Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Out of possesion recovery U11 session 2

1,2,3 breakout & recover (20 mins)

Area:

Use 1/4 of astro pitch and divide the pitch into thirds.

Equipment:

cones, bibs, balls, goals.

Objective:

Split the players into 2 teams. Each player is given a number and their job when out of possesion is to mark the same number as themselves on the team in possesion. So blue1 out of possesion will mark red 1 who is in possesion. Blue 2 out of possesion will mark red 2 in possesion and so on. The practice starts with a possesion game in the middle 3rd. After 3 passes the team in possesion can breakout and attack the goal. The practice is reset once the ball goes dead or the defending team win back possion.

Key Points:

The aim is to get players to identify loss of possesion (in this instance the 3 passes) and get goalside of their marker and defend an attack, Anticipate when it looks like the 3 passes are completed to search for your man.

Progression 1:

Make the game multi directional on the break out to make the player really think about where the play is likely to head.

Progression 2:

Have a normal direction match with blues and reds attacking opposite ends.

Progression 3:

Normal match but keep match up players to try and man mark zonal. For example red right midfield marks l blue left midfield.