Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Breaking Lines General ( In Possesion )

Screen 1 (20 mins)

Key Factors

General Practice/ In Posession/ Breaking Lines

Organisation

25m x 70m

4 End Zones within the above dimenions (12.5m x 10m)

Half Way Line

Play 8 v 8

Players in each half are restricted to that area (3v3)

Players in the end Zone restricted to that zone.

Explanation

Blue Player in the end zone will receive the ball from the coach. The player can pass to his teammate in the next end zone or look to play forward to the player in the half pitch in front.

Blue Player then looks to play the ball into the next half where players are encouraged to break lines by receiving a pass in the end zone and playing a 1v1 with the red player. The player will then attempt to score.

How

The coach will work with BOTH Teams. Here they are looking to maintain posession and look to break lines. If posession is lost, then the defending team are looking to defend narrow and win the ball back.

Look to rotate the players in the end zones

Conditions, Challenges and Targets

1. Players are looking to break lines. If the manage to break the line and receive a pass in the end Zone they receive 2 Points. If they can then score a goal in the 1v1 situation, then they receive another point.

2.Limit touches in posession (EG 2/3 max)

3.The ball can,t be played long from the starting point of the end zones. We are looking to bulid up play

Key Points

In Possession:-

Look to play through, around or over the oppostion

Make the pitch big

Limited touches and move the ball quickly

Movement off the ball to create receiving options

Look to play forward

Out of possession;

Defend Narrow

Prevent split passes

Force the play wide

Protect the Space behind

Interventions

Concurrent

Terminal

Walk Through

Coaching Process