Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Pressing and intensity U14 Session 2

Arrivial activity

Area: create 2 squares or circles. 10mx10m for approx 8 players in each. 

Equipment : balls, bibs, cones/poles

Objective: After player completed warm up they join a box and join a red or blue team. 1 team are passing a ball between them. half the number of balls per number of team players. The other team have their own indiviual ball and dribble about the space avoiding the other players and practicing skills, bursts into space etc. after a few mins the teams swap over.

Key points:

Emphasise the need to scan and be aware. If you are passing then communicate and don't play blind balls without looking up and making a verbal or eye contact connection with your team mate. Encourage dribbing players to be light on their feet, head up and practice using an array of different touches and movement skills.

King of the ring T.T

King of the ring T.T

Area: create 2 squares or circles. 10mx10m for approx 8 players in each. 

Equipment : balls, bibs, cones/poles

Objective: select a pair to chase the rest have a ball each and are looking to protect their own ball. The chasing teams aim is to press/tackle and kick all thy balls out of the area as quickly as possible against the clock. When your ball has been kicked out you wait outside the area till the end of that round. Once time recorded 2 new chasers come in and repeat and the original chasers then have to protect their ball. Winning pair is the pair with the quickest time. Losing players perform nominated forfeit. This practice is duplicated in the 2nd area simultaneously. 

Key Points: best to work as a team rather than Individual pressing. Use physical pressure within the rules of football to force errors or create opportunity to tackle. Promote reasonable force. 

Progression:

Use the same rules and idea but only use 3 balls for the 4 reds and they are allowed to pass to each other instead of only protecting their own ball. The players all stay in tbf game if they are tackled. The time recorded is when all 3 balls are removed from the area. Winning pair is the pair with thy quickest time. 

1,2,3 go! It's all about the 0!

Area:

use 11v11 goal and penalty area.

Equipment:

Balls and bibs

Objective:

Split players into 3 teams. One team on outside with a supply of balls. The other 2 teams in the penalty area. The pitch area is inside  the penalty area only. The blues are attacking and the blacks defending. The blues have a set time (2mins) to score as many goals as they can. The emphasis is usualy on the attacking team with shoot on sight mentality but this session focus is defending, pressing and desire to not let the ball go in our own goal. The blues get a ball from the reds on the outside and shoot. if a goals is scored or the ball goes out the area then that ball is dead and the blues must get another ball from the outside as quickly as possible. after the time the coloured teams swap untill all teams have had a spell shooting. The winning team is the team who conceeds the least goals in  the alloted time.

Key points:

Emphasise the need to close down space quickly to stop the shot or block a pass. Encourage the players to be brave to put their body on the line for their team to prevent a goal. Be alert and react to the second ball and rebounds.Encourage them to celebrate a clean sheet in his game. Be alert for the next ball when the ball inplay goes dead. (Catch phrase on counting in the start of the game is   1,2,3 Go! It's all about the 0! )