Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Build-up Pllay with GK and a Back 3

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Daniel Burrows

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Name:	Daniel Burrows
City:	Derby
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Drill

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Drill

Blue 1 - GK

Blue 2 - RCB

Blue 3 - CB

Blue 4 - LCB

Blue 5 - CM

Blue 6 - CM

Red 1 - CB

Red 2 - CB

Red 3 - CM

Red 4 - ST

Red 5 - ST

The drill starts with the GK who plays the ball out to one of his back 3.

Blue 2 and 4 are spread out wide to give themselves space for receiving and controlling the ball, but still being narrow enough to ensure the full wide option is created by the midfield wingers when playing 11-a-side.

They should be positioned in between the edge of the 18 yard box and the touchline as shown.

They should be stood ready to receive at an angle, to minimise the number of touches, and increase the tempo of the play.

If they were facing the GK to receive, they would need one touch to control, one touch to turn and another to drive into the space, whereas if they were stood at an angle, they would just need one touch to move forward.

If the GK plays out to blue 2, blue 3 should drop to behind blue 2, just incase he can't play forward, and has to go sideways.

Blue 5 should both stretch the play and create a wide angle for blue 2, as red 4 will want to stop blue 2 from playing inside.

As blue 5 moves out wide, blue 6 moves into a central position. just incase red 4 decides to follow blue 5 out to the wide areas.

Blue 4 will be ready to make an attacking run to give blue 6, should he receive the ball.

Blue 4 should then see if he can drive forward and try and score a goal.

If the GK plays to blue 3, he should create space for himself by moving forward up the pitch towards red 3, and quickly turning and moving back into the space he has just created to receive from the GK.

If this happens, blue 2 and 4 should drop to behind blue 3, as he will be facing his own goal, and if red 3 has followed him into the space to stop him turning, he will need options to play backwards.

If he needs to play backwards to blue 4 for example, then blue 6 should move into a wide position to create an option for blue 4, and blue 5 should move into the space in the middle of the pitch,

This would mean blue 2 getting ready to make an attacking forward run, just as blue 4 did in the previous combination.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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The blues now have 2 wingers, (7 and 8), and a forward player, (9), and the reds have an extra CM and also have two wingers.

The jobs for the blue 7 and 8 are to stretch the play by styaying high and wide whilst the vlues are on an attack.

This is to force the red players into making a decision.

Do they either stay compace without the ball, and allow the blue to be able to switch the play, and give the blue 7 and 8 time to be able to control and tuen with the ball, and maybe even have a shot, or do they follow the blue 7 and 8 out to the wide areas, therefore creating more space and passing gaps for the blue central players.

The blue 9 is there to do a similar job, as can he distract the red CM's into following him, again giving space for the blue CM's to advance up the pitch.

If the GK is unable to always play a short pass to one of the back 3, then can he try and hit the 9.

If this does happen, the blue CM's should push up incase the 9 can knock the ball down to them, or by the 7 and 8 staying wide, can he try and flick the ball on into the space behind.