Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Creating overload/defending the overload (Start Time: 2025-03-04 18:00:00)

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Dean Merrett

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Name:	Dean Merrett
City:	Newport
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition)

14 players (2 GK)

12 players - 2 teams of 6

4v2

5 red bibs

5 blue bibs

flat disks

2 small side goals

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Creating overload (in posession)

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Creating overload (in posession) (10 mins)

Creating overloads (In possession)

Technical (passing, turning, dribbling, control, shooting)

- 4 v 2 (5v3 incl GK's) in possession.

- 4 players must utilise the space to create an overload to get a shot of on goal.

- Once the one teams has attacked - the 4 blue players exit the pitch to the side and 2 blue players enter the pitch and become defend team. 2 red defending players exit the pitch and 4 red players enter the pitch to become the attacking team.

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Progression -

- Introduce another defender to create 4v3

- Make pitch smaller

- Remove channel

Regression

- Introduce another attacker to create 5 v 2

- Make pitch bigger

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

- 3 pass before a goal can be scored

- Can we play of 2/3 touch 2 move the ball quick

- 1 attacking player can enter the channel and cannot be tackled.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Defending the overoad

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Defending the overoad (10 mins)

Defending overloads (out of possession)

- 4 v 3 (5v4 incl GK's) in possession.

- 3 defensive players, 1 blue must pressure the ball & the closest supporting blue must press the space/ player being passed to whilst cutting off the central pass to player acting as a striker, leaving the furthest player. If the ball switches to the furthest attacking player then the blue must communicate and shuffle to prevent a shot on goal.

- Once the team in possession has got a shot off on goal- 3 red players exit the pitch to the side and 2 players enter the pitch to become defend team. 2 blue defending players exit the pitch and 3 blue players enter the pitch to become the attacking team.