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Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Principles of breaking lines

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TheFootballLink Sport Private Limited

Hemant Yadav

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Hemant Yadav
Name: Hemant Yadav
City: Zinc FA
Country: India
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Develop the understanding how to break the defensive lines

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up

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Warm Up (20 mins)

Area - 30x30 Yards with a circle

Players will be divided in two teams 

One team will dribble and pass to outside players

Players will interchange at regular interval

Players will perform several skills - Juggling the ball, drag the ball and pass - with left and right one by one, use outside of the foot inside of the foot.

In between dynamic exercises

Coaching points - Scanning & awareness, dribbling, quality passing.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Breaking the lines

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Breaking the lines (30 mins)

Area - 40x20 Yards 

Red team players will try to beat the line whereas yellow defender will be restricted in the zones they can only intercept the pass. After breaking one zone to another the player who passes the ball will join to the next zone to make it 2v1 and they will try to finish.

Progression : Defenders can come outside of the zones. Add a attacker in zone 2 and defender in zone 2.

Coaching points : Combination play, Dribbling, set passes, try to play through passes, receive on the half turn, on the back foot, check shoulders, finishing.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG (30 mins)

Area - 35x45 Yards 

SSG 8v8 with 2 GK

Red team formation :- 1-3-2-2

Yellow team formation :- 1-2-3-2

Conditions :- 1. Players must try to break the lines of the opposition by threading split passes through the central area. RED team will score 3 goals for splitting the opposition players, 2 for playing over and 1 goal for playing around.

2. Limited touches in possession.

3. Time limit to score

Coaching points - Use width and depth, use limited touches and move the ball quickly, play through, around or over the opposition based on the pressure on the ball.


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