Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): 5/3/23 - Midfield Rotation in the Diamond - Prin: Numerical Advantage- 4/5 Dribble to attract

Warm Up & Cognitive

Title: Warm Up & Cognitive 1v1 - 10 minutes

Aim: Put players in a setting where they're thinking, reacting and moving to an external stimulus while competing in a 1v1 situation. 

Organization / Activity: Players are tasked with winning their individual battle, they must react to the coaches direction (Head, shoulders, knees & toes) Round 1 - Compete for ball using your hands. Round 2 - Compete for the ball using your feet - Must use the sole of your foot in attempt to drag the ball back. 

Progression: best out of three games. Winners move up, losers move down. 

Midfield Rotation in the Diamond 

Title: Midfield Rotation in the Diamond (20 minutes) 

Aim: Put players in a setting where they're rotating within our midfield shape with a numerical advantage. 

Organization / Activity: 4/5 plays ball into the midfield 4 who are tasked with finding the 9. 

Coaching Points:

- Scanning to open your body ' three corners' to allow you to play forward, sideways or backwards

- Finding the free player to play forward - demo what deception with pressure / your back to goal looks like

- Repositioning every time the ball moves to always ' show feet' if your team mate has her back to goal = provide depth

- circulating the ball between CB's, movement after the first pass to provide an angle

Progression 1 - 4/5 can step into midfield grid to 'dribble to attract'

P2 - Add blue Opponent GK, blue 2/3 to provide width + ability to read the game unopposed - going to 11v11 goals

P3 - Add opponent 11/7 to make apposed.    

Set Pieces

Attacking Corners & Throw Ins 10 minutes

Print Document for visual picture for Players

The Dash

Isolate FP

Isolate BP

Bus

7 

Train Tracks

Split, Sprint