Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Improve attacking play from wide areas

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Jason Madvig
Name: Jason Madvig
City: Vancouver
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Stage 1 - 3 v 2 Penetration from Wide Areas

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Stage 1 - 3 v 2 Penetration from Wide Areas (25 mins)

Objective: Improve supporting/penetrating runs and combination play of attacking players

Description:

Full pitch including goals, with three 10x10yd boxes (as illustrated)

- Players arranged 3v1 in each wide box, with 2v2 in center

- 1v1 outside each penalty area 5 yds from goal)

- Play starts with 3v1 in each wide box, with players keeping possession while looking for passing opportunity into striker

- Once ball is played to striker 2 players break from box to support, creating 3v1 to produce a strike at goal

- 2 players from centre circle move into wide box to balance numbers renew 3v1

- If Ds win possession, ball is transferred back to wide box to earn point

- MFs recover to centre circle; Def alternate with end players waiting by goal after each attack

Progressions - allow recovering defender to join on forward pass

Progressions - allow 2nd defender from behind goal to join on #9's first touch

Key Points

CP - Striker adjusts position to be in range of quality passes from wide box

CP - Timing of movement to receive exit pass

CP - Recognition of action required on first touch (hold-up or release to support player)

CP - Execution of link-up play actions after releasing ball to support player

CP - Execution of forward passing


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Stage 2 - 6 v 4 + GK - Improve attacking play from wide areas

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Stage 2 - 6 v 4 + GK - Improve attacking play from wide areas (25 mins)

Objective: 6 v 4 + GK - Improve attacking play from wide areas

Description:

Who - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 + 2, 3

What - Improve penetration from flank areas

When - opposition is compact centrally, space is available in wide areas, when wide defender is isolated, when we have the ball

Why - to unbalance the opposition, to draw opponents from central areas, to isolate opponents

Where - middle to attacking third- offside line is the 18 yd line

- each team has 5 starts in succession

- all touchline restarts are throw-ins- restarts occur from goals, goal kicks, corner kicks- defensive team counters to small goals

CP - spread out w/peeling and checking movements to create space

CP - play forward or maintain possession with patience

CP - vary way of running to get behind or in between defensive lines

CP - balls from wide areas should have specific target

CP - can 7,11 isolate their defenders

Progression - add 2 and 3 into attacking team and 6 into the defending unit

CP - can 7,11 go central now that 2, 3 are providing width

CP - combination play to beat defenders in wide areas


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Stage 3 - 9 v 8 -  Improve attacking play from wide areas

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Stage 3 - 9 v 8 - Improve attacking play from wide areas (25 mins)

OBJECTIVE: Attacking team looks to use flank to penetrate

DESCRIPTION: 9 vs 8 with FIFA rules

COACHING POINTS:

CP - all previous coaching points


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Stage 4 - 11 v 11

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Stage 4 - 11 v 11 (15 mins)

OBJECTIVE: Look to successfully change the point of attack to create a numbers up/unbalanced situation within the middle 3rd in order to play forward

DESCRIPTION: 11 v 11 with FIFA rules; full field

COACHING POINTS:

- same as previous stages


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