Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Regular season session #1 - Prep For Durham

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David Lattavo

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Name:	David Lattavo
City:	Stouffville
Country:	Canada
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dynamic Warmup

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Dynamic Warmup (15 mins)

Warm up - 12 minutes
Continuous movement:

Light Jog
Side Shuffle each way
Side to side accelerations (forward and backwards)
High knees
Heels

Dynamic Movement:

High knees
Straight legs
Hip rotations in
Hip rotations out
Back leg extensions

Neuro-Prep:

Bounding vertically
Bounding forward
Accelerate forward two pylons accelerate back one
Lateral accelerations in-between red and yellow pylon
Lateral accelerations around red and yellow pylon

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Warmup

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Technical Warmup (15 mins)

Technical Warm up: 10 minutes

Each group will work at 1 minute intervals (1:1 Work to rest). Each player must jog into square, accelerate out.

Passing ball on ground
Inside volleys
Laces
Thigh Lace same foot
Lace Lace
Chest Inside Volley
Chest Header
Direct Header
Double Header

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Play Away from Pressure

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Play Away from Pressure (15 mins)

Organization:

25x25 yard circle. 6 v 6 - 2v2 in the middle of the circle alternate players on the perimeter. Play starts from outside the circle into teammates in circle. Inside players must combine with each other before playing the ball to a perimeter player. Perimeter players can play to another perimeter player. Defending team to regain possession and play to their teammates on outside of circle.

Key Factors:

Playing away from pressure - first touch must be into space away from traffic.

Looking to distribute the ball away from inside players to give outside players time to react and find another player.

Mobility and creation of space

Changing types of runs

FIRST TOUCH INTO SPACE

Progressions:

Outside players can enter into the middle and interchange with middle players

Limit touches

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 4

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Screen 4 (15 mins)

Organization:

2 separate lines both doing the same rotations. Players serve ball into players on 18yard line. Players on 18 must create unique runs to create space and combine with server who will shoot. server will rotate onto 18 yard line.

Key Factors:

Be dramatic with the movement - Sell the run

Time the run properly

Quality technical ability to play ball

Must hit target

Progressions:

1) A plays B, B plays A in front of poles into middle, A shoots.

2) A plays be, B plays A behind poles, into middle. A shoots

3) A makes overlap, B goes in for shot.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 11 v 11 phase of play

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11 v 11 phase of play (15 mins)

Organization:

3/4 of field. Full width. Service will start from GK in large net. Light team to build out from the back, combine and look to shoot on large target. When dark team wins possession, they shoot on large net.

One coach - coaching dark team defending in attacking third

One coach - coaching light team defending in defending third

Attacking zone
• Deny space - channeling
• Balance/support
• Deny Penetration
• Patience, discipline – work together
• Deal with dribblers – restrain

Middle zone
• Compactness – defend half the field
• Support
• Deny penetration
• Discipline
• Restrain – win 1v1.

Defensive zone
• Compactness – channel outside and double
up.
• Prevent positive play. All above

Progression:

Have teams switch sides

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

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Final Game (35 mins)

Organization:

Full Field. FIFA Rules APPLY. Both teams are playing in a 1-4-2-3-1 formation.

Objectives:

Playball wide to get players out of position and commit to pressure. Createoverloads on flank, play into box to score

Coaching Points:

Be patient with possession. Keeping goodshape ( DF-MF, MF-AT). Try to draw players out of position and Identify when isthe best opportunity to exploit an overload on flank. Look to penetrate deep into flanksof Zones 3 and 4.

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