Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Practice Plan Week 1 Block 1 (Possession & Attacking)

Tzeachten Chilliwack United

Kevin Raffle

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Name:	Kevin Raffle
City:	Chilliwack
Country:	Canada
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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This practice is designed to teach the importance of possession, both unopposed and opposed.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Coordination warmup

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Coordination warmup (15 mins)

Set Up: (2) Courses 10 yards from each other - Two ladders per side, 4 hurdles per side, 4 poles or cones per side, as shown. Space each obstacle 7-10 yards in between. Two even groups start 5 yards behind the ladder.

1st Activity: Ladders = Facing the ladder, Toes in Toes out moving sideways down the ladder. Hurdles = High Knees over the hurdles facing forward. Poles = Zig Zags Forwards through

2nd Progression: Ladders = Facing down the ladder, shuffling 2 feet in, & 2 feet out side to side. Hurdles = Circle around each hurdle with toes facing forward. Poles = Zig Zag Backwards through

3rd Progression: Ladders = High Knees moving sideways along the ladder toes facing the ladder, with each foot going through each rung.

Focus on the proper postures and on the quality of each move, include actions that the players use on the game.

(Accelerations, agility, balance, change of speed and direction, jumps, etc) “Physical literacy”

Increase speed and difficulty of the variations progressively.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technique (Unopposed)

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Technique (Unopposed) (15 mins)

Set Up: 1 or two grids 10x15 yards. 4 Cones. 5 destination markers. Balls with the coach. A minimum of 6 players per grid.

Instructions:

* On coaches command, Player A will pass the ball to Player B, then Player A will move to the next cone at the other corner.

* Player B will take a touch off the outside foot & make the 2nd pass to Player C who advanced off his cone to the destination mark in front of them.

* Player C will take touch off the outside of their foot and make the 3rd pass to Player D who advanced to the destination mark in front of them. Player C then advances to the cone at the next corner.

* Player D will take a touch off the outside of their foot and make the 4th pass to Player B who shifted over to receive the pass. Player D advances to the next corner.

*Player B will take a touch off the back foot & make the 5th pass to Player E who advanced to the destination cone.

* Player E then makes the 6th pass to Player F who advanced to the destination cone, and the process repeats.

Constraints: Switch directions to use opposite feet.

Progressions: Extend the length and add in give and goes. Add players or combine grids and add a second player in the middle and a second ball.

Focus: Opening up and showing for the ball. Movement off the ball. Use a lot of cone references to make players understand where should they be standing and clarify where should they move or show up at.

Use real situations and movements that will be used at the games. players must understand why, how and when will they face those actions.

Quality in the execution of the drills, a lot of communication and important to keep a good intensity with out the ball.

Dynamic drills, make players to participate and touch the ball a lot, rotate on a way they can use both of their feet always.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Possession (Opposed)

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Possession (Opposed) (20 mins)

SET UP: 15x25 yard grid with two end zones of 10 yards and a 5 yard zone in the middle. (3) even teams of players each wearing different color bibs. Each team will take up a zone.

INSTRUCTIONS: The coach will serve ball to one team in an end zone, and the team in the middle will send in one player into the end zone try to win the ball from the team in possession. The team in possession will try to complete 3 passes before sending the ball through the middle to the other end zone. Each team gets a point for every successful ball put into the other zone. If the defender or the team in the middle wins the ball, then the team in the middle will switch with the team in the end zone and the process will repeat itself.

CONSTRAINTS: Make the grid, bigger or smaller depending on the ability level, or how much success the teams are having in possession. Create two touch limit, or have everyone touch the ball before it is put into the other zone.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Tactical (Game with constraints)

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Tactical (Game with constraints) (20 mins)

SET UP: Two even teams with GK's. (2) Neutral players playing for the team in possession of the ball.

Focus: This is a great way to incorporate the practice theme into the final game. Utilize any focuses worked on during the session.

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