Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Secure Possession to go forward

Coever Technical Exersices (15 mins)

Ball Mastery

1. Continous Scissors

2. Sole Taps

3. Sole Drags

4. Football Dance

5. Tripple Sole Drag

6. Sole Drag Inside Push

Cone Drills

1. Single leg Weave R/L

2. outside foot only R/L

3. two touch outside/inside R/L

4. La croqueta

5. Outside/inside

7 v 5 to 3 small goals (25 mins)

Moment

Attacking

Objective

To build from your own half and move the ball forward; recognize the moment when to change the point of attack.

Player Actions

Spread out • Pass options • Change point

Key Qualities

Read game/make decisions • Initiative • Focus

Organization

Mark out a 70 X80 yard field to play 11v7 including Blue GK. Blue team attacks the three goals with the players positioned as shown. Blue scores by dribbling through the gate (1 point) or by passing to an onside teammate (3 points). Play for 30 minutes with two to three breaks. Blue plays 1-4-3-3; Red plays 2-2-3.

Keywords

Open up, look forward, switch it, rotate, stay composed

Guided Questions

1) What are we looking for when building from our own half? 2) How can you give yourself more time and space? 3) What is your cue that we need to change the point of attack? 4) What can you do to stay composed?

Answers

1) Openings to move the ball forward into the opponent’s half. 2) Make the field as big as possible by spreading out. 3) When we look up and see that the openings in front of us are closed. 4) Think one or two plays ahead and help teammates by communicating.

Notes

Vary the different restarts including the red team occasionally starting the play so that the blue team must win the ball and transition to attack.