Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Counter-Attack (Attack focused)

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Name:
Sam Karacochi
City:
Worthing
Country:
United Kingdom
Membership:
Adult Member
Sport:
Football/Soccer
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Description

Objectives

The aim of the session is to learn how to change a defensive situation into an attacking situation quickly with fast transitions from defense to attack 

Focus Areas 

  • Attackers positioning 
  • Triggers to counterattack 
Interventions 
  • Walk throughs: delve into good detail with a visual representation
  • one on ones: discuss attackers positioning 
  • coaching progress: identify the triggers to engage the attack, focus on positioning and quality of decision making. entheses on playing the ball into the space in front of the player for a more fluid attack. Must have quality of pass and weight 
Session setup 
  • Warm-up
  • Rondo
  • Attacking weave game 
  • Conditioned game 

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Rondo

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Rondo
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Rondo20 mins

Key Factors 

  • Breaking out counter-attacking practice
  • 4v1 Rondo (x2) + 2xCB and 1xCF
  • Possession team to make 5 passes and then play through for attacker to score in big goal
  • If team makes 5 passes, middle defending player to recover towards big goal
  • If defender wins ball within 5 passes he's out and a team-mate takes his place

Blocks 

  • 3x3 minutes with 1 minuets rest between 

Coaching points 

  • Ensure there is plenty of movement from the attackers in the rondo box 
  • Give and go pass into the CF 
  • Counter to be done at pace
  • Passing into space in front of receivers where possible 

Area Size 

  • 20x20 x2
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Counter - Attacking wave game

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Counter - Attacking wave game
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Counter - Attacking wave game20 mins

Key Points 

  • Counter-attacking wave game
  • Attacking 4v2
  • 18-18 yard with wide channel reference marked out with mannequin
  • Ball starts with GK who plays ball to wide player
  • 2 supporting runners to break-out from behind goal on GKs kick and 'make the box' to support the attack
  • After attack runners recover and rest behind goal they've just attacked

Blocks 

  • 3 x 5min blocks 1min rest between 

Coaching Points

  • To work defenders, one has to recover and get across from far-side wide area
  • Winger to set midfielder for switch
  • Attacking runs need to be quick but must stay onside
  • Wingers to find the space in front of runners with well-timed passes so as not to hold up the flow of the attack 

Area Size 

  • 9v9 Pitch goals on the 18-yard line either end 

Coaching Position 

  • Around the center of the pitch 
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Conditioned game

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Conditioned game
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Conditioned game20 mins

Key Factors 

Conditioned SSG with the emphasis on counter-attacking

9v9 

Pitch dimensions are penalty spot to penalty spot, pitch coned off 5 yards in and angled out as seen in image as a reference to funnel the attack towards goal through the middle

Game to be played in own half, without the ball. On transition, looking to play ball into opposition half and support. Look for attacking movements and scenarios from previous practices and encourage hard running and desire to join in. 

Both team must leave 1 defender in own half and attacker in oppositions

Blocks 

2 x 6min games - 2min rest

Coaching detail

  • Distances between players out of possession, be hard to play through
  • Recognize triggers to pop out and engage or to steal some yards
  • Interceptions are better than tackles 
  • On transition regain, can we quickly play forward away from pressure and desire to join in and support. 
  • On loss of ball, can we immediately close the net around the ball to effect and win it back. 

Progressions/Regressions

  • If too challenging, can say have to leave two defenders back, for defensive balance

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