Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): BP - Maintaining Possession (Start Time: 2017-07-10 19:00:00)

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Graham Denman
Name: Graham Denman
City: Donvale
Country: Australia
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

Main Moment: Ball Possession 

Key Principle: Maintaining Possession

Session Objective:

In this session I aim to improve my players ability to maintain possession of the ball by getting teammates to support the player in possession with creating space and passing lanes left, right & forward.

The Checklist


S - Start

O - Organisation

A - Attitude

A - Ability

U - Understanding

S - Shape

S - Self


Positioning / Movement of the Ball

- Finding space & creating passing lanes

- Open body shape

- Scan for passing options


Core Skills 

- 1st Touch 

- Passing the ball

- Striking the ball


Communication

- Calling for the pass

- Coach your teammates


Football Sprint

- 7x5m 15sec Rest

- 5x15m 45sec Rest

- 3x25m 60sec Rest



Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Transitional

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Transitional (10 mins)

Explanation

- Set up 40mx30m playing area with two halves.

- Two teams of 5v5, 6v6, 7v7.

- Each team gets 1 goal for 5 consecutive passes.


Team Task:

To maintain possession in your own half as pressure is progressively increased by opposition players.


Player Tasks

- Coach passes ball to RED player 1 who takes a touch and then looks to play a pass left, right or forward.

- If the team completes five consecutive passes = 1 GOAL. Players need to count the passes out LOUD.

- RED need to ensure that at all times they have a LEFT, RIGHT & FORWARD passing option (DIAMOND).

- Play continues but after the first five passes one player from the BLUE team can enter the RED half to win the ball back.

- After TEN consecutive passes are completed a 2nd BLUE player can enter half to assist winning the ball back, and so on.

- BLUE team needs to try and win the ball and play back to a teammate in their own half. If they do this successfully play restarts with BLUE. If the ball is knocked out of play play restarts with RED.


Perception (Seeing/Hearing)

- Scan for passing options prior to receiving the ball.

- Identify the space

Decision (Recognition/Anticipation/Options/Choices):

- Can the players play the ball away from pressure.

Execution (Timing/Speed/Quality/Clarity):

- Body shape / position

- 1st Touch

- Quality & Pass Accuracy

- Ball speed



Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 4 Team Possession

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4 Team Possession (20 mins)

Explanation

- Set up 40mx30m playing area.

- Three teams of 3x3v3, 4x4v4, 5x5v5.


Team Task:

Two teams are to attempt to maintain possession by keeping the ball away from the 3rd team.


Player Tasks

- Coach passes ball to red player 1 who takes a touch and then looks to play a pass left, right or forward to a RED or BLUE player.

- YELLOW players need to press and try and win the ball ASAP.

- If YELLOW win the ball the team colour that loses the ball then transitions to the defending team.

- Play continues like this with teams constantly transitioning between attack and defence.


Perception (Seeing/Hearing)

- Scan for passing options prior to receiving the ball.

- Identify the space

Decision (Recognition/Anticipation/Options/Choices):

- Can the players play the ball away from pressure.

Execution (Timing/Speed/Quality/Clarity):

- Body shape / position

- 1st Touch

- Quality & Pass Accuracy

- Ball speed



Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 4v4+4

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4v4+4 (20 mins)

Explanation

- Set up 40mx30m playing area with two halves.

- Two teams of 3v3x3, 4v4x4, 6v6x6.

- 8 v 4 Directional possession game.


Team Task:

To maintain possession and move the ball from one neutral player at one end the neutral player on the far side.


Player Tasks

- Play starts with RED neutral player who must try and maintain possession by passing the ball from one side of the field to the other using the RED central players and the BLUE wide players.

- BLUE players must maintain a wide position in the half they are assigned.

- This provides a LEFT, RIGHT & FORWARD (SPLITTING) passing option.

- If the teams manage to pass the ball across the pitch to the other neutral player = 1 GOAL. Play continues immediately in the other direction.

- YELLOW need to try and win the ball ASAP.


Perception (Seeing/Hearing)

- Scan for passing options prior to receiving the ball.

- Identify the space

Decision (Recognition/Anticipation/Options/Choices):

- Can the players play the ball away from pressure.

Execution (Timing/Speed/Quality/Clarity):

- Body shape / position

- 1st Touch

- Quality & Pass Accuracy

- Ball speed



Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Conditioning Game

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Conditioning Game (20 mins)

Half Pitch Game.4 x 6 minute continuous games.

- No Goal Keepers, Goal Kicks, Throw Ins or Corners

- If ball goes out of play, coach feeds in a new ball.



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