Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Week 5, Session 2

Am-Club: Oakville Soccer Club

Federico Sanmartin

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Name:	Federico Sanmartin
City:	Oakville
Country:	Canada
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

Principle of Play: Width

Key Factors:

1. Body Orientation: see the field, see the options; make the best decision.

2. Stretch the opposition for opportunities to penetrate.

3. Speed of Play.

4. Exploit opposition's weak side.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3v3+2 Switching the Play

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3v3+2 Switching the Play (15 mins)

Set Up: 20*20 grid. Extra balls behind the area.

Players: 10 players. 3v3 in the grid with a target player on both sides of the team's axis.

Description: Red play East vs. West. Blue north vs. south. Objective is to play from one target player to the other target player. If the opposing team wins the ball, they then look to play between their own target players. Restarts begin with a target player for the team that did not touch it last. Rotate players every 2 minutes.

Questions: What are we thinking about if we are the second attacker? Can we identify our options before we receive the ball? How does our body orientation help?

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical: Driven Pass

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Technical: Driven Pass (15 mins)

Set Up: 30 yard grid split into as many lanes as required. One ball per lane. Extra balls behind the area.

Players: 3 players per lane.

Description: Lots of repetitions to hit the long, driven pass to a teamate under no pressure. Sequence is as follows: 1) Driven pass to a teammate. Ball is NOT stationary when striking. Follow pass. 2) Short-short-long. 3) Combination: wall pass, long driven pass.

Progression:

6v3 or 8v4 possession activity - a group of 3 looks to play a long, driven pass through the middle alley to teammates waiting on the other end. Loss of possession results in the offending team going into the middle.

Key Factors:

Where on the foot and ball to strike for a driven pass?

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Vertical Zone Game

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Vertical Zone Game (15 mins)

Set Up: Quarter field at Pine Glen

Players: 6v6 plus a goalkeeper. Two subs rotate for each team.

Description: Teams play 7v7 (including goalkeeper). Regular game rules apply. Only condition is that the attacking team must have players in all five zones (1-5) in order to go to goal. Defending team can position itself as needed (ideally in 2-3 zones nearest to the ball).

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): King's/Queen's Court

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King's/Queen's Court (15 mins)

Set Up: Quarter field at Pine Glen. Balls along the outside.

Players: 3 teams of 5 players (one team will have a subsitute). 5 outfield and 1 goalkeeper for each team on field. Two active teams; third team rests.

Description: Play 6v6 (including GK) - King's / Queen's court. All regular rules apply, including retreat line. Team that scores stays and quickly attacks the other way (after scoring). Resting team jumps on the field to defend. Team that got scored on leaves the field.

Key Factors:

All coaching points from the session - focus on angles and distance of support. Also look for good overall shape, support and mobility.