Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): ASE G00/G03 - Out of Possession in middle 1/3 - Improving back four

Tech. WU (20 mins)

1) Arrival activity: 4v1 rondos

2) Tech. Warm Up

Setup:

Cones setup as shown.

4 lines (1 line for each position in back four)

Activity:

1) 4 players come out from lines and coach serves 4 balls in. Player receives and plays back in two touches and other players move to cover/balance positions behind ball.

2) Progress to remove inner cones and use outer cones. Add goalkeeper and work in bigger space.

After the 4 balls have been played, players run around cones and perform warmup exercises:

a)jog, carioca, diagonal shuffles

b)activation

c)inch worm, quad-sky-to-toe, T-hamstring, lateral squats

d)linear skip, lateral skip, backward skip

e)linear bound, 45 degree bound

f) quick feet to accel, quick feet lateral to accel, back pedal to accel

7v7 SSG (20 mins)

Intervals:

4 min work + 2 min rest x 4 reps = 24 min

Setup:

Half field (field should be 60 yards wide)

2 teams in 1-4-2 formation.

Balls behind each GK.

Activity:

1) Teams score by passing ball into GK feet.

2) Teams score by passing ball into GK hands (or feet).

Coaching Points:

~Cues of when to step: bouncing ball, backward pass

~Don't let player on ball turn to face forward

~Back four squeezing together to deny penetrating pass

~Reading cues of when to drop: time & space on ball, head up, approaching ball to strike

~Open body shape of back four - see ball and player

8v8 Play (20 mins)

Intervals:

10 min work + 2 min rest x 2 reps = 24 min

1-4-2-1 vs. 1-2-2-3

Field size: 70x60