Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Session 4 - Creating and Exploiting Overloads - In Possession (Start Time: 2019-09-25 20:05:00)

Screen 1 (20 mins)

Welsh Way Principles

Understand when and how to exploit a numerical advantage against the opposition.

Organisation

40 x 50 yard area

5v5 Players with 1 GK each team

Red Players are numbered 1-5, Blue Players are A-E

Explanation

Red (1) receives ball from coach and goes 1v1 with Blue GK. Then Blue are given a ball and are 2v1 Blue (A&B) v Red (1) who has recovered to defend.

As soon as the ball goes dead a ball is then fed to on of the Red Team (2or3) and this then becomes a 3v2, as they join the previous Red defender to attack.

Spare players the join practice and play resumes.

How

The coach will work with Red team only, where they will look to how they will utilise the numerical advantage when the 3v2 is presented. If the Blue team win the ball then they can attack with a 2v3 where the principle of creating and exploiting overloads can be followed (2v1) but will not be coached.

Challenges, Conditions & Targets

Players to be encouraged to be creative during the 1v1,2v1 and 3v2 situations.

Limit of 3 touches for attacking player and countdown on shooting to make practice as realistic as possible.

Key Points

In Possession:

Find the spare player

Exploit the numerical advantage

Make the pitch big (Width and Depth)

Fast passes and forward movement to create 2v1 and 3v2

Overlap/Underlap

Weight and accuracy of final pass