Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Specific Pract, switching play O.O.P

Specific Practice (20 mins)

Specific Practice ( Switching Play- Out of Possession )

Organisation

2x 30x20yard areas

Play 6v6, Blue team (Defending) play 3-2-1 and Red team (Attacking) play 2-3-1 including 2 wide players so essentially 8v6.

Explanation

Coach to work with Blue team only and the principles of how to stop the switch of play. If Blue team win the ball then they have 7 seconds to pass the ball through the 2 coned goals in corner of opposing half of the pitch.

Red Team in possession have to switch play using outside players before moving the ball in to next box.

Conditions, Challenges and Targets

Limited touches of 3 touch max for Red Team.

Limited touches of 3 touch max for Blue team when gain possession

Yellow team play for attacking team (Red) only

Key Points

Communication

Stay contact and defend narrow

Speed/angle of initial press

Supporting roles of defensive players around the ball

Force the direction of play

Leaving the furthest player/s

Interventions

Coaching Process

Concurrent

Terminal

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SSG (20 mins)

Organisation

6 v 6 SSG with outside players are now common players for each team.

Goals now included and concurrent feedback given to maintain principles of topic.

Conditions, Challenges and Targets

2 Goals given if a goal is scored as a result of switching the ball using both common players and scoring from that attack.

How

Arrows show blue team out of possession moving over as a team to defend narrow and leaving furthest player in line with out of possession principles.

Key Points

Communication

Stay contact and defend narrow

Speed/angle of initial press

Supporting roles of defensive players around the ball

Force the direction of play

Leaving the furthest player/s

Interventions

Coaching Process

Concurrent

Terminal

Walk Through