

Specific Practice (30 mins)

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions): 

Progression: adding a blue player; increase field space; red team scores twice when stilling the ball from wide channels

Regression: adding a red players; decrease defensive third; blues can only score by dribbling into end zone or mini goal

Conditions
No corners, throw-ins, nor free kicks; ball is resetting from Yellow GK when ball gets off bounce

Targets/Scoring
1pt - Blue team scores end zone by dribbling or passing the ball to end zone or mini goal
2pts - Blue team scores to end zone or mini goal after an overload combination of play in wide channels
1pts - Red team disrupts a blue team overload in the wide channels

2pts - Red team scores in the big goal after disrupting a blue team's overload in wide channels

What is coach looking for?

  • Force away from the goal
  • Block central passes
  • Pressure, cover, and balance
  • Identify the shift positioning

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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Learning Objectives

Technical
Technical
Technical
Tactical
Technical
Physical
Technical
Psychological
Technical
Social

SSG (30 mins)

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions): 

Progression: add a blue player; increase field space; red team scores twice when stilling the ball from wide channels

Regression: take a blue player out; blues can only score after creating a central or wide channel overload

Conditions
Full rules of the game with corner kicks, offsides, and free kicks; ball is reset when it gets off bounce by the closest player

Targets/Scoring
1pt - Blue team scores on the big midfield goal
2pts - Blue team scores on the big midfield goal after an overload combination of play in wide channels
1pts - Red team disrupts a blue team overload in the wide channels

2pts - Red team scores in the big goal after disrupting a blue team's overload in wide channels

What is coach looking for?

  • Force away from the goal
  • Block central passes
  • Pressure, cover, and balance
  • Identify the shift positioning


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