Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): 8.26.25 - ATTACK - Overload to Finish

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Micheal Prunty

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Name:
Micheal Prunty
City:
Woodbury
Country:
United States of America
Membership:
Adult Member
Sport:
Football/Soccer
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Objective: Improve team's ability to BUILD (creates space/moment for penetration) and ATTACK (overload)

System of Play:

  • We Have It: 1-4-3-3 / 1-3-4-3 (HM drops in between CBs)
  • They Have It: 1-4-1-4-1 / 1-4-4-2 (AM joins ST)
  • No clear scouting report for UW Stout - prepare to be better at what we do and then prepared to adjust as need be).
Coaching Roles:

Exercise #1 - 3v2/2v1 Wave Practice

  • Michael - Lead / Observe
  • Morgan - Get GKs warmed-up early so they are ready for shots from the off
  • Kacz - Team White (Overload in transition)
  • Kerns - Team Black (Overload to Start)
Exercise #2 - 7v4 - SSP - Break Out to Goal
  • Michael - Positioning of team with overload - must be able to support forward pass.
  • Morgan - Look at decision of CBs of Black Team
  • Kacz - Manage press of the White Team 
  • Kerns - Decision Making of AM w Front 3 - Exploit overload with speed / simplicity
Exercise #3 - 11v11
  • Michael - Team 1 / Overall Observation
  • Morgan - Co-Lead Team 2
  • Kacz - Co- Lead Team 2
  • Kerns - Front 5 of Team 1


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3v2 - 2v1 Wave Finishing

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3v2 - 2v1 Wave Finishing
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3v2 - 2v1 Wave Finishing

Objective:  Improve team's ability to ATTACK in overload in order to create finishing opportunity.

 

Process: 

- White GK plays a driven ball to any of the 3 Black attacking players to receive and attack the opposite goal.

- Both teams looking to finish in opposite goal. 

- Once ball is out, a goal is scored, or ball regained by White - the ATTACK goes the other way 2v1.

- The Black player that lost the ball, scored, or was part of the last action now defends. 

- Teams stay in roles for 4 mintues and switch after time.

 

Coaching Content:


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 7v4 Breakout

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 7v4 Breakout
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7v4 Breakout

Objective:  Improve team's ability to BUILD (creates space/moment for penetration) and ATTACK (overload)

 

Secondary Objective:  Improve's teams reactions in transitional moments (ATTACK to play forward / PRESS to stop play forward).

 

Set-up:

- Space:  See Diagram / corners cut out to encourage getting end line or early cross before space is gone. 

- Process:

    -  Blacks took to build possession in order to find the ST 

    -  Once Black find the ST - they are able to break to goal looking to create a finish.  

    -  Black can attack max with 5 players - Whites are able to recover once penetrated in support of               White CBs.

    -  White look to regain and finish in large goal within 6 secs of recovering.

    -  Switch defenders every 30-45 secs  (4 Rounds x 4 min - 2 min recovery)

 

Coaching Content:

  • Build in order to create space for penetration (3-1 Shape in Defensive Pressing by White
  • Attack (change of speed) in order to exploit space/penetration
  • Transition - Press to deny progression

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 11v11

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 11v11
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11v11

Black - 4-3-3 Shape (4-1-4-1 defensive shape)

White - 4-3-3 Shape (4141 defensive shape)

Process:

  • 3 x 8 minutes
  • Regular Restarts 

Coaching Content:

- Effective ATTACK moments - create/exploit overloads

- Balance of rotation with effective support to bring numbers forward in attack


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