Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Posessional Conditioning Games (Start Time: 2017-11-16 13:00:00)

Rondo Positional Game Conditioning (20 mins)

Rondo Positional Game 1 (5V5 + 2)

Organisation: 12 players, 2 teams of 5 with 2 Jokers at each end.

Time: 2reps x 8min (1.30min rest)

Area: 35 L X 20W

Instructions:

2 teams in one zone with a joker at each end. Team in possession must complete 5 consecutive passes in one zone prior to transitioning play to the other zone. Whole team moves into zone to support. Jokers have 2 touch, while working players have 3 touch. Coach plays balls in from the side if game breaks down.

Variations: Reduce touches for players, change jokers.

Offensive Technical Concepts - Passing, Control, Movement to open space, Communication

Offensive Tactical Concepts - Maintain possession, distance beyween players, Movement to support, Recognise when to swith zones, Passing combination to create space, Positional awareness.

Defensive Technical Concepts - Body shape, When to intercept/tackle, Communication, Pressure/Cover/Support

Defensive Tactical Concepts - Transitional movements, Mentality change, reducing space, pressing, close passing lines, defensive structure.

Transition SSG (20 mins)

Organisation: 30x20yrd grid, (15 mins) 11 players, 4vs4 (+3)

Objectives: Develop possession skills, Develop transition, Develop playing tempo..

Instructions:

3 Neutral Players (Yellow) play down the spine of the exercise (2 on the end lines and 1 centrally Team rotate roles depending on who has possession. In the diagrams the Red Team starts by defending, the Black Team attacks and assuming the positions on the edge of the playing area.

On a loss of possession the two teams switch roles and positioning.

• Defending team plays only in the central playing area.

• 2 yellow players play on each end line and one in the middle.

• Play for 6 mins and then break for a 1 minute rest period.

• The 3 Neutral players (4, 6, 9) act as a CB, CM and CF. When developing these positions you could select positions for the exercise based on your teams positions.

• Possession passing targets can be set (i.e. 10 consecutive passes).

• Completing 3 switches of play in succession (i.e. from one target player to the target player at the opposite end = 1pt).

Progression/Variation:

Addition of a 5th player to each team. These players remain in the central playing area at all times.

• Possession must go through all Neutral Players to gain a point.

• Decrease the size of the playing area to make more challenging.

• Touch limitations to 1/2 touch for either the central player only, or all players.

Notes:

Attempt to get a really quick tempo to this exercise and focus on limited touches and simple quick passing. Transition should be very quick in order to be able to create a numbers up scenario in order to maintain possession easier.

Defensive Possession

Instructions: 6v6 Zonal defending (4 Defending 2 offensive players in each team)

Work as teams defensive unit, and midfielders

Time: 4Rx2min (2min rest)

Playing area each grid 10x4

Instructions:

Defenders must stay in 3x5 zonal area and work together to intercept the pass. If they intercept the pass and keep the ball, they look to attack by passing working the ball through the zones and pass to attackers to attempt to score. To score a goal the ball must be transfered from one offensive player to another. Offensive players may move between 2 zonal areas.

Coaching points:

Defensive structure must remain organised and strong communication is important. Defenders must try to prevent penetrating passes to goalscorers. Moving the ball will create available penetrating passes.

Offensive players are passive when the ball is in their half.