Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Combination (short passing)

Introduction (10 mins)

Organization:

-Set up in 30 x 30 area (Adaptable based numbers and ability level of players)

- 3 Teams of 3

Instructions:

- Players look to perform different passing combinations. 

-Encourage players/teams to perform different passing techniques with incentives.

Coaching Points/Questions:

-Encourage players to perform different passing combination plays. What ideas can they come up with? i.e. Give and goes, wall passes, overlaps

- Why are we passing the ball back, because the runner made a supporting run into space

Regressions/Progressions:

P- add defenders or counter goals

Progression 1 (30 mins)

Organization:

-Two 15x30 areas

- Two mini-goals facing away from the field.

Instructions:

- Players will number themselves from 1 to 5, On the coaches go team will begin passing numerically. 

- Once a team gets to 5 they can send over one player(Defender) to try and steal the other team's ball. 

- If the Defender wins the ball and successfully plays the ball back to his team they win 1 point. 

- Coach should have all extra balls at his/her feet to be able to play in quick restarts.  

- Each time a team scores they win a player from another team, once a team has only one player left the other team wins

Coaching Points/Questions:

-Encourage different passing combinations

-Finding moments to expose space behind players

-Roles, what is the first attacker doing, what is the supporting player doing

-Why do we overlap, to create a 2v1 numbers up situation

-What, a second attacker running around 1st attacker

-How by creating space in behind by the first attacker

Regressions/Progressions:

P- Add counter goals

Conditioned Game (20 mins)

Organization:

20x 30 middle area with 5-yard channels on the outside

- 1 player from each team in an outside channel and act as a neutral player.

- 3vs3 in the middle channel.

Instructions:

- 4v4 one player from each team will go outside the channel and stay for x amount of time. These players are neutral. 

- On the coach ego game will start with regular rules however to score one bumper/neutral player must touch the ball. 

- Players can only run into channels if they passed the ball to neutral. If an overlap, give and go or wall pass is completed with neutral player and then a goal is then scored, the goal is worth extra points

Coaching Points/Questions:

-Can we look to encourage players to be creative. Let them figure out how to solve the problem

-Why do we perform an Overlap? to create 2v1 opportunities in areas of the field.

-What do we do? 2nd attacker runs around the first attacker

-How do we create the space for the second attacker? creating space behind us to give the 2nd attacker space to make a run.

Regressions/Progressions:

P- The defending team can send one player into the channel to defend