Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Creating the attack - overload centrally (Start Time: 2026-03-20 19:00:00)
Description
Session focusing on trying to break down a low block by overloading central areas

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25 mins
Organisation:
- Blues set up in a defensive 5-3-2 shape
- Reds setup in an attacking 3-1-6 shape
Set up:
I will be working with the red team, trying to create central overloads to draw defenders out to open space.

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10 mins
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Organisation:
- Blue team set up in a 5-3-2 shape
- Red team set up in a 3-1-5-1 shape
Conditions:
- Players are locked into their zones initially with only the wing backs able to move freely up and down the line,
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Phase 1:
- Once the ball hits the wing back, closest midfielder make a channel run, support underneath from next midfielder
Phase 2:
- Once the ball hits the wing back, CF makes blindside run, Central 10 find a pocket
Phase 3:
- Look to play centrally to find 1 of our 10's to tease centre back out
Progressions:
- Once the ball finds one of the red midfielders, the game is now live and players can move freely between the zones.