Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): UEFA C - Session Plan 3 - Breaking the Lines/Shooting In Possession. (Start Time: 2025-05-11 11:30:00)

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Name:	Richard Johnson
City:	Caerleon
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition) Drill encouraged for between 8-12 Players. Focus is on Welsh Way Principle of Breaking Lines. Playing through, around or more directly. In possession and technically focused specifically on Shooting.

Equipment - Flat Discs for the half way line, end zone cones (red), balls at mid and end points to ensure maximising ball time. 2 x 4 sets of coloured bibs if 8 players and 3 x 4 sets of coloured bibs for 12 players

Goals at each end to maximise shooting opportunities as the drill progresses.

Transitionally, utilising the additional channels to create width and further opportunities to break lines.

1 minute to explain the drill/conditions of drill - In possession team look to play through the opposing team utilising through the middle and wide. (discs set out half way line and utilise inner area. Alternates from yellow to blue depending on who is in possession.

1 minute 30 Free play to observe and diagnose/recreate any areas of coach education.

3 minutes - Progression - Increase to utilise channels to add width. Add challenges/conditions. Points based.

3 minutes - Utilise whole pitch area and keep scores for final challenge.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Shooting
	Tactical Breaking Lines

Screen 1 (10 mins)

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions): Start the session without channels to see if the players can maintain width using the inner playing area. Focus on trying to play through the lines to create goalscoring opportunities. Encourage shots.

Increase width to utilise the designated channels.

Place conditions on channel players being unopposed if needed and then increase to opposed.

Place a condition on at least 2 players having to remain in defending half if required.

If needed make one player from a weaker team of 4 v 4 'neutral' to step in to assist that team.

If there are 12 players in the drill incorporate 2 wide players in the channels and 2 GK's. Rotate the 3 coloured sets of bibbed players to ensure rotation and experience. Allow a team to repeat/rehearse if it doesn't go to plan.

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

Challenge 1 - Can we play through the middle white flat cones. Score 2 points. 1 point for a shot in opposition half.

Challenge 2 - Can we utilise the wide player and break the line at halfway. Keep through the middle points 2 and add 1 point for including the channel. Score a goal 2 points.

Conditions - 2 players have to remain in defensive half.

Channel players to be unopposed to begin with.

A condition could be added that the team has to utilise a wide player.

Target to score as many points as possible adhering to the above conditions and challenges.

Coach to reference and highlight a good break of line to reiterate to players those moments.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 2