Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): ENY ODP 2002 Boys Winter #4 - Attack with Wingbacks - Flying Fullbacks

Warmups (15 mins)

Organization: 40 x 50 yards 2 goals 3 teams (blue, Grey and orange) each team with 6 players. 6 (6, 8, 10 - 7, 9, 11)

Instructions: Ball starts with GK and out from the back. All players must touch ball before cross/shot. Play through opposing team

Coaching Points:

improve wide play

get forward quickly, using the overlap/underlap

communciate and combine to get forward.

create desire in outside backs to get forward.

Progressions:

Attack with Wingbacks (15 mins)

Organization: Normal pitch with crossing zones on the edge of both sides of each penalty area, extending past the area half way to the centre line.

Instructions: Play a 7v7 including keepers. Play starts with goalkeeper and builds up from the back. One Pass must be back to the goalkeeper in the build up. To score, the ball must be passed or dribbled into one of the wide areas and crossed from that area. The Wide areas are for the attacking teams only but players cannot hang around in there.

Coaching Points:

You want to see lots of dribbling and switching play to create speace for movement into the crossing boxes. Fullbacks can run out of defence as the ball is passed between them and the goalkeeper.

1. Play starts with the goalkeeper who passes out to the defenders. the move must include a pass back to the goalkeeper at some stage.

2. The ball must be passed into one of the attacking crossing zones before teams can score.

3. fullbacks are key to the moves here. With no defenders in the way a dribble into the crossing zone is the best option.

4. Make sure th eother members of the team are moving to support the play from the fullback.

5. You want to see players switching play to make use of space. Here the fullbacks conbine with a switch of play to the opposite crossing zone.

Have a third team sitting and waiting.

Progressions:

add two more defenders.