Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Creating Chances in the Final Third with Transition to Defend: Building from Winger (Start Time: 2022-05-06 18:30:00)
Description
Creating chances and scoring goals.Looking at creating better chances and working ball into areas with a higher probability of scoring.
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5v5+2 Directional Rondo (15 mins)
Objective- Technical warmup to prepare players with regard to football actions.
Method
- 5 greens vs. 5 reds with two neutral players (white).
- Teams looking to score into the goal they are shooting in.
- If ball goes out of play, game restarts with kick-in.
Orientation of Opposition
- Narrow and compact without the ball.
- Closing spaces and organised pressing.
- Transition quickly to score goals.
Orientation of Team
- Width and depth with good positioning to be able to receive.
- Punching passes with good weight and accuracy.
- Good utilisation of neutral players.
- Use dribbling skills in 1v1 situations in front of goal.

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Screen 3 (20 mins)
Objective
- Unopposed pattern focused on Transition to Attack in Opposition Half.
Method
- Player 1 passes to Player 2.
- Player 2 sets ball to Player 3.
- Player 3 passes into space for Player 4 to run onto ball, dribble towards end line and cut ball back.
Coaching Points
- Position - Position to receive the ball, position to get into in box, including body shape.
- Moment - Timing of pass, Timing of runs around and away from the ball.
- Direction - Direction of pass and direction of runs.
- Speed - Speed of actions with and without ball.
Additional Coaching Points
- Punch passes with intent.
- Pick where you want to finish the ball and place it into a corner.
Progression
- Introduce 2 defenders.

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Creating Chances in the Final Third with Transition to Defend: Building from Winger (30 mins)
Objective
- Creating and scoring goals in the final third.
Method
- Green team in possession looking to create chances and score goals.
- Red team defending in a low block with a view to preventing chances.
Orientation of Opposition
- 1-4-4-1-1 low block shape.
- Narrow and compact distances between and within units.
- Move together.
- Break fast and look to get behind opposition defensive unit when possible.
- Look for passes into midfield, particularly into centre circle to get scores.
Orientation of Team
- 1-4-3-3 formation.
- Width and depth, making the pitch big to stretch the opposition defensive block.
- Move the ball to move the opposition - punch the passes to cover that distance.
- Looking at switches in play to isolate winger 1v1.
- Trigger point for movement pattern - ST to come short, 10 to run in behind, 2 to overlap, 11 and 8 to get to box.
Key Coaching Points
- Timing of movements.
- Anticipate what is going to happen, be a step ahead.
- Confident and clinical in front of goal.
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Dynamic Warmup (15 mins)
1. Keep the ball in the air (two-touch).
2. Possession Boxes (5v1) two-touch progressing to one-touch.
3. Miniband Activation.
4. Dynamic Warmup.