Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Breaking Lines SSG Attacking/ Defending

Description

Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition.

Time 20mins

44x40 Pitch

Practice layout 35x30 area with cones marking out the 3rds

Equipment- Cones, Balls , Bibs, Goals

Topic- Passing

Prinicple of play -Attacking

• Creating width to make the pitch wide

• Creating depth to make the middle of the field central areas bigger to attack.

Attackers finding pockets to receive the pass.

Principle of play -Defending without the ball

• No gaps between defenders
• cover and support your team mate.
• press the ball

• holding the line of defence

The aim of the game while keeping the Topic of the session passing is to get the ball from 1 end of the zone to the other trying to pass through the middle (like in picture) or wide breaking the lines of the defence.

Using two players at each end of the zone reciveing the ball from the attacking teams.

Regressions- Removing two of the defending team and asking them to play for the attackings team from wide

                      If the ball is played in to the attacking final 3rd through the midddle then the attacking player is not allowed to be tackled.

                      make the pitch layout wider to create more holes through the middle of the pitch to play through.

Progressions- Including the wide bounce players back in to the defensive team to ltd the spaces of attack.

                      Ltd the touches on the ball the attacking player/team has when playing forward.

                      Award double points for lines broken in the opposition half within the phase of that play.

Coaching points/Machanics

Passing- look at the target , Eye on the ball, angle of approach, non kicking foot alongside ball, strike centre of ball, firm ankle.

Defending - Get in Line, Press the ball, Decelaration, low body position, stay on toes,

Decision making - Players need to try and identify when and where they can play the passes to break the lines.

                               being patient to move the defending players to create gaps between their line of defence.

Awerness- when in possesion to recognise space behind the midfiled players and defenders.

Communication.- Communication between defenders when keeping the line and attackers when moving in to space and asking for the ball .