Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Creating chances/ key passing session

Centre rotation (10 mins)

3 v 3 with 2 neutrals at the ends- Encourage rotation and exploiting spaces

Organisation

Play in 18 yard box with the centre area boxed off into 4 boxes as shown

Neutral will play for both teams, with the aim of getting the ball from end to end using the 3 centre players.

A=Neutral plays into team-mate, who plays into next available team-mate

B= Defenders moves from box into next to press the player

C =Player reacts to 1st pass and moves into space in the empty box ready to receive 2nd pass and play in the neutral for a point.

Game is multi-direction

2 team-mates cannot be in the same box,

2 defenders cannot be in the same box

Condition- all centre players must play a pass before trying to play the pass to score into neutral

Killer pass or patience with Possession? (10 mins)

Organisation

Pitch is set up at the beginning ready for the full session to progress easier,with the 3 practices set up at the centre and both ends of the pitch,

1st set-up in the centre of the field-

'KEY PASSING' AND PATIENCE

marked area approx 40m x 30m in centre of the pitch

-6 V 6 in the marked area with 4 neutrals on the outside

-OBJECTIVE

keep pssesion with the intent of scoring a point by playing the key/killer pass into the scoring box for a team-mate to receive

Players cannot enter the scoring box to defend,

If there is no space to playthe killer pass, patience in keeping possession will open a space eventually to play the pass

Condition- Players can only defend the perimeter of the scoring zone for 10 seconds maximum and must then try and press the ball

cool down (5 mins)

Cool down - low intensity pass and move