Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): (Dev) Switching Play (drawing in the opposition) 1

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Ceri Phillips

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Name:	Ceri Phillips
City:	Whitland
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Session Title, Principles & Objective:

Switching Play

In Pos: Drawing in the opposition

Def Trans: Press immediately on possession loss

Learning objectives:

Players recoginise when and where to switch the play out of compact areas.
Look to draw the opposition in using several small passes before switching the ball to a player on the other side of the pitch, either directly or within two passes.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up

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Warm Up (10 mins)

Warm up - (Based on RAMP Warm Up)

(Set up as set in the picture) 6 cones & bands

When 2 things mentioned its 1st movement on the way up and then 2nd movement on the way back around.

Raise Phase (Raise the heart rate and get blood flowing to muscles)

1 - Jog and Side Steps

2 - Forwards jockey & Side Steps

3 - Knees up & Hip Swivels

4 - Heels up & Hip Swivels

5 - Low Skip & Close the Gate

6 - Bounding & Open the Gate

7 - Cutting & Backwards Run

8 - 80% Run & Arm Swings

9 - 90% Run & Cross Skips

10 - 100% Run & Weave

Activation Phase (Dynamic stretching of the muscles)

1 - Toe & Heel Walks

2 - Grass stroke & Kick-throughs

3 - Cross Volleys & Sumo Squats

4 - Lunge Rotations

Band Work -

Around Ankles - Forwards, backwards, side to side, side steps, (5 of Each)

Around Knees - Squats - x 5

Above Knees - - High Knees, backwards, side to side, side steps, (5 of Each)

Mobilisation Phase (Of the Joints by focusing on the Joint movements)

Stretches - Ankles, knees, groins, hamstrings, hips, trunk, arms neck

Potentiate Phase Part 1 (Progression of Specific movements)

Back to Cones - On Way up -Back to 1st cone - (2 rep x 1 set)

Sprint to 2nd Cone and then Jog to the 4th

then sprint to the 6th cone and Jump and when land jog back to the starting position.

Water Break & then into session

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Passing Drill

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Passing Drill (10 mins)

Organisation

20 Yards between each cone

After passing player moves to next cone. A-B, B-C) Total of 10 passes in once sequence.

1. Player A plays 1-2 with B and then passes deep to C.

2.After receiving from A, player C drops the ball back to B, who switches the play diagonally across to D at the top of the other triangle
3. On receiving the ball from B, player D starts the same pass and move sequence around the other triangle
4. As soon as the ball is switched from B to D, a new ball starts with the next waiting player at A
5. After F passes to E, he moves to A and joins the back of the queue ready to start the sequence again

Key Coaching Points

Weight of pass.

Open body shape.

First touch out of feet and in direction of next pass

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Possession

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Possession (20 mins)

Organisation

40×30 yards, with a five-yard channel around the inside edge, leaving a central area of 30×20 yards.

4v4 possession game in the central area and players in the outside channel

The players in the central area try to string five passes together before they can pass to one of their team mates in the outside channel.

When an outside player recives he has two options:

1) He can step into the central area, switching places with the player who gave him the ball
2) Or, if space in front is tight, he can make an unopposed pass to a team mate down the channel.

Once play gets switched to outside channel, a point is scored and possession game continues.

Objective

Switch the play by players drawing the opposition in before going out the other side.

Progression

Take away limited no. of passes

Outside player can play through the air to opposite outside player.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG (20 mins)

Organisation

Central vs Wide Attack (7v7+2)

60x40 SSG

Play begins from goalkeeper, team in possession aim to build up play and score at opposite end.

One team has width in attack whilst the other has width in defence.

The Reds having redcued width in attack forces them to play centrally.

Blues try to switch play and to break down opposition. Reds try to build up centrally using quick combintion play. Team in possession has two additional wide players to stretch play and the opposition.

Coaching Points

Come out from compact areas (ont turn back in)

Scan areas of the pitch

Draw opposition in before switching to areas of space.

Play quickly once space is created.

On posession loss, nearest player presses the ball, win the ball back in 5 seconds.

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