Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Day 15: Offense vs Defense & set plays

Technical Passing

Team Learning Objectives

- Improve passing & receiving technique/quality

Session Organisation

- As shown.

How to Play

- Unopposed. Pass to the highest player (and follow in) who sets for the deepest player who plays out (and follows)

- Continuous

Progressions

- 'Overs' from the deepest player

- Highest player stops the ball for the deepest player to run on to

- Once ball gets to the outside it must be transferred to another outside player before being played back in

- Set a time limit to complete a specific number of passes

Tech/Tact Focus

- Passing/Receiving/Awareness

Physical Focus

- Being ready to receive/Quick movements to link up

Social Focus

- Communication/Team bonding

Psychological Focus

- Playing quickly under pressure/focus

Corner Kick 1- Left (15 mins)

1) Use a R footed winger- we want to bend in our shots to the 2nd 6 or 12 yards out Hit the ball hard & waist high towards near post or the PK spot. Put it on frame and hope for a defensive deflection, redirect from one of our players or a rebound off a keeper.

Players in the box to attack: 2 CFs, 2 CM. Backside midfielder will take garbage and or slow down counter attacks

Both outside midfielders will take the corner kicks. All kicks will be made waist high or below and driven, not lofted to the back post.

Near side wingbacks need to support the crosser.

CBs must stay home and move to be vertical in alignment: 1 in front of their striker & one droped off 5 yards behind to prevent their striker from getting the ball and holding it or a quick counter attack.

We should not commit more players to score in normal situations in order to prevent counter attacks.

Defending Corner Kicks 4 Corners (15 mins)

To train bravery, commitment, ball winning, finding second balls, etc. we use a game with goals 36 yards apart.

We will use 4 servers (each with a number and one at each of the four corners) and game is 4 v 4 to 8 v 8 in the middle.

Players use forced marking so they are responsible for one player.

Each team gets three services to a goal unless they score (earn an extra service) or if defenders can win first ball and then get on second ball to play to one of far targets the attacking teams turn is over.

If your man scores you must sprint around field (36 x 60) while your team defends a man down. You can play two minute games, games to 2, etc.