Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Canada Soccer Session March 30th (PM)

Physical & Neural Preparation (15 mins)

Objective: To physically and mentally prepare the players for the upcoming session with a focus on mobility and flexibility. 

Organization: P1 20x20, 12 cones. P2 4x10 yards away from the center pole, 5 poles (x2)

Phase 1 - Dynamic Warm up to raise the heart rate and to get the muscles warm for the session. 

Phase 2 - Mobility exercise (i.e. inch worms) into the middle, then players are on their toes and must react to a shout of 'left/right/backwards' and accelerate to that pole. 

Functional (25 mins)

Objective: To create goalscoring opportunities in wide areas, while effectively reacting to a transition in possession. 

Organization: 65Wx45L (5 yard end zone), 15 players. 

Conditions of play: Red team are trying to score on goal, white team must dribble into the end zone to score a point. Normal soccer rules apply otherwise. Red player (6) can't exit the end zone and can block, prevent any white player entering along with assisting in building out. 

Restarts: Restarts are from the deepest red (6) in the end zone, the coach playing the ball into the WB or the 9/11. 

Coaching points: 

• Looking to create 1v1 isolated situations to attack the white in dangerous areas of the field 
• Quality delivery from wide areas 
• Ensuring 1 of the strikers stretches the play and one shows in the half space to encourage a late runner from midfield to stretch. 
• In T2D, forcing the initial loss of possession backwards 
• Instant compactness between lines and keeping the ball infront if the counter press is not available (then forcing white to the left side). 
• Aggressive pressure and support pressure locking in and on.