Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Target Pre-match warm-up

Profile Summary

Name:	Alan Riches
City:	Elgin
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

Interface Language

Share this Session

Link Session

Build 3D sessions in seconds

Access to 1000’s of sessions

Professionalise and modernise your coaching

Used by the world’s best coaches

US$

per year

Join today

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Midfield Switch

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Save Image:

Create Video:

Midfield Switch (10 mins)

Midfield Switch.

S-Set LP-Lofted Pass

12 Players/Adaptable

Mark out pitch into two outside 10yds (A+C) areas and a central 20yds (B).

Split players into three teams of 4 Red, Blue, and Black.

Place two red players in each end zone and 4v4 in the central area.

Objectives

Maintain possession in central area with conditions Three/Five Passes Two/Three Touch then set one of the red players in end zone who switches play with lofted pass to opposite end zone. The receiving player reintroduces ball with short pass to team who set the pass and the game continues.

Rotate end zone players and adapt playing size to standard of players and numbers.

Encourage the players to work the ball with best pass selection and set the end zone player with quality to allow for one touch lofted pass.

Encouarge end zone players to support central players with positional awareness and communication.

20 Minutes Approx

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Targets possession

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Save Image:

Create Video:

Targets possession (10 mins)

The Session: Game Prep

Key Points: Pass/move, rec on back foot, break line, quick transition, speed of play

Progression: One target play from each team on each end. Work ball thru. field to opposite target player = goal. Last player to pass to target player runs off to become new target player. Rec. target player dribbles into field to continue to play.

Progression 2: Make double pass with target player before switching positions.

Progression 3: Target player has one touch to hit team mate before entering field.

Progression 4: Target player makes double pass with third runner before dribbling in.

Others, restrict touches, mandate chipped pass to target player etc.

Use even numbers based on your team size. Keepers can be warming up with a Forward or assistant coach.

Key Messages:

-Time of the Movements (movement before the pass)

-Quality of Pass

-Receive back foot

-Break the line