Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Passing, Possession and Transition Detailed Warm Up (Start Time: 2015-11-05 18:30:00)

Passing/Combination Warm Up (5 mins)

(5 minutes)

Key Factors

-10x10 box

- 2 balls

- 4 yellows

- 4 reds

- 1 green

Yellows play to yellows, reds to reds. Green player is involved with either team. Transition ball from side to side.

Coaching Points:

- Pass quality and type

- Movement in the middle to create space: One player goes long, one short

- Movement on the sides, up and down.

- Awareness of movement around you, scan, scan, scan!

- How many touches do we really need?

Pointers:

If possible, can end player play through traffic to other end? (Ask players what this causes them to do in the midde)

Rotation of end players if they enter the middle

3 team transition game (10 mins)

(10 minutes)

Key Factors

- Two pitches originally (change to one halfway through but at first get players working and getting touches on the ball by reducing numbers, as 18 players will mean less touches of the ball)

- Areas setup by eye, but not too big (30x20?)

- Each area has 3 yellow, 3 green and 3 red.

- A possession game where 2 teams keep the ball against the other. If that team wins the ball the team that loses possession becomes the defending team.

- All about quick transition, there needs to be an element of quick decision making and awareness otherwise the ball will transfer a lot (in a given 6v3 situation, we'd expect the team to be able to make 10-15 passes before losing possession, minimum. Here it may be less)

- Focus on angles of support, movement of players to middle space, instead of being on the fringes of play

- Allow for a few years outside the box (as normal).

- After 10 minutes, join boxes and continue drill (switch play too create space, otherwise it becomes a 6v6 exercise in a small area! Easy to lose possession).