Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): VUSC U13 Girls- Using width to attack

Technical Repetitions (15 mins)

Organization: as shown. Click animation to see full rotation and movements.

Instructions: Defender passes to winger. Winger plays set pass to central midfielder, spins off to make a forward run. CM plays one time pass into lead foot of winger.

Coaching Points:

1. Winger checking away to maximize width.

2. Timing of support with CM.

3. Shape and timing of run from winger.

4. Different types of combinations we can use to get across half way.

5. Quality/ speed of decisions once pressure added.

Progressions/Regressions:

1. Groups work against the clock. 2 minutes to complete as many full reps as possible.

2. Add defender. Team has to work to get the ball across half way line for a point.

Conditioned game (25 mins)

Organization: as shown. Blue markers indicate 1v1 channels. Only 1 attacker and 1 defender allowed in.

Instructions:

Team in possession scores by getting ball through the blue gate on the end. Each team has 2 options to score.

Coaching Points:

1. Defense condensing the middle where do we play?

2. Can we go through? Should we go backward/sideways?

3. Movement of target.

4. Change of speed from wingers.

Progressions/Regressions:

Progression: combine with target neutral and dribble through gate to score 2.

To score all players must be past the first blue cones.

Regression: Defender can only enter channel once ball is in channel.