Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Rockwood FC: Saturday session April 26th AO :Attacking Organization - Phase 1 Build up Phase (Start Time: 2025-04-26 17:25:00)

Ball Mastery - Warm up (10 mins)

Organization: Technical and Agility Balance Coordination 20-24 Players 10min 

Cones, balls

Procedure:  Set up  2 to 3 stations to balance number and players are not waiting Two players and 1 ball work together 

one player passes using his hands and the other receives and passes using their feet. Once they have gone through using both feet they switch roles. 

Group players to ability 

Progression 1:  Ball rolled on the ground, played back using inside right foot, cross over (Yellow cone) now must use Left Foot.

switch roles

Progression 2: Aerial ball (light throw to knee) ball is passed back using inside of the right foot cross over left foot.

Progression 3: Aerial Ball (Light throw to knee or just below) player passes the ball back using laces (Toe down) cross over now left foot. 

Progression 4: Aerial ball (light throw to thigh) player must look to guide the ball back using their thigh they can also use a combination of thigh foot cross over now use left thigh.

Coaching points: Receiving - eyes on the ball lock the ankle guide the ball  movement after the pass, check you shoulder, low moving backwards, quick feet. 

Possession Game with four Goals (20 mins)

 Organization : 4 v 4 + 4  20min  16- 18 Players 25m x 30m Adjust to players needs

8 - 10 players (mirror the activity if more players)

Equipment: 3 sets of bibs, 10/12 balls, cones 

Pitch Parameters: Zone 1 & 2 

Objective/Learning Intentions:  

Stretch the pitch, support 360 +1, draw, Provoke, eliminate Lines.

Player Skill Set: Scanning, spatial awareness, receiving (Open up) First touch to set up next action. provide good angles and look to find players facing forward.  Passing: weight of the pass pass to feet vs space movement of the ball and timing of the runs 

Procedure: Yellow and Blue V's Red 8 v 4 

Here Blue look to combine with yellow and look to score in one of the corner box's Players cannot be in the box must time their run to receive the ball in one of the box's. If successful that is a goal. Red looks to disrupt and win possession, The Team that loses possession now has to defend.

If a team loses possession by kick the ball out of bounds they now lose possession and one of the coaches plays into the opposite team.

 Constraints: you are not not allowed to play  the ball  back into the same corner target twice in succession.

Progression: Corners with long pass option 

Continue with same set up but now add in 2 boxes set back at either end of the pitch. This now gives the option of the long pass aswell as the short sharp passing to the team that is in possession. Communication is now key between players in the central area and the target man to identify where the target man is or needs to be.