Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): UEFA B Session 7 Final Third

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Regan Henshaw

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Name:	Regan Henshaw
City:	Lake Oswego
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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This session focuses on creating width and delivering into the box, developing players’ ability to stretch the defence and attack key scoring areas. Organized in a 1-3-5-2 (Blue) against a 1-4-2-3-1 (Red), players are encouraged to create wide overloads, deliver varied crosses, and make second-man runs into the “prime assist zone” (cut-back area near the byline). Emphasis is placed on timing of movement, separation from defenders, and finishing actions.

Research shows that a 60%-70% of goals originate from passes played from wide areas, particularly cut-backs from the byline into central zones (Paul Bradley et al., 2014). Additionally, exploiting width to disorganize defensive structures increases the likelihood of creating high-quality scoring opportunities (Javier Fernández et al., 2019).

Paul Bradley, Lago-Peñas, C., Rey, E., Gomez Diaz, A. and Sampaio, J. (2014) The effect of high and low percentage ball possession on physical and technical profiles in English FA Premier League soccer matches. Journal of Sports Sciences, 32(12), pp. 1160–1170.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Specific Practice

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Quality of delivery into the box and finish and quality to beat defenders in 1v1 or 1v2 situations
	Tactical Roll out 6 into half space to deliver
	Physical Repeated explosive movements to score
	Psychological Timing and anticipation of movement
	Social Collaborative movement

Specific Practice (25 mins)

Learning Objectives:

Create width to stretch defense

Deliver attractive delivers into the box to be attacked

Attack key areas in the box with movement to separate from defender

Shape structure:

Blue: 1-3-5-2

Red: 1-4-2-3-1

Block Timings: 3x4 1min 30 rest

Interventions:
Intervention 1
Walkthrough: Looking at isolate winger or roll out 6/8 in to half space to deliver
Intervention 2
Freeze and recreate: The timing to the runs into the box to finish talking about double movement of our run
Intervention 3
In the flow: arriving in the box don’t wait because your to early
Intended actions for coaching and phase:
Phase 1: Able to have success in delivery ball into box
Phase 2: wingers and rollout 6s deliver variation of crosses eg floated whipped cut back to attack
Phase 3 : finishing the chances that are being created.
Progressions/ regression:
Block 2: Roll out 6 action

Area size: 45 yards high, regular width

Opposition intended challenges:
Sitting narrow numbers in box to deal with crosses. Can also double up in wide areas on Winger to make it a 2v1 defensively.

Scoring Targets:
Blue: Goal 1 point
Goal from Cross 3 points
Red goal on mini goal 1 point
Goal in 5 seconds from winning ball 3 points.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Quality of delivery into the box and finish and quality to beat defenders in 1v1 or 1v2 situations
	Tactical Roll out 6,8,10 into half space to deliver or run into prime assist zone to receive and then next action
	Physical Repeated explosive movements to score or move in behind
	Psychological Timing and anticipation of movement
	Social Collaborative movement

SSG (25 mins)

Learning Objectives:

Create width to stretch defense
Deliver attractive delivers into the box to be attacked
Attack key areas in the box with movement to separate from defender
Shape structure:
Blue: 1-3-5-2
Red: 1-4-2-3-1

Block Timings: 3x5 1min 30 rest

Interventions:
Intervention 1
Walkthrough: Focusing on the ball into the winger to set them up for success
Intervention 2
Freeze and recreate: Second man run from #6,8,10 to the bi line prime assist zone to the have a pass to finish action
Intervention 3
In the flow: from on field observations
Intended actions for coaching and phase:
Phase 1: Able to have success in delivery ball into box
Phase 2: wingers and rollout 6s deliver variation of crosses eg floated whipped cut back to attack. Lots of second man runs as well
Phase 3 : finishing the chances that are being created .

Progressions/ regression:
Block 2: Roll out 6 action
Bonus point for goals from crosses

Area size: 45 yards high, regular width

Opposition intended challenges:
Sitting narrow numbers in box to deal with crosses. Can also double up in wide areas on Winger to make it a 2v1 defensively.

Scoring Targets:
Blue: Goal 1 point
Goal from Cross 3 points
Bonus point for second man run goal or assist
Red goal on mini goal 1 point
Goal in 5 seconds from winning ball 3 points.

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