Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Barbosa - Assignment 2.2.2.b

Warm-Up (10 mins)

Objective: Recognize threats: unprotected space, time and risk

# of players and opponents: 12v1

Space/Dimensions: 44x20y

Duration (work/recovery/sets): 30 sec/10 sec/10

Constraints: Soccer rules for controlling the space with the body, attacker keep moving until he/she finds an open spot

Method of scoring: Attacker by moving to an open dot/cone and defender from preventing the attacker to score

Coaching interactions (how/when): Natural stoppages

Focus Team:

• Organize defensive positioning to maintain horizontal and vertical compactness: Push up, shift, hold the line, drop off
• Determine and check position and distance between lines
• Direct teammates
• Recognize pressing moment

Opponent:

• Observe and analyse position  of teammates and opposition
  
• Identify the intention of teammate and opponents (pressure)
• Make agressive forward runs

Progression:

Increase/Decrease space to increase/decrease complexity or physical load

Add/remove dots to increase or decrease complexity

Add/remove attackers to increase/decrease complexity 

Activity 2

Objective: Recognize threats: unprotected space, time and risk

# of players and opponents: 7v7 (1,2,3,4,5,6,8 vs 1,6, 8,10, 7, 9, 11)

Space/Dimensions: 60x40y

Duration (work/recovery/reps/sets): 6 min /1:30 min/4/2 sets

Constraints: Regular game from goal to goal. Each player will be handled a color of cone (team). To defend play must have a cone in hand

Method of scoring: Regular rules

Coaching interactions (how/when): Natural stoppages

Focus Team

• Make it compact / stay compact (horizontal (2,3,4,5) and vertical (Back 4 +6))
• Make play predictable:
• Initiate pressure on the opponent with the ball

• Quick movement to unmark
• final pass: through ball or combination pass
• take on 1v1 to create or score

Activity 1

Objective: Create defensive shape

# of players and opponents: 2v GK to 2v2 + GKs ro 4v4 +Gks

Space/Dimensions: 44x40y

Duration (work/recovery/sets): 30 sec/10 sec/10

Constraints: 2 attackers against the goalkeeper (2 pairs going to the same goal), after first 2 balls are out they play 2v2 (same pairs). in the third moment a new team of 4 players comes in to play a 4v4 plus goalkeepers.

Method of scoring: Score goals and prevents goals

Coaching interactions (how/when): Natural stoppages

Focus Team

• Quick movement to unmark
• final pass: through ball or combination pass
• take on 1v1 to create or score

Warm up

Objective: Challenging and intercepting the ball

# of players and opponents: 6v3

Space/Dimensions: 44x40y

Duration (work/recovery/sets): 30 sec/10 sec/10

Constraints: 6v3 

Method of scoring: recovery the ball

Coaching interactions (how/when): Natural stoppages

Focus Team:

- Get narrow and and close the center denying the through ball

• Adapt body shape to anticipate pass
• Close down space - deny time and space on the ball
• Challenge when realistic chance to win the ball

Opponent:

• Quick run to unmark
  • Make aggressive (late runs) to the penalty box
• Combination plays: final passes
  • Play through to penetrate
• Cross into space or player
  • Get number in the box

Progression:

Increase/Decrease space to increase/decrease complexity or physical load

Add/remove dots to increase or decrease complexity

Add/remove attackers to increase/decrease complexity

Activity 2

Description:

• Regular game from goal to goal. Each player will be handled a color of cone (team)
• Defenders (team defending) must pick up a cone (own color) before they can join team on defense
• Attackers must drop the cone before they can participate in the game

Objective: Recognize threats: unprotected space, time and risk

# of players and opponents: 3v2 to 3v4 to 4v4 plus goalkeeper

Space/Dimensions: 44x40y

Duration (work/recovery/sets/reps): 6 min /3 min/2 sets/ 2 reps

Constraints: Regular game is played. At coach whistle playing marking the "ball" must leave and touch one of the lines before he/she can join the game again.

Method of scoring: Regular goals

Coaching interactions (how/when): Natural stoppages

Focus Team

• Make it compact / stay compact (horizontal (2,3,4,5) and vertical (Back 4 +6))
• Make play predictable: block passing lanes
• Initiate pressure on the opponent with the ball
• Delay attack and regain defensive shape
• Immediately reapply pressure on the ball

• Quick movement to unmark
• final pass: through ball or combination pass
• take on 1v1 to create or score
• Cross into the space or players
• Drive with the ball to exploit space

FINAL ACTIVITY: GAME