Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Combination Play - 1st, 2nd and 3rd Attackers.

2 v 1 Overlap (10 mins)

Grid: 15 wide by 20 long

Player A begins by playing a ball square to Player B who DRIBBLES INSIDE and engages Player C, the defender. Player A overlaps Player B and player B decides whether to beat Payer C on the dribble or plays the overlap. Players A and B are trying to get across the endline, if Player C wins the ball they are trying to get over the opposite endline.

Player C cannot come and defend until after Player B's 1st touch.

Encourage Player A to communicate the overlap to player B by calling "hold" or something similar.

Player B's decision is based on what the defender takes away.

Rotation: Player A to line with E, B to line with D, C to line with F.

After A, B, and C; E, D and F will go. - Rotate defenders.

PROGRESSION:

Players decide which combination to use (either dribble at the defender or play square and overlap) and defender F can become a recovering defender after running around the cone behind his/her line.

3 v 2 Transition Game to Big Goals. (20 mins)

Set up:

Blue have 3 players with a ball who attack two yellow defenders to big goals.

Behind the goal Blue have 2 defenders ready to come out, behind them is 1 player with a ball, behind him/her there are 2 players ready to come out and so on.

Behind Yellow's goal there is 1 player with a ball, 2 players behind him/her, 1 player with a ball behind them and so on.

Game:

Anytime a ball is scored(regardless of which team scores) or the ball goes out of play(regardless of who the ball goes off of) the team with 3 players go off the field, are replaced by the 2 waiting players on their team. Simultaneously, the 2 defenders who were on the field stay on, receive a pass from the 1 waiting player on their team who then joins the 2 creating a 3v2.

Pictured: B shoots and scores; A, B, and C exit the fiels and replaced by G, H; D and E remain on the field, F passes the ball on and enters joining D and E who attack G and H. (F can dribble or pass the ball on depending on the situation and what you are trying to accomplish)