Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Attacking Transition: Think Forward Play Forward (Start Time: 2023-03-22 18:00:00)

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Roberto Guzman
Name: Roberto Guzman
City: JACKSON HEIGHTS
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

  • What: To improve mobility off the ball from #9 and support the attack with the midfielders 
  • Where: Middle 1/3 (Central)
  • Who: Focus Team: #5, #4, #6, #8, #10, #9 VS Opponents: GK, #5, #4, #6, #8, #10

  • When:  The Centerbacks #5, and/or #4 regains possession of the ball in the Mid 1/3 Central, and attempt to transition to the attacking 1/3  and opponents #9,#10, and #,8, #6 are counter pressuring.

  • Why: To react and identify quickly to exploit the space behind/ and or unbalance an organized and compact  opponent by offering mobility off the #9 and making diagonal slashing runs behind the opponents' blind side with the midfielders' support


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm-Up

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm-Up
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Warm-Up (15 mins)

Organization:

  • Half Field 
  • 4 teams of 4
  • 1 ball per player

Instructions:

  • 3 rounds of 2 minutes 30-second rest ratio
  • The team with the most passes win
  • 1 ball per team

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Mobility off the ball
  • apply the proper weight on the pass
  • Lock eyes, communicate where you want the ball

Progressions:

  • 2 touches per player

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main Activity

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Main Activity (20 mins)

Organization:

  • 2 groups of 7
  • 22x20
  • 6x90sec min rounds- 1 min break in between= 9 min of playing -14 min total

Instructions:

  • Play 6v4
  • 3 passes - can score in far goals
  • If defending team wins the ball they can score at mini goals - 2pt.

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • 1st defender - pressure on the ball 
  • 2nd defender - read cues and connect to try to intercept the pass/win the ball
  • 3rd defender - connect with the group to force play one-way/ Forecheck
  • Purpose  - win the ball and score

On the ball:

  • In possession- Positional Discipline- Counter press

  • Efficient ball movement (catch and play)
  • Have a purpose to break the press (through/around)
  • in/out/in - through
  • out/in/out - around

Reaction to counter press - 100 to 70 - secure the ball

Regressions/Progressions:

  • The team in possession can score after completing 6 passes +2 pts

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Conditioned Game

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Conditioned Game (25 mins)

Organization: 

44x25  

Half Field Set up 

22x40 Grid - 25yrd Red Zone 

Instructions: 

  • The red team attempts to regain possession of the ball and transition to attack by finding the strikers or playing wide.
  • The blue team will receive the ball from one of the feeders by the trigger points and attempt to complete 3 passes before scoring on one of the mini-goals on the sides.

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Early entry passes into the Red Zone 
  • #10's support underneath
  • Mobility
  • Diagonal slashing runs behind the defender's blind side.

  • Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): The Match

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    The Match (35 mins)

    Organization:

    50L x 40W

    6v6+2 

    5mins x 4 - First two games conditions - Second round of games free play

    Instructions:

    • Every pass forward up to the attacking third Second option: Can we play Wide?
    • Attacking third - can play in all directions 

    Coaching Points/Questions:

    • Think Forward Play Forward
    • Mobility off the ball from #9
    • Can we exploit the space behind the defensive line?
    • Slashing runs inside for longer passes in behind - angled towards the goal - WHO? WINGERS and 9's 
    • Overlapping and Underlapping runs - WHO - 8's and N+'s (10s) when FB has the ball 

    Regressions/Progressions:

    • Allow free play - N+ conditioned to only play forward with the team that has possession of the ball

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