Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): ASE G00/G03 - Improving combinations to penetrate

4v2 combos to penetrate (20 mins)

Intervals:

3 min work + 1 min rest x 4 reps = 16 min

Setup:

40x20 split in half

2 teams of 4

4v2 in one grid

Activity:

Attacking team is possessing to penetrate to other half of grid.

Offside line applies.

If defending team wins ball, they play to two other players joining play in other grid --> transition.

Coaching Points:

~ Up-back-through (3rd man run) - weakside player makes run into space as ball is laid off

~ Give and go - Play ball high and get into forward space

~ Spin off - Highest player spins off and runs into forward space; "Slingshot" (must pull back to create momentum to go forward)

ESSG - Endzones to goal (20 mins)

Intervals:

4 min work + 1 min rest x 4 reps = 20 min

Setup:

2 teams

End Zones as shown

Activity:

Team in possession scores in big goal only after playing through #9.

Coaching Points:

~ Face the way you want to play, play the way you face

~ Visual cue of when to make forward run? "Time and space"

~ Visual cue of when to support? "Pressure on ball, head down"