Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Bentleigh Greens U14 Cycle 5 - Session 16 - Rotation & Possession in Midfield (Start Time: 2016-09-28 18:00:00)

Warm Up - Passing Exercise (15 mins)

Passing Exercise - 12 mins

Organisation

This passing exercise is designed to make players take responsibility and practise moving after passing the ball. The coach introduces certain rules and the players have to work the ball from one set of target players to the others.

Rule 1 -The middle players (red square) must stay diagonally opposite.

Rule 2 - Middle players must move after passing

Rule 3 - The end players cannot pass to the nearest middle player

Rule 4 - No straight passes allowed

Rule 5 - Every player must move after passing

Progression - end players try and rotate with central players where appropriate

Coaching Points

- players to take responsibility / guide each other

- accurate passes

- sharp movement off the ball

- communication

Game Training (25 mins)

EXPLANATION

* 7 V 4.

* LOCATION IS IN THE CENTRE OF THE FIELD AS THIS IS WHERE OUR FOOTBALL PROBLEM IS TAKING PLACE.

* PLAY STARTS WITH RED GOALKEEPER WHO PASSES TO #3 OR #4 IN ZONE A WHO MUST BOTH TOUCH THE BALL BEFORE BEFORE THEY CAN PLAY IT TO RED #6, #8 OR #10 IN

ZONE B.

* WHEN IN ZONE B, RED #6, #8 AND #10 MUST KEEP CONTROLLED POSSESSION AND LOOK TO BOUNCE WITH RED #9 IN ORDER TO SCORE IN ONE OF THE 2 MINI GOALS.

* IF THE BLUE TEAM WINS THE BALL THEY MUST KEEP POSSESSION AND LOOK TO PLAY THEIR #9.

* AN OVERLOAD FROM ZONE B TO ZONE A IS ALLOWED AND A 10 SECOND LIMIT IS GIVEN TO SCORE.

* ALL RESTARTS WITH RED GOALKEEPER.

TEAM TASK

* TO KEEP POSSESSION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD WITH OUR CENTRAL PLAYERS.

PLAYER TASKS

* #6, #8 AND #10 HAVE TO TRY AND RECEIVE THE BALL IN A FORWARD FACING POSITION.

* #6, #8 AND #10 MUST BE MOBILE AND MOVE INTO POSITIONS TO CREATE ANGLES AND SPACE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE BALL FROM #3 OR #4.

* #8 AND #10 SHOULD BE LOOKING TO PLAY #9 AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND MOVE INTO SPACE TO RECEIVE A RETURN BALL TO SCORE.

COACHES CUES

* #6 YOUR CUE TO RECEIVE THE BALL IS WHEN #3 OR #4 LIFTS THEIR HEAD AND LOOKS TO PASS.

* #8 AND #10 YOUR CUE TO GO FORWARD IS WHEN THE BALL IS PLAYED TO YOU IN A FORWARD POSITION (NOT TO FEET OR WHEN YOUR BACK IS TO GOALS).

ADD #2 AND #5 RED TEAM AND #7 AND #11 BLUE TEAM AND REMOVE CONES TO MAKE FULL WIDTH CONCENTRATING ON MIDFIELD RECEIVING THE BALL FACING FORWARD AND THEIR MOVEMENT OFF THE BALL. ALSO NO RESTRICTIONS ON WHERE PLAYERS CAN GO AS THIS IS NOT GAME REALISTIC. SET UP IS A POSITIONING GAME WITHOUT THIS ALTERATION.