Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): D-License (Building through the Midfield) (Start Time: 2014-02-06 17:15:00)

Warm-up (15 mins)

Organization:

15x20 area

Groups of 3 players as shown

Instructions:

- Players play short-short-long combination play within their area

Coaching Points:

- Eye contact to begin passing sequence

- Movement from second attacker to create angle of support for first attacker

- Passer(s) play pass to correct (back) foot

- First attacker must move to provide a new angle to receive return pass from second attacker

- Third attacker should recognise cue (ball moving to return to first attacker) to move for support of pass from first attacker

- Third attacker must take first touch into space

Progressions:

- 2 touch

- 1 touch

Conditioned Game (20 mins)

Organization:

44x60 yard area

6v6+GK

Instructions:

- Attacking team must look to penetrate defenders to get to goal.

- Look to play combination patterns (give/go, double pass, overlap, etc.) to exploit the space.

Coaching Points:

- Head up to find space, teammates in field of play and/or target

- Teammates in field of play must move to create angles of support to receive pass and/or to pull their defender out of the way to create a passing lane for other teammates or target

- Play pass to proper (back) foot to assist next action for teammates receiving the ball

- Try not to have all teammates on the same line (vertical or horizontal)

- Do not have all teammates check to the same space to get ball from teammate on the ball 

Progressions: