Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): UEFA Specific Practice Breaking Lines 2

Breaking Lines

Welsh Way Principles Breaking Lines - Playing through/around/over

•  Understand when and how to play through, around or over the opposition depending on the type of pressure applied in centrals parts of the middle 1/3
• Red team is coached team, blue is opposition, yellow keepers

Organization:

• 48x36 - 4 12x9s
• 20 Minutes 4reps x  4min - 2 min for rest between reps, 2 min for interventions
• 6v6 + Keepers
• Soccer balls by goals for restarts

• Score a point by scoring on the oppositions goal
• Scoring means you get possession from your keeper
• Ball out leads to restart from keeper for team who gets possession

Conditions/Challenges/Targets:

• Players are restricted to their zones
• Passes can bypass zones 
• Progression: Players may rotate positions but must keep same number in each zone
• Progression 2: Players may move up a zone to create an overload when in possession

In possession:

• Decision making, knowing when to play through/around/over based on opponents pressure
• Weight and technique of pass based on how we want to break lines, firm to feet, soft to space
• Body shape when receiving or into next action
• Make pitch big (width and depth)
• Look to play forward
• Speed of play

Out of possession:

• Force play wide
• Press aggressively
• Prevent split passes

• Defend compact
• Force wide
• Limit options
• Make pitch small and trap
• Counter with speed and direct